South Sudan

Access to electricity in South Sudan

Access to electricity in South Sudan: 0.8% in 2007 and 5.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
5.4%
Since 2007
+4.6 percentage points
Rank, 2024
213 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in South SudanAccess to electricity in South Sudan: 0.8% in 2007 and 5.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 8.4% in 2022, the lowest 0.8% in 2007.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 8.4% in 2022, the lowest 0.8% in 2007.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearSouth SudanWorld
20245.491.9
20235.491.6
20228.491.3
20217.791.3
20207.390.4
20196.890.1
20186.389.8
20174.288.9
20165.388.1
20154.886.9
20144.386.2
20133.885.7
20123.384.9
20112.884.5
20101.583.5
2009382.9
20081.382.7
20070.882
2006–81.4
2005–80.7
2004–80
2003–80
2002–79.1
2001–78.7
2000–78.2
1999–74.5
1998–73.2

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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