# Share of the population with access to electricity: Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)

55.110355% 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](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 55.110355 |
| 2023 | 53.25077 |
| 2022 | 51.50783 |
| 2021 | 50.65268 |
| 2020 | 48.540848 |
| 2019 | 47.19349 |
| 2018 | 46.41409 |
| 2017 | 43.759945 |
| 2016 | 43.82831 |
| 2015 | 39.196472 |
| 2014 | 38.35054 |
| 2013 | 38.030518 |
| 2012 | 36.775177 |
| 2011 | 35.8991 |
| 2010 | 33.3364 |
| 2009 | 32.62593 |
| 2008 | 32.40366 |
| 2007 | 32.519333 |
| 2006 | 31.203487 |
| 2005 | 29.351643 |
| 2004 | 29.372566 |
| 2003 | 29.596502 |
| 2002 | 27.339773 |
| 2001 | 26.164219 |
| 2000 | 25.705397 |
| 1999 | 30.148932 |
| 1998 | 28.568445 |
| 1997 | 28.363634 |
| 1996 | 28.512384 |

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