Somalia vs South Africa: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 54.4% in Somalia and 90.2% in South Africa, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 35.8 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in Somalia.

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% of people · World Bank

SomaliaSouth AfricaWorld

What the numbers say

South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Somalia ranked 192 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	Somalia	South Africa	World
2024	54.4	90.2	91.9
2023	50.3	87.7	91.6
2022	48.9	86.5	91.3
2021	49.3	89.3	91.3
2020	49.9	90	90.4
2019	49.2	85	90.1
2018	50.7	84.7	89.8
2017	52.1	84.4	88.9
2016	51.1	83.9	88.1
2015	51.2	85.3	86.9
2014	51.4	85.9	86.2
2013	51.5	85.2	85.7
2012	51.8	85.2	84.9
2011	52	83.6	84.5
2010	52.3	82.8	83.5
2009	25.5	82.6	82.9
2008	22.9	81.9	82.7
2007	20.2	82	82
2006	15.2	80.7	81.4
2005	15	80.8	80.7
2004	12.4	80.6	80
2003	9.8	78.8	80
2002	7.4	76.7	79.1
2001	4.7	70.2	78.7
2000	2.1	72.4	78.2
1999	–	71.3	74.5
1998	–	64.9	73.2
1997	–	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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