Ethiopia vs South Sudan: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 56.6% in Ethiopia and 5.4% in South Sudan, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 51.2 percentage points, or 10 times that in South Sudan.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

EthiopiaSouth SudanWorld

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 188 and South Sudan ranked 213 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Ethiopia	South Sudan	World
2024	56.6	5.4	91.9
2023	55.4	5.4	91.6
2022	55	8.4	91.3
2021	54.2	7.7	91.3
2020	51.1	7.3	90.4
2019	48	6.8	90.1
2018	44.8	6.3	89.8
2017	44.3	4.2	88.9
2016	42.9	5.3	88.1
2015	29	4.8	86.9
2014	27.2	4.3	86.2
2013	30.8	3.8	85.7
2012	29	3.3	84.9
2011	23	2.8	84.5
2010	25.5	1.5	83.5
2009	23.7	3	82.9
2008	22	1.3	82.7
2007	20.3	0.8	82
2006	18.6	–	81.4
2005	14	–	80.7
2004	15.2	–	80
2003	13.5	–	80
2002	11.9	–	79.1
2001	10.2	–	78.7
2000	12.7	–	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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.

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Deaths in conflictsEthiopia: 102,900 deaths in 2022South Sudan: 679 deaths in 2022