Share of the population with access to electricity: Lesotho
60.6% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 25 years from 2000 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 | 60.6 |
| 2023 | 57.3 |
| 2022 | 50 |
| 2021 | 50.4 |
| 2020 | 47.5 |
| 2019 | 44.6 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2017 | 33.7 |
| 2016 | 35.1 |
| 2015 | 31.8 |
| 2014 | 27.8 |
| 2013 | 26.9 |
| 2012 | 20.6 |
| 2011 | 22.5 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2007 | 13.9 |
| 2006 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 9.6 |
| 2004 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 4.3 |