Share of the population with access to electricity: Benin
59% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 29 years from 1996 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 59 |
| 2023 | 57 |
| 2022 | 56.5 |
| 2021 | 42 |
| 2020 | 41 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2018 | 39 |
| 2017 | 34.5 |
| 2016 | 37 |
| 2015 | 29.6 |
| 2014 | 34.1 |
| 2013 | 34.7 |
| 2012 | 38.4 |
| 2011 | 36.9 |
| 2010 | 34.2 |
| 2009 | 30 |
| 2008 | 29 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2006 | 27.9 |
| 2005 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 25.2 |
| 2003 | 24.3 |
| 2002 | 23.4 |
| 2001 | 21.9 |
| 2000 | 21.5 |
| 1999 | 20.562042 |
| 1998 | 19.578255 |
| 1997 | 18.589626 |
| 1996 | 14.5 |