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Sudan — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Sudan, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
66.00%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +101.2% since 1990
Electricity access for Sudan was 66.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 66.00% in 2023. The lowest was 20.00% in 2008 (about 3.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.08% per year.
Sudan ranks 180 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Sudan sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 47%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
66.00%
First (1990)
32.80%
Change
+101.2%
Highest
66.00%
in 2023
Lowest
20.00%
in 2008
Average
38.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.08%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 66% |
| 2023 | 66% |
| 2022 | 63.2% |
| 2021 | 61.8% |
| 2020 | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 57.6% |
| 2018 | 55.3% |
| 2017 | 53% |
| 2016 | 50.5% |
| 2015 | 48% |
| 2014 | 44.9% |
| 2013 | 43.1% |
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.