Mali vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 49.5% in Mali and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 40.7 percentage points, or 1.82 times that in Mali.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
In 2024, Mali ranked 199 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	Mali	South Africa	World
2024	49.5	90.2	91.9
2023	54.5	87.7	91.6
2022	53	86.5	91.3
2021	53.4	89.3	91.3
2020	50.6	90	90.4
2019	47.9	85	90.1
2018	50.9	84.7	89.8
2017	34.8	84.4	88.9
2016	38.8	83.9	88.1
2015	37.6	85.3	86.9
2014	34.2	85.9	86.2
2013	32.4	85.2	85.7
2012	25.6	85.2	84.9
2011	28.8	83.6	84.5
2010	27	82.8	83.5
2009	24	82.6	82.9
2008	23.4	81.9	82.7
2007	21.7	82	82
2006	16.6	80.7	81.4
2005	18.2	80.8	80.7
2004	16.4	80.6	80
2003	14.7	78.8	80
2002	13	76.7	79.1
2001	10.8	70.2	78.7
2000	9.6	72.4	78.2
1999	7.8	71.3	74.5
1998	6.1	64.9	73.2
1997	4.3	69.5	–
1996	6.2	57.6	–

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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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