South Africa vs Uganda
South Africa vs Uganda: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 90.2% in South Africa and 55.3% in Uganda, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 34.9 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in Uganda.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- South Africa 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 | South Africa | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.2 | 55.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 87.7 | 51.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 86.5 | 47.1 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 89.3 | 45.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 90 | 42.1 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 85 | 41.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 84.7 | 41.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 84.4 | 32.4 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 83.9 | 26.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 85.3 | 18.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 85.9 | 20.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 85.2 | 13.9 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 85.2 | 20.5 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 83.6 | 14.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 82.8 | 12.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 82.6 | 10 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 81.9 | 15.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 82 | 14.8 | 82 |
| 2006 | 80.7 | 9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 80.8 | 8.9 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 80.6 | 11.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 78.8 | 10.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | 76.7 | 7.8 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 70.2 | 8.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 72.4 | 7.4 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 71.3 | 6.2 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 64.9 | 5.1 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 69.5 | 3.9 | – |
| 1996 | 57.6 | 2.8 | – |
| 1995 | – | 6.8 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0.5 | – |
| 1991 | – | 5.6 | – |
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
South Africa vs Uganda
Health
- Life expectancySouth Africa: 66.1 years in 2023Uganda: 68.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Africa: 3.5 per 100 live births in 2024Uganda: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Africa: 27.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Uganda: 28.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Africa: 3.75% in 2017Uganda: 4.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Africa: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Uganda: 11.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Africa: 63.2 million people in 2023Uganda: 48.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Africa: 1.32% a year in 2023Uganda: 2.78% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Africa: 2.22 births per woman in 2023Uganda: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Africa: 63.8% in 2025Uganda: 31.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Africa: 28.2 years in 2023Uganda: 16.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Africa: 6.5% in 2023Uganda: 2.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Africa: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Uganda: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Africa: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Uganda: 1.96% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Africa: $3B in 2025Uganda: $1.2B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Africa: $49 in 2025Uganda: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Africa: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Uganda: 9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Africa: 89,000 people in 2020Uganda: 46,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Africa: 0.55% of world capability in 2022Uganda: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Africa: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Uganda: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Africa: 30 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Africa: 115 million TIV in 2025Uganda: 4 million TIV in 2016