Rural access to electricity (% of rural people)
12.3% of rural people▲ 3.40 pts vs 2023
Mozambique · Latest observation 2024
Country:
- Latest
- 12.3
- Change
- +11.30 pts
- High
- 12.3 2024
- Low
- 0.9 2015
- Average
- 3.7
Rural access to electricity (% of rural people) is 12.3 % of rural people (2024), 11.30 points higher than in 2003. It is the highest in the period shown.
What is this?
Share of rural people with electricity.
How to read it
Includes off-grid solar where surveyed.
Unit: % of rural people.
What does the data say?
Rural access to electricity (% of rural people) (Mozambique) is 12.3 % of rural people (2024), 11.30 points higher than in 2003. It is the highest in the period shown.
Over all 22 observations since 2003, the highest was 12.3 (2024) and the lowest 0.9 (2015).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Rural living standards.
- Businesses: Rural productivity.
- Government: Equity.
- Investors: Off-grid market.
- Mobile money: Pay-as-you-go solar is often paid with mobile money.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
Countries — 2024
| Country | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| China | 100.0 % of rural people | +0.0% |
| Portugal | 100.0 % of rural people | +0.0% |
| India | 99.9 % of rural people | +0.7% |
| Brazil | 99.2 % of rural people | +0.2% |
| Eswatini | 88.3 % of rural people | +4.0% |
| South Africa | 86.3 % of rural people | −8.2% |
| World | 84.9 % of rural people | +0.6% |
| Kenya | 67.1 % of rural people | −1.2% |
| Zimbabwe | 46.6 % of rural people | −9.3% |
| Botswana | 45.9 % of rural people | +83.6% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.7 % of rural people | +7.9% |
| Tanzania | 33.7 % of rural people | +20.8% |
| Zambia | 31.3 % of rural people | +77.8% |
| Mozambique | 12.3 % of rural people | +38.2% |
| Malawi | 6.4 % of rural people | +4.9% |
| Angola | 1.3 % of rural people | — |
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What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS)
- Frequency
- Annual
- Observations
- 22 (2003 – 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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