Botswana vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 80.2% in Botswana and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 10 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Botswana.

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% of people · World Bank

BotswanaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
In 2024, Botswana ranked 169 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	Botswana	South Africa	World
2024	80.2	90.2	91.9
2023	76	87.7	91.6
2022	75.9	86.5	91.3
2021	73.7	89.3	91.3
2020	71.8	90	90.4
2019	70.1	85	90.1
2018	68.3	84.7	89.8
2017	67.4	84.4	88.9
2016	64.2	83.9	88.1
2015	62.1	85.3	86.9
2014	60	85.9	86.2
2013	58	85.2	85.7
2012	56	85.2	84.9
2011	53.2	83.6	84.5
2010	52	82.8	83.5
2009	43.4	82.6	82.9
2008	44.5	81.9	82.7
2007	41.9	82	82
2006	39.7	80.7	81.4
2005	37.5	80.8	80.7
2004	35.3	80.6	80
2003	33.1	78.8	80
2002	27	76.7	79.1
2001	24.8	70.2	78.7
2000	26.5	72.4	78.2
1999	25.1	71.3	74.5
1998	22.8	64.9	73.2
1997	20.6	69.5	–
1996	18.4	57.6	–
1995	16.1	–	–
1994	13.9	–	–
1993	11.6	–	–
1992	9.4	–	–
1991	10.1	–	–

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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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