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Lesotho
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

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

Global rank#187out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

85.267.349.431.513.6200020122024Lesotho · 2024: 85Lesotho

Analytical takeaways

  • Lesotho records 85 for Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, ranking #187 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) increased from 14 in 2000 to 85 in 2024, a gain of 72.
  • 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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