Share of urban and rural population with electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa 2010-2021
electric energy was accessible to less than half of the total population in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Just over 80 percent of the urban population in Sub-Saharan Africa had access to electricity in 2021. On the other hand, only roughly one-third of inhabitants from rural areas were connected to electric energy that year. Access to electricity in both areas of residence has slowly improved since 2010. Overall,