South Africa | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank’s Global Electrification Database (GED) compiles nationally representative household survey data, and occasionally census data, from sources going back as far as 1990. The database also incorporates data from the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC), Middle East and North Africa Poverty Database (MNAPOV) and the Europe and Central Asia Poverty Database (ECAPOV), which are based on similar surveys. At the time of this analysis, the GED contained 1,375 surveys for 149 countries in 1990-2021.
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The World Bank
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Republic of South Africa
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South Africa | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
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1997 49.65441417
1998 40.40604027
1999 52.87897484
2000 54.90858347
2001 49.38584869
2002 64.33995646
2003 66.28208585
2004 73.19128929
2005 73.4352503
2006 72.89534909
2007 75.85445322
2008 75.25839975
2009 76.71083782
2010 76.86673828
2011 78.63427322
2012 82.63808737
2013 82.35797342
2014 84.05987866
2015 82.14343517
2016 77.88570316
2017 79.08435712
2018 79.74003482
2019 80.42592211
2020 95.53440738
2021 93.37895184
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South Africa | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity. Statistical concept and methodology: The World Bank’s Global Electrification Database (GED) compiles nationally representative household survey data, and occasionally census data, from sources going back as far as 1990. The database also incorporates data from the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC), Middle East and North Africa Poverty Database (MNAPOV) and the Europe and Central Asia Poverty Database (ECAPOV), which are based on similar surveys. At the time of this analysis, the GED contained 1,375 surveys for 149 countries in 1990-2021.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source