Access to electricity as a share of population reached 100 % in 2016 in Seychelles, according to World Bank / EIA. This is 0.323 % more than in the previous year.
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 91st within the group of 180 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 13 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.
Access to electricity is the percentage of the population with access to electricity.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Comoros | % | 63.1% | 65.6% | 69.3% | 70.5% | 72.9% | ||||
| India | % | 76.3% | 67.6% | 79.9% | 79.6% | 81.2% | ||||
| Indonesia | % | 94.2% | 94.8% | 96.0% | 96.5% | 97.0% | ||||
| Kenya | % | 19.2% | 29.0% | 30.3% | 31.6% | 36.0% | ||||
| Madagascar | % | 16.9% | 14.3% | 17.7% | 12.9% | 18.6% | ||||
| Maldives | % | 97.1% | 98.3% | 99.2% | 99.7% | 100% | ||||
| Mauritius | % | 98.6% | 99.4% | 98.6% | 98.7% | 98.7% | ||||
| Mozambique | % | 17.3% | 20.2% | 19.5% | 20.7% | 21.9% | ||||
| Seychelles | % | 97.0% | 98.0% | 98.4% | 98.0% | 99.3% | ||||
| Singapore | % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||||
| South Africa | % | 82.9% | 84.7% | 85.3% | 85.4% | 86.0% | ||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 85.3% | 87.8% | 88.8% | 90.2% | 92.2% | ||||
| Swaziland | % | 45.6% | 51.8% | 54.6% | 57.4% | 65.0% | ||||
| Tanzania | % | 14.8% | 14.2% | 15.3% | 16.4% | 18.9% |
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