Egypt vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Egypt and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 9.8 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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% of people · World Bank

EgyptSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Egypt	South Africa	World
2024	100	90.2	91.9
2023	100	87.7	91.6
2022	100	86.5	91.3
2021	100	89.3	91.3
2020	100	90	90.4
2019	100	85	90.1
2018	100	84.7	89.8
2017	100	84.4	88.9
2016	100	83.9	88.1
2015	99.3	85.3	86.9
2014	99.8	85.9	86.2
2013	99.9	85.2	85.7
2012	99.7	85.2	84.9
2011	99.4	83.6	84.5
2010	99.4	82.8	83.5
2009	98.9	82.6	82.9
2008	99.8	81.9	82.7
2007	98.4	82	82
2006	99	80.7	81.4
2005	99.4	80.8	80.7
2004	97.8	80.6	80
2003	98.8	78.8	80
2002	97.5	76.7	79.1
2001	97.4	70.2	78.7
2000	97.7	72.4	78.2
1999	96.9	71.3	74.5
1998	96.7	64.9	73.2
1997	96.4	69.5	–
1996	96.2	57.6	–
1995	95.5	–	–
1994	95.7	–	–
1993	95.4	–	–
1992	93.4	–	–

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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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