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

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Mauritius leads Access to electricity (% of population) in 2024 at 100, while South Sudan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 5. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.025.050.075.0100MauritiusMauritius: 100100SeychellesSeychelles: 100100Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: 9898.4GabonGabon: 9595.1GhanaGhana: 9291.9ComorosComoros: 9291.7South AfricaSouth Africa: 9090.2EswatiniEswatini: 8989.3SenegalSenegal: 8382.9BotswanaBotswana: 8080.2Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe: 7877.7KenyaKenya: 7777.0

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Mauritius 100
2 Seychelles 100
3 Cabo Verde 98
4 Gabon 95
5 Ghana 92
6 Comoros 92
7 South Africa 90
8 Eswatini 89
9 Senegal 83
10 Botswana 80
11 Sao Tome and Principe 78
12 Kenya 77
13 Cote d'Ivoire 73
14 Cameroon 72
15 Rwanda 72
16 Gambia, The 69
17 Sudan 66
18 Equatorial Guinea 65
19 Nigeria 63
20 Zimbabwe 62
21 Togo 61
22 Lesotho 61
23 Namibia 59
24 Benin 59
25 Ethiopia 57
26 Angola 56
27 Eritrea 55
28 Uganda 55
29 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54
30 Guinea 54
31 Zambia 54
32 Congo, Rep. 53
33 Tanzania 52
34 Mauritania 52
35 Mali 50
36 Guinea-Bissau 44
37 Madagascar 43
38 Sierra Leone 39
39 Mozambique 37
40 Liberia 35
41 Burkina Faso 34
42 Congo, Dem. Rep. 23
43 Niger 21
44 Burundi 20
45 Central African Republic 18
46 Malawi 16
47 Chad 13
48 South Sudan 5

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Access to electricity (% of 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 5.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.