Angola vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 55.5% in Angola and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 34.7 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Angola.

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% of people · World Bank

AngolaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Angola ranked 189 and South Africa ranked 159 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Angola	South Africa	World
2024	55.5	90.2	91.9
2023	51.1	87.7	91.6
2022	48.5	86.5	91.3
2021	48.2	89.3	91.3
2020	47	90	90.4
2019	45.6	85	90.1
2018	45.3	84.7	89.8
2017	42.9	84.4	88.9
2016	41.8	83.9	88.1
2015	42	85.3	86.9
2014	32	85.9	86.2
2013	38.4	85.2	85.7
2012	37.3	85.2	84.9
2011	34.6	83.6	84.5
2010	35	82.8	83.5
2009	33.8	82.6	82.9
2008	38.5	81.9	82.7
2007	37.5	82	82
2006	30.5	80.7	81.4
2005	29.4	80.8	80.7
2004	28.4	80.6	80
2003	27.4	78.8	80
2002	26.3	76.7	79.1
2001	20	70.2	78.7
2000	24.2	72.4	78.2
1999	–	71.3	74.5
1998	–	64.9	73.2
1997	–	69.5	–
1996	–	57.6	–

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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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