Access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa
55.1% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
55.1%
Change from 2023
+1.9percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55.1% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 53.3% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 51.5% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 50.7% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 48.5% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 47.2% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 46.4% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 43.8% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 43.8% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 39.2% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 38.4% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 38.0% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 36.8% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 33.3% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 32.6% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 32.4% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 32.5% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 31.2% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 29.4% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 29.4% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 29.6% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 27.3% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 26.2% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 25.7% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 53.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 38.4%, the figure has changed by +16.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.