Share of the population with access to electricity: South Africa
90.2% 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 | 90.2 |
| 2023 | 87.7 |
| 2022 | 86.5 |
| 2021 | 89.3 |
| 2020 | 90 |
| 2019 | 85 |
| 2018 | 84.7 |
| 2017 | 84.4 |
| 2016 | 83.9 |
| 2015 | 85.3 |
| 2014 | 85.9 |
| 2013 | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 85.2 |
| 2011 | 83.6 |
| 2010 | 82.8 |
| 2009 | 82.6 |
| 2008 | 81.9 |
| 2007 | 82 |
| 2006 | 80.7 |
| 2005 | 80.8 |
| 2004 | 80.6 |
| 2003 | 78.8 |
| 2002 | 76.7 |
| 2001 | 70.2 |
| 2000 | 72.4 |
| 1999 | 71.33179 |
| 1998 | 64.9 |
| 1997 | 69.48335 |
| 1996 | 57.6 |