Congo - Kinshasa vs Egypt: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 100% in Egypt, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 77.5 percentage points, or 4.44 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaEgypt
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · World Bank
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 22.5 2024 | 13.5 | 207 of 213 |
| Egypt | 100 2024 | 99.8 | 1 of 213 |
| World | 91.9 2024 | 86.2 |
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.5 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 22.1 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 21.5 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 20.1 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 19.1 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 18.7 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 100 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 17.3 | 100 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 99.3 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 99.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 99.9 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.4 | 99.7 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 13.7 | 99.4 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13 | 99.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.3 | 98.9 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 11.6 | 99.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 15.2 | 98.4 | 82 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 99 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 99.4 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 9 | 97.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 8.3 | 98.8 | 80 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 97.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 97.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 6.7 | 97.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 96.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 96.7 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 96.4 | – |
| 1996 | – | 96.2 | – |
| 1995 | – | 95.5 | – |
| 1994 | – | 95.7 | – |
| 1993 | – | 95.4 | – |
| 1992 | – | 93.4 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time