Kenya vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 77% in Kenya and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 13.2 percentage points, or 1.17 times that in Kenya.

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% of people · World Bank

KenyaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
In 2024, Kenya ranked 172 and South Africa ranked 159 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Kenya	South Africa	World
2024	77	90.2	91.9
2023	76.2	87.7	91.6
2022	76	86.5	91.3
2021	76.5	89.3	91.3
2020	71.5	90	90.4
2019	69.7	85	90.1
2018	61.2	84.7	89.8
2017	55.8	84.4	88.9
2016	53.1	83.9	88.1
2015	41.6	85.3	86.9
2014	36	85.9	86.2
2013	40.1	85.2	85.7
2012	38.1	85.2	84.9
2011	36.2	83.6	84.5
2010	19.2	82.8	83.5
2009	23	82.6	82.9
2008	30.3	81.9	82.7
2007	28.3	82	82
2006	26.4	80.7	81.4
2005	24.5	80.8	80.7
2004	22.6	80.6	80
2003	16	78.8	80
2002	18.9	76.7	79.1
2001	17	70.2	78.7
2000	15.2	72.4	78.2
1999	13.2	71.3	74.5
1998	14.5	64.9	73.2
1997	9.3	69.5	–
1996	7.4	57.6	–
1995	5.4	–	–
1994	3.5	–	–
1993	10.9	–	–

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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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