Pakistan vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 95.7% in Pakistan and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 5.5 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in South Africa.

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% of people · World Bank

PakistanSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 2010, when it overtook South Africa.
In 2024, Pakistan ranked 149 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	Pakistan	South Africa	World
2024	95.7	90.2	91.9
2023	95.6	87.7	91.6
2022	95	86.5	91.3
2021	94.9	89.3	91.3
2020	94.5	90	90.4
2019	93.9	85	90.1
2018	93.4	84.7	89.8
2017	92.7	84.4	88.9
2016	91.8	83.9	88.1
2015	91	85.3	86.9
2014	90.1	85.9	86.2
2013	89.3	85.2	85.7
2012	88.6	85.2	84.9
2011	87.8	83.6	84.5
2010	87.1	82.8	83.5
2009	82.5	82.6	82.9
2008	81.4	81.9	82.7
2007	80.2	82	82
2006	79.1	80.7	81.4
2005	78.1	80.8	80.7
2004	77	80.6	80
2003	76	78.8	80
2002	74.9	76.7	79.1
2001	73.9	70.2	78.7
2000	72.8	72.4	78.2
1999	70.3	71.3	74.5
1998	70.5	64.9	73.2
1997	–	69.5	–
1996	–	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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