# Access to electricity in Benin

Access to electricity in Benin was 59% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `access_to_electricity_share`
- Place id: `bj`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population with access to electricity. World Bank series for the Sustainable Development Goal 7.1.1 electrification indicator, based mainly on household surveys.
- Note: Based mainly on household surveys, so year-to-year changes can reflect new survey rounds rather than new connections.
- Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/access-to-electricity/benin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=access_to_electricity_share&place=bj

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 59 |
| 2023 | 57 |
| 2022 | 56.5 |
| 2021 | 42 |
| 2020 | 41 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2018 | 39 |
| 2017 | 34.5 |
| 2016 | 37 |
| 2015 | 29.6 |
| 2014 | 34.1 |
| 2013 | 34.7 |
| 2012 | 38.4 |
| 2011 | 36.9 |
| 2010 | 34.2 |
| 2009 | 30 |
| 2008 | 29 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2006 | 27.9 |
| 2005 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 25.2 |
| 2003 | 24.3 |
| 2002 | 23.4 |
| 2001 | 21.9 |
| 2000 | 21.5 |
| 1999 | 20.6 |
| 1998 | 19.6 |
| 1997 | 18.6 |
| 1996 | 14.5 |