Access to electricity as a share of population rose 0.323% to 100% in Seychelles in 2016, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in Seychelles reached an all time high of 100% in 2016 and an all time low of 89.5% in 1990. When compared to Seychelles's main peers, access to electricity as a share of population in Comoros amounted to 77.8%, 22.9% in Madagascar, 100% in Maldives and 98.8% in Mauritius in 2016.
Seychelles has been ranked 36th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 42 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Comoros | % | 69.3% | 69.5% | 72.0% | 74.4% | 76.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 79.9% | 80.8% | 83.5% | 88.0% | 89.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 96.0% | 96.5% | 97.0% | 97.5% | 97.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 40.8% | 43.0% | 36.0% | 41.6% | 65.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 18.5% | 12.9% | 19.6% | 20.2% | 22.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 99.6% | 99.6% | 100% | 99.8% | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | % | 97.4% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 97.3% | 97.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 21.4% | 22.8% | 24.8% | 24.0% | 27.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Seychelles | % | 98.6% | 98.0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 85.3% | 85.4% | 86.0% | 85.5% | 84.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 87.0% | 90.2% | 92.3% | 94.1% | 97.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 55.3% | 58.7% | 65.0% | 65.8% | 69.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 15.3% | 16.4% | 23.5% | 26.5% | 32.8% |
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