Bangladesh vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.5% in Bangladesh and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 9.3 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in South Africa.

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% of people · World Bank

BangladeshSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Bangladesh has been higher since 2017, when it overtook South Africa.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Bangladesh	South Africa	World
2024	99.5	90.2	91.9
2023	99.5	87.7	91.6
2022	99.4	86.5	91.3
2021	99	89.3	91.3
2020	96.2	90	90.4
2019	92.2	85	90.1
2018	86.9	84.7	89.8
2017	88	84.4	88.9
2016	75.9	83.9	88.1
2015	74	85.3	86.9
2014	62.4	85.9	86.2
2013	61.5	85.2	85.7
2012	65.5	85.2	84.9
2011	59.6	83.6	84.5
2010	55.3	82.8	83.5
2009	57.1	82.6	82.9
2008	54.3	81.9	82.7
2007	46.5	82	82
2006	50.5	80.7	81.4
2005	44.2	80.8	80.7
2004	40.6	80.6	80
2003	40.5	78.8	80
2002	37.8	76.7	79.1
2001	35	70.2	78.7
2000	32	72.4	78.2
1999	29.5	71.3	74.5
1998	26.8	64.9	73.2
1997	22.4	69.5	–
1996	21.1	57.6	–
1995	18.3	–	–
1994	17.8	–	–
1993	12.7	–	–
1992	9.9	–	–
1991	14.3	–	–

Each country on its own

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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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