Lesotho vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 60.6% in Lesotho and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 29.6 percentage points, or 1.49 times that in Lesotho.

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% of people · World Bank

LesothoSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Lesotho ranked 185 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	Lesotho	South Africa	World
2024	60.6	90.2	91.9
2023	57.3	87.7	91.6
2022	50	86.5	91.3
2021	50.4	89.3	91.3
2020	47.5	90	90.4
2019	44.6	85	90.1
2018	47	84.7	89.8
2017	33.7	84.4	88.9
2016	35.1	83.9	88.1
2015	31.8	85.3	86.9
2014	27.8	85.9	86.2
2013	26.9	85.2	85.7
2012	20.6	85.2	84.9
2011	22.5	83.6	84.5
2010	17	82.8	83.5
2009	17	82.6	82.9
2008	16	81.9	82.7
2007	13.9	82	82
2006	9.7	80.7	81.4
2005	9.6	80.8	80.7
2004	6.8	80.6	80
2003	5.4	78.8	80
2002	3.4	76.7	79.1
2001	1.3	70.2	78.7
2000	4.3	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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