Access to electricity as a share of population reached 84.4% in 2020 in South Africa, according to World Bank / EIA. This is 0.723% less than in the previous year.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in South Africa reached an all time high of 85.9% in 2014 and an all time low of 57.6% in 1996.
South Africa has been ranked 129th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population.
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