Benin vs Ethiopia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 59% in Benin and 56.6% in Ethiopia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Benin, by 2.4 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Ethiopia.

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% of people · World Bank

BeninEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

Benin has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Ethiopia.
In 2024, Benin ranked 187 and Ethiopia ranked 188 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Benin	Ethiopia	World
2024	59	56.6	91.9
2023	57	55.4	91.6
2022	56.5	55	91.3
2021	42	54.2	91.3
2020	41	51.1	90.4
2019	40	48	90.1
2018	39	44.8	89.8
2017	34.5	44.3	88.9
2016	37	42.9	88.1
2015	29.6	29	86.9
2014	34.1	27.2	86.2
2013	34.7	30.8	85.7
2012	38.4	29	84.9
2011	36.9	23	84.5
2010	34.2	25.5	83.5
2009	30	23.7	82.9
2008	29	22	82.7
2007	28	20.3	82
2006	27.9	18.6	81.4
2005	26.1	14	80.7
2004	25.2	15.2	80
2003	24.3	13.5	80
2002	23.4	11.9	79.1
2001	21.9	10.2	78.7
2000	21.5	12.7	78.2
1999	20.6	–	74.5
1998	19.6	–	73.2
1997	18.6	–	–
1996	14.5	–	–

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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Benin vs Ethiopia: Access to electricity

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