Access to electricity in Benin

59.0% of people in Benin had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1996 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Benin, 2024 59.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.0percentage points 2023: 57.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 189th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Benin over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to electricity (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BeninWorld
2024 59.0% 91.9%
2023 57.0% 91.6%
2022 56.5% 91.3%
2021 42.0% 91.3%
2020 41.0% 90.4%
2019 40.0% 90.1%
2018 39.0% 89.8%
2017 34.5% 88.9%
2016 37.0% 88.1%
2015 29.6% 86.9%
2014 34.1% 86.2%
2013 34.7% 85.7%
2012 38.4% 84.9%
2011 36.9% 84.5%
2010 34.2% 83.5%
2009 30.0% 82.9%
2008 29.0% 82.7%
2007 28.0% 82.0%
2006 27.9% 81.4%
2005 26.1% 80.7%
2004 25.2% 80.0%
2003 24.3% 80.0%
2002 23.4% 79.1%
2001 21.9% 78.7%
2000 21.5% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 57.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 34.1%, the figure has changed by +24.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Benin has the 189th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2024 for Benin
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset