Access to electricity in South Sudan
5.4% of people in South Sudan had access to electricity in 2024.
South Sudan, 2024
5.4%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
215th of 215
Access to electricity in South Sudan 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 | South Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 5.4% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 6.8% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | – | 81.4% |
| 2005 | – | 80.7% |
| 2004 | – | 80.0% |
| 2003 | – | 80.0% |
| 2002 | – | 79.1% |
| 2001 | – | 78.7% |
| 2000 | – | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 215th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.