Madagascar vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 42.5% in Madagascar and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 47.7 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Madagascar.

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% of people · World Bank

MadagascarSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
In 2024, Madagascar ranked 202 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	Madagascar	South Africa	World
2024	42.5	90.2	91.9
2023	39.4	87.7	91.6
2022	36.1	86.5	91.3
2021	35.1	89.3	91.3
2020	32	90	90.4
2019	31	85	90.1
2018	36.5	84.7	89.8
2017	24.1	84.4	88.9
2016	22.9	83.9	88.1
2015	23.8	85.3	86.9
2014	23	85.9	86.2
2013	12.9	85.2	85.7
2012	18.7	85.2	84.9
2011	14.3	83.6	84.5
2010	12.3	82.8	83.5
2009	17.4	82.6	82.9
2008	18.3	81.9	82.7
2007	17.5	82	82
2006	16.8	80.7	81.4
2005	16	80.8	80.7
2004	15.3	80.6	80
2003	20.3	78.8	80
2002	14	76.7	79.1
2001	14.8	70.2	78.7
2000	12.6	72.4	78.2
1999	12.8	71.3	74.5
1998	12.4	64.9	73.2
1997	10.9	69.5	–
1996	11.5	57.6	–
1995	11	–	–
1994	10.6	–	–
1993	10.1	–	–
1992	9.2	–	–

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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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