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South Africa
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

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

Global rank#176out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

96.093.190.187.284.2199620102024South Africa · 2024: 92South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 92 for Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, ranking #176 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) increased from 85 in 1996 to 92 in 2024, a gain of 7.
  • 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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