Angola vs Namibia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 55.5% in Angola and 59.3% in Namibia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 3.8 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Angola.

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% of people · World Bank

AngolaNamibiaWorld

What the numbers say

Namibia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Angola ranked 189 and Namibia ranked 186 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Angola	Namibia	World
2024	55.5	59.3	91.9
2023	51.1	56.7	91.6
2022	48.5	56.2	91.3
2021	48.2	55.2	91.3
2020	47	52.3	90.4
2019	45.6	53.3	90.1
2018	45.3	52.3	89.8
2017	42.9	52.5	88.9
2016	41.8	49.7	88.1
2015	42	51.6	86.9
2014	32	48.4	86.2
2013	38.4	47.4	85.7
2012	37.3	46.4	84.9
2011	34.6	42.3	84.5
2010	35	44.4	83.5
2009	33.8	44.1	82.9
2008	38.5	42.4	82.7
2007	37.5	43.7	82
2006	30.5	40.5	81.4
2005	29.4	39.6	80.7
2004	28.4	38.7	80
2003	27.4	37.8	80
2002	26.3	36.9	79.1
2001	20	36	78.7
2000	24.2	36.5	78.2
1999	–	34	74.5
1998	–	33	73.2
1997	–	32	–
1996	–	31	–
1995	–	30	–
1994	–	28.9	–
1993	–	27	–
1992	–	26.4	–

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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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