Botswana

Access to electricity in Botswana

Access to electricity in Botswana: 10.1% in 1991 and 80.2% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
80.2%
Since 1991
+70.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
169 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in BotswanaAccess to electricity in Botswana: 10.1% in 1991 and 80.2% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 80.2% in 2024, the lowest 9.4% in 1992.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 80.2% in 2024, the lowest 9.4% in 1992.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearBotswanaWorld
202480.291.9
20237691.6
202275.991.3
202173.791.3
202071.890.4
201970.190.1
201868.389.8
201767.488.9
201664.288.1
201562.186.9
20146086.2
20135885.7
20125684.9
201153.284.5
20105283.5
200943.482.9
200844.582.7
200741.982
200639.781.4
200537.580.7
200435.380
200333.180
20022779.1
200124.878.7
200026.578.2
199925.174.5
199822.873.2
199720.6–
199618.4–
199516.1–
199413.9–
199311.6–
19929.4–
199110.1–

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.

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