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Sub-Saharan Africa
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Chad leads Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024 at 100, while South Sudan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 1. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.025.050.075.0100ChadChad: 100100MauritiusMauritius: 100100SeychellesSeychelles: 100100Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 9897.7EswatiniEswatini: 8888.3ComorosComoros: 8888.2South AfricaSouth Africa: 8686.3GhanaGhana: 8382.6Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 7575.1KenyaKenya: 6767.1SenegalSenegal: 6767.1RwandaRwanda: 6565.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Chad 100
2 Mauritius 100
3 Seychelles 100
4 Cabo Verde 98
5 Eswatini 88
6 Comoros 88
7 South Africa 86
8 Ghana 83
9 Sao Tome and Principe 75
10 Kenya 67
11 Senegal 67
12 Rwanda 65
13 Sudan 54
14 Gabon 51
15 Cote d'Ivoire 48
16 Zimbabwe 47
17 Botswana 46
18 Benin 45
19 Ethiopia 45
20 Uganda 45
21 Eritrea 43
22 Cameroon 43
23 Lesotho 41
24 Namibia 41
25 Gambia, The 39
26 Togo 34
27 Tanzania 34
28 Mali 31
29 Zambia 31
30 Guinea 29
31 Madagascar 27
32 Guinea-Bissau 25
33 Sierra Leone 25
34 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 24
35 Nigeria 24
36 Congo, Rep. 19
37 Burkina Faso 13
38 Mozambique 12
39 Niger 11
40 Liberia 9
41 Malawi 6
42 Equatorial Guinea 5
43 Burundi 4
44 Central African Republic 2
45 Angola 1
46 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1
47 South Sudan 1

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, Chad leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 47 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with South Sudan at 1.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.