Mozambique vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 36.9% in Mozambique and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 53.3 percentage points, or 2.44 times that in Mozambique.

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% of people · World Bank

MozambiqueSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1997.
In 2024, Mozambique ranked 204 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	Mozambique	South Africa	World
2024	36.9	90.2	91.9
2023	36	87.7	91.6
2022	33.2	86.5	91.3
2021	31.5	89.3	91.3
2020	30.6	90	90.4
2019	29.7	85	90.1
2018	31.1	84.7	89.8
2017	24.3	84.4	88.9
2016	26.2	83.9	88.1
2015	24	85.3	86.9
2014	24.8	85.9	86.2
2013	22.4	85.2	85.7
2012	21.2	85.2	84.9
2011	20.2	83.6	84.5
2010	18.9	82.8	83.5
2009	15	82.6	82.9
2008	13.6	81.9	82.7
2007	12.4	82	82
2006	13	80.7	81.4
2005	11.8	80.8	80.7
2004	10.7	80.6	80
2003	8.1	78.8	80
2002	8.4	76.7	79.1
2001	5.7	70.2	78.7
2000	6.1	72.4	78.2
1999	4.9	71.3	74.5
1998	3.7	64.9	73.2
1997	6.6	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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