Saudi Arabia vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Saudi Arabia and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 9.8 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in South Africa.

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% of people · World Bank

Saudi ArabiaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	World
2024	100	90.2	91.9
2023	100	87.7	91.6
2022	100	86.5	91.3
2021	100	89.3	91.3
2020	100	90	90.4
2019	100	85	90.1
2018	99.9	84.7	89.8
2017	100	84.4	88.9
2016	99.9	83.9	88.1
2015	100	85.3	86.9
2014	100	85.9	86.2
2013	100	85.2	85.7
2012	100	85.2	84.9
2011	100	83.6	84.5
2010	100	82.8	83.5
2009	100	82.6	82.9
2008	100	81.9	82.7
2007	100	82	82
2006	100	80.7	81.4
2005	100	80.8	80.7
2004	100	80.6	80
2003	100	78.8	80
2002	100	76.7	79.1
2001	100	70.2	78.7
2000	100	72.4	78.2
1999	100	71.3	74.5
1998	100	64.9	73.2
1997	100	69.5	–
1996	100	57.6	–
1995	100	–	–
1994	100	–	–
1993	100	–	–
1992	100	–	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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Deaths in conflictsSaudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022South Africa: 0 deaths in 2022