# Access to electricity in South Africa

Access to electricity in South Africa was 90.2% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `access_to_electricity_share`
- Place id: `za`
- 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/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=access_to_electricity_share&place=za

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 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 | 71.3 |
| 1998 | 64.9 |
| 1997 | 69.5 |
| 1996 | 57.6 |