Eswatini vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 89.3% in Eswatini and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 0.9 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Eswatini.

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% of people · World Bank

EswatiniSouth AfricaWorld

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South Africa 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	Eswatini	South Africa	World
2024	89.3	90.2	91.9
2023	86.4	87.7	91.6
2022	82.3	86.5	91.3
2021	82.9	89.3	91.3
2020	80	90	90.4
2019	77	85	90.1
2018	74	84.7	89.8
2017	73.5	84.4	88.9
2016	63.4	83.9	88.1
2015	64.1	85.3	86.9
2014	65	85.9	86.2
2013	57.5	85.2	85.7
2012	54.3	85.2	84.9
2011	51.2	83.6	84.5
2010	45.6	82.8	83.5
2009	38.6	82.6	82.9
2008	42.6	81.9	82.7
2007	39.8	82	82
2006	35.2	80.7	81.4
2005	34.2	80.8	80.7
2004	31.4	80.6	80
2003	28.7	78.8	80
2002	25.9	76.7	79.1
2001	26.9	70.2	78.7
2000	20.4	72.4	78.2
1999	–	71.3	74.5
1998	–	64.9	73.2
1997	–	69.5	–
1996	–	57.6	–

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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Eswatini vs South Africa: Access to electricity

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