Ethiopia vs Zambia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 56.6% in Ethiopia and 53.6% in Zambia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 3 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Zambia.

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% of people · World Bank

EthiopiaZambiaWorld

What the numbers say

Ethiopia has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Zambia.
In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 188 and Zambia ranked 195 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Ethiopia	Zambia	World
2024	56.6	53.6	91.9
2023	55.4	51.1	91.6
2022	55	47.8	91.3
2021	54.2	46.7	91.3
2020	51.1	44.6	90.4
2019	48	43	90.1
2018	44.8	40.2	89.8
2017	44.3	40.3	88.9
2016	42.9	35.4	88.1
2015	29	31.1	86.9
2014	27.2	27.9	86.2
2013	30.8	30.1	85.7
2012	29	29.2	84.9
2011	23	28.3	84.5
2010	25.5	22	83.5
2009	23.7	26.6	82.9
2008	22	25.7	82.7
2007	20.3	18.5	82
2006	18.6	24.1	81.4
2005	14	23.3	80.7
2004	15.2	20.3	80
2003	13.5	18.5	80
2002	11.9	17.4	79.1
2001	10.2	20.2	78.7
2000	12.7	16.7	78.2
1999	–	18.5	74.5
1998	–	19	73.2
1997	–	17.1	–
1996	–	17.3	–
1995	–	15.7	–
1994	–	14.9	–
1993	–	14.2	–
1992	–	19.2	–
1991	–	12.8	–
1990	–	13.9	–

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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