Mexico vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Mexico and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 9.6 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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% of people · World Bank

MexicoSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Mexico	South Africa	World
2024	99.8	90.2	91.9
2023	99.7	87.7	91.6
2022	100	86.5	91.3
2021	100	89.3	91.3
2020	99.4	90	90.4
2019	99.6	85	90.1
2018	99.5	84.7	89.8
2017	100	84.4	88.9
2016	99.5	83.9	88.1
2015	99	85.3	86.9
2014	99.2	85.9	86.2
2013	99.1	85.2	85.7
2012	99.1	85.2	84.9
2011	99	83.6	84.5
2010	99.2	82.8	83.5
2009	98.3	82.6	82.9
2008	98.9	81.9	82.7
2007	97.9	82	82
2006	99.1	80.7	81.4
2005	98.9	80.8	80.7
2004	98.6	80.6	80
2003	97.4	78.8	80
2002	97.9	76.7	79.1
2001	97.1	70.2	78.7
2000	98	72.4	78.2
1999	96.8	71.3	74.5
1998	96.1	64.9	73.2
1997	96.3	69.5	–
1996	96.1	57.6	–
1995	95.9	–	–
1994	95.2	–	–
1993	95.5	–	–
1992	93.2	–	–

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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