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Botswana — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Botswana, 1991–2024.
Latest value · 2024
80.20%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +694.1% since 1991
Electricity access for Botswana was 80.20% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1991 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 9.40% in 1992 (about 8.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.48% per year.
Botswana ranks 171 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Botswana sits above it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
80.20%
First (1991)
10.10%
Change
+694.1%
Highest
80.20%
in 2024
Lowest
9.40%
in 1992
Average
43.84%
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.48%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % 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% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.