Angola vs Benin: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 55.5% in Angola and 59% in Benin, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Angola.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Benin has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Angola.
In 2024, Angola ranked 189 and Benin ranked 187 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Angola	Benin	World
2024	55.5	59	91.9
2023	51.1	57	91.6
2022	48.5	56.5	91.3
2021	48.2	42	91.3
2020	47	41	90.4
2019	45.6	40	90.1
2018	45.3	39	89.8
2017	42.9	34.5	88.9
2016	41.8	37	88.1
2015	42	29.6	86.9
2014	32	34.1	86.2
2013	38.4	34.7	85.7
2012	37.3	38.4	84.9
2011	34.6	36.9	84.5
2010	35	34.2	83.5
2009	33.8	30	82.9
2008	38.5	29	82.7
2007	37.5	28	82
2006	30.5	27.9	81.4
2005	29.4	26.1	80.7
2004	28.4	25.2	80
2003	27.4	24.3	80
2002	26.3	23.4	79.1
2001	20	21.9	78.7
2000	24.2	21.5	78.2
1999	–	20.6	74.5
1998	–	19.6	73.2
1997	–	18.6	–
1996	–	14.5	–

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The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Angola vs Benin: Access to electricity

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