Share of the population with access to electricity: Botswana
80.2% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 34 years from 1991 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 | 80.2 |
| 2023 | 76 |
| 2022 | 75.9 |
| 2021 | 73.7 |
| 2020 | 71.8 |
| 2019 | 70.1 |
| 2018 | 68.3 |
| 2017 | 67.4 |
| 2016 | 64.2 |
| 2015 | 62.1 |
| 2014 | 60 |
| 2013 | 58 |
| 2012 | 56 |
| 2011 | 53.2 |
| 2010 | 52 |
| 2009 | 43.4 |
| 2008 | 44.5 |
| 2007 | 41.9 |
| 2006 | 39.7 |
| 2005 | 37.5 |
| 2004 | 35.3 |
| 2003 | 33.1 |
| 2002 | 27 |
| 2001 | 24.8 |
| 2000 | 26.5 |
| 1999 | 25.05274 |
| 1998 | 22.82733 |
| 1997 | 20.597078 |
| 1996 | 18.362747 |
| 1995 | 16.125017 |
| 1994 | 13.884566 |
| 1993 | 11.6420765 |
| 1992 | 9.398227 |
| 1991 | 10.1 |