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Access to electricity (% of people)

36.9% of people▲ 0.90 pts vs 2023

Mozambique · Latest observation 2024

Access to electricity (% of people)

What is this?

Share of people with an electricity connection.

How to read it

  • Urban access is far higher than rural.
  • Unit: % of people.

What does the data say?

Access to electricity (% of people) (Mozambique) is 36.9 % of people (2024), 30.30 points higher than in 1997. It is the highest in the period shown.

Over all 28 observations since 1997, the highest was 36.9 (2024) and the lowest 3.7 (1998).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Lighting, phone charging, refrigeration.
  • Businesses: Productivity.
  • Government: Development goal.
  • Investors: Infrastructure gap.
  • Mobile money: Prepaid electricity is a large bill-payment category.

What should I watch?

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Status
Fetched live on the last refresh
Latest observation
2024
Last updated
2026-10-17
Source published
2026-10-08
Frequency
Annual
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
Country:
01020304019972024High 36.9Low 3.7
Latest
36.9
Change
+30.30 pts
High
36.9 2024
Low
3.7 1998
Average
19.0

Access to electricity (% of people) is 36.9 % of people (2024), 30.30 points higher than in 1997. It is the highest in the period shown.

What is this?

Share of people with an electricity connection.

How to read it

Urban access is far higher than rural.

Unit: % of people.

What does the data say?

Access to electricity (% of people) (Mozambique) is 36.9 % of people (2024), 30.30 points higher than in 1997. It is the highest in the period shown.

Over all 28 observations since 1997, the highest was 36.9 (2024) and the lowest 3.7 (1998).

Why does it matter?

  • Households: Lighting, phone charging, refrigeration.
  • Businesses: Productivity.
  • Government: Development goal.
  • Investors: Infrastructure gap.
  • Mobile money: Prepaid electricity is a large bill-payment category.

Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.

Countries — 2024

CountryLatestYear on year
China100.0 % of people+0.0%
Portugal100.0 % of people+0.0%
India99.9 % of people+0.4%
Brazil99.8 % of people+0.0%
World91.9 % of people+0.4%
South Africa90.2 % of people+2.9%
Eswatini89.3 % of people+3.4%
Botswana80.2 % of people+5.5%
Kenya77.0 % of people+1.0%
Zimbabwe62.0 % of people+0.0%
Angola55.5 % of people+8.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa55.1 % of people+3.5%
Zambia53.6 % of people+4.9%
Tanzania52.4 % of people+8.5%
Mozambique36.9 % of people+2.5%
Malawi15.6 % of people+0.0%

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What should I watch?

Rural access to electricity (% of rural people)12.3 % of rural people+3.40 pts · 2024Internet users (% of people)20.5 % of people+0.58 pts · 2024

Data source

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Frequency
Annual
Observations
28 (1997 – 2024) for Mozambique; 16 country in total
Source published
2026-10-08
Last retrieved
2026-10-17
Method
Compiled by the World Bank from national statistics offices, the IMF, ILO and other agencies. Definitions are harmonised across countries.
Limitations
Annual. The latest year is often missing or revised. Some series are modelled estimates rather than direct measurements.
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