Mauritania vs Senegal: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 52.2% in Mauritania and 82.9% in Senegal, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Senegal, by 30.7 percentage points, or 1.59 times that in Mauritania.

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% of people · World Bank

MauritaniaSenegalWorld

What the numbers say

Senegal has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Mauritania ranked 198 and Senegal ranked 166 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Mauritania	Senegal	World
2024	52.2	82.9	91.9
2023	50.3	74.2	91.6
2022	49	67.9	91.3
2021	47.7	68	91.3
2020	45.4	64.3	90.4
2019	44.9	70.4	90.1
2018	43.6	66	89.8
2017	42.9	61.7	88.9
2016	41.2	64.5	88.1
2015	39.5	60.5	86.9
2014	38.8	61	86.2
2013	37.6	57	85.7
2012	36.4	56.5	84.9
2011	35.3	56.5	84.5
2010	34.2	56.5	83.5
2009	31.1	53.5	82.9
2008	30	49.7	82.7
2007	33	48.1	82
2006	27	49.9	81.4
2005	18.2	47.1	80.7
2004	24.3	36.8	80
2003	23	41.9	80
2002	21.7	36.8	79.1
2001	22.2	38.9	78.7
2000	19.1	37.7	78.2
1999	–	36.2	74.5
1998	–	33.8	73.2
1997	–	32.2	–
1996	–	30.5	–
1995	–	28.9	–
1994	–	27.2	–
1993	–	26	–

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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