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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Mauritius leads Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024 at 100, while South Sudan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 23. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.025.050.075.0100MauritiusMauritius: 100100SeychellesSeychelles: 100100GabonGabon: 9999.0Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 9998.6GhanaGhana: 9998.6ComorosComoros: 9998.5KenyaKenya: 9898.1BotswanaBotswana: 9796.7TogoTogo: 9696.0SenegalSenegal: 9695.7CameroonCameroon: 9695.6EthiopiaEthiopia: 9595.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Mauritius 100
2 Seychelles 100
3 Gabon 99
4 Cabo Verde 99
5 Ghana 99
6 Comoros 99
7 Kenya 98
8 Botswana 97
9 Togo 96
10 Senegal 96
11 Cameroon 96
12 Ethiopia 95
13 Cote d'Ivoire 94
14 Mauritania 94
15 Guinea 94
16 South Africa 92
17 Eswatini 92
18 Equatorial Guinea 89
19 Mali 89
20 Rwanda 88
21 Sudan 88
22 Burkina Faso 88
23 Gambia, The 86
24 Nigeria 86
25 Lesotho 85
26 Tanzania 85
27 Zimbabwe 85
28 Zambia 80
29 Mozambique 80
30 Sao Tome and Principe 79
31 Uganda 78
32 Eritrea 78
33 Angola 78
34 Namibia 77
35 Madagascar 76
36 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 73
37 Congo, Rep. 72
38 Benin 72
39 Burundi 70
40 Niger 69
41 Guinea-Bissau 66
42 Malawi 60
43 Sierra Leone 56
44 Liberia 56
45 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55
46 Chad 51
47 Central African Republic 39
48 South Sudan 23

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, Mauritius leads with a gap of 0 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with South Sudan at 23.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.