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Botswana
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Global rank#178out of 210 countries
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Historical trend

45.934.823.812.71.6199120082024Botswana · 2024: 46Botswana

Analytical takeaways

  • Botswana records 46 for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, ranking #178 globally out of 210 countries.
  • Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) increased from 4 in 1991 to 46 in 2024, a gain of 42.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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