Access to electricity in Lesotho
60.6% of people in Lesotho had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Lesotho, 2024
60.6%
Change from 2023
+3.3percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
187th of 215
Access to electricity in Lesotho over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60.6% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 57.3% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 50.0% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 47.5% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 44.6% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 47.0% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 33.7% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 35.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 31.8% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 27.8% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 20.6% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 22.5% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 17.0% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 17.0% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 16.0% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 9.6% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 6.8% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 4.3% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.3 percentage points from 57.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 27.8%, the figure has changed by +32.8 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 187th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.