At a Glance
Households with off-grid access
July 2025
Households with on-grid access
July 2025
Total household electricity access
July 2025
National electricity access rate (grid + off-grid)
June 2026
Overview
Electricity access
As of end July 2025, the cumulative connectivity rate in Rwanda is 84.6% of Rwandan households including 59.6% connected to the national grid and 25.0% accessing through off-grid systems (mainly solar).
During the elaboration of the EDPRS II, the Government of Rwanda took a clear policy decision to diversify the sources of electricity from traditional dominant grid to include even off-grid connections. Subsequently, Households far away from the planned national grid coverage have been encouraged to use alternatively cheaper connections such as Mini-grids and Solar Photovoltaics (PVs) to reduce the cost of access to electricity whilst relieving constraints on historical government subsidies.
District | Access rate |
Bugesera | 81.9% |
Burera | 90.8% |
Gakenke | 97.2% |
Gasabo | 89.1% |
Gatsibo | 71.1% |
Gicumbi | 81.4% |
Gisagara | 63.4% |
Huye | 75.1% |
Kamonyi | 81.0% |
Karongi | 89.7% |
Kayonza | 79.0% |
Kicukiro | 92.1% |
Kirehe | 77.8% |
Muhanga | 98.0% |
Musanze | 79.5% |
Ngoma | 79.6% |
Ngororero | 95.3% |
Nyabihu | 79.6% |
Nyagatare | 76.1% |
Nyamagabe | 79.8% |
Nyamasheke | 97.4% |
Nyanza | 86.7% |
Nyarugenge | 91.3% |
Nyaruguru | 88.8% |
Rubavu | 82.6% |
Ruhango | 85.6% |
Rulindo | 85.7% |
Rusizi | 90.4% |
Rutsiro | 97.4% |
Rwamagana | 86.7% |
NATIONAL | 84.6% |
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On-grid Access
As of July 2025, the cumulative connectivity rate in Rwanda is 84.6% of Rwandan households whereby 59.6% of all households in Rwanda are connected to the national grid. The number of on-grid connections has grown more than 12 times over the last 20 years.
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As of end of July 2025, the Off-grid access rate is 25.0% of Rwandan households. During the elaboration of the EDPRS II, the Government of Rwanda took a clear policy decision to diversify the sources of electricity from traditional dominant grid to include even off-grid connections. Subsequently, Households far away from the planned national grid coverage…
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REG publishes the National Electrification Plan revision concept note as an official electricity-access planning document.
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Reporting period: July 2025
| Bugesera | 81.9% |
|---|---|
| Burera | 90.8% |
| Gakenke | 97.2% |
| Gasabo | 89.1% |
| Gatsibo | 71.1% |
| Gicumbi | 81.4% |
| Gisagara | 63.4% |
| Huye | 75.1% |
| Kamonyi | 81.0% |
| Karongi | 89.7% |
| Kayonza | 79.0% |
| Kicukiro | 92.1% |
| Kirehe | 77.8% |
| Muhanga | 98.0% |
| Musanze | 79.5% |
| Ngoma | 79.6% |
| Ngororero | 95.3% |
| Nyabihu | 79.6% |
| Nyagatare | 76.1% |
| Nyamagabe | 79.8% |
| Nyamasheke | 97.4% |
| Nyanza | 86.7% |
| Nyarugenge | 91.3% |
| Nyaruguru | 88.8% |
| Rubavu | 82.6% |
| Ruhango | 85.6% |
| Rulindo | 85.7% |
| Rusizi | 90.4% |
| Rutsiro | 97.4% |
| Rwamagana | 86.7% |
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