Niger vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 21.3% in Niger and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 68.9 percentage points, or 4.23 times that in Niger.

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% of people · World Bank

NigerSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1996.
In 2024, Niger ranked 208 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	Niger	South Africa	World
2024	21.3	90.2	91.9
2023	20.1	87.7	91.6
2022	19.5	86.5	91.3
2021	18.6	89.3	91.3
2020	18.7	90	90.4
2019	18.5	85	90.1
2018	17.6	84.7	89.8
2017	17.6	84.4	88.9
2016	17	83.9	88.1
2015	16.6	85.3	86.9
2014	15.7	85.9	86.2
2013	15.2	85.2	85.7
2012	14.4	85.2	84.9
2011	14.3	83.6	84.5
2010	13.6	82.8	83.5
2009	12.3	82.6	82.9
2008	11.8	81.9	82.7
2007	11.2	82	82
2006	9.3	80.7	81.4
2005	7.1	80.8	80.7
2004	9.7	80.6	80
2003	9.3	78.8	80
2002	8.8	76.7	79.1
2001	8.4	70.2	78.7
2000	6.5	72.4	78.2
1999	7.3	71.3	74.5
1998	6.7	64.9	73.2
1997	6.2	69.5	–
1996	7	57.6	–
1995	6.2	–	–
1994	4.6	–	–
1993	4	–	–
1992	4.4	–	–

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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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