Access to electricity in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
60.9 %
half above, half below
World
91.9 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
5.4 to 100.0
South Sudan - Algeria

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Algeria (100.0 %) and the lowest in South Sudan (5.4 %).

The median country is at 60.9 %: half are above, half below.

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

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Source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is… · via World Bank WDI (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) · licence

Electricity access over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Algeria100.0
2Egypt100.0
3Morocco100.0
4Mauritius100.0
5Seychelles100.0
6Tunisia100.0
7Cabo Verde98.4
8Gabon95.1
9Ghana91.9
10Comoros91.7
11South Africa90.2
12Eswatini89.3
13Senegal82.9
14Botswana80.2
15São Tomé and Principe77.7
16Libya77.4
17Kenya77.0
18Côte d'Ivoire72.9
19Cameroon72.0
20Rwanda72.0
21Djibouti69.2
22The Gambia69.0
23Sudan66.0
24Equatorial Guinea65.1
25Nigeria62.5
26Zimbabwe62.0
27Togo61.1
28Lesotho60.6
29Namibia59.3
30Benin59.0
31Ethiopia56.6
32Angola55.5
33Eritrea55.3
34Uganda55.3
35Somalia54.4
36Guinea53.8
37Zambia53.6
38Republic of the Congo53.0
39Tanzania52.4
40Mauritania52.2
41Mali49.5
42Guinea-Bissau43.7
43Madagascar42.5
44Sierra Leone39.2
45Mozambique36.9
46Liberia34.9
47Burkina Faso34.0
48Democratic Republic of the Congo22.5
49Niger21.3
50Burundi20.1
51Central African Republic18.2
52Malawi15.6
53Chad13.4
54South Sudan5.4
World Bank, WDI · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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