Business & Markets · Electricity access · South Sudan
South Sudan’s electricity access held at 5.4% of population in 2024.
5.4% of population
2024
No change from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
5.4% of population
What it is. This measure gives the share of South Sudan's population living with access to electricity. It counts people with a connection of some kind, so it shows how widely power reaches homes. It says nothing about how reliable the supply is, how many hours a day it runs or what it costs, and a household with a single bulb counts the same as one with a full set of appliances.
Higher is better. A higher share means more people can use lighting, phone charging, refrigeration and powered tools at home, so a rising figure is good. The latest figure, for 2024, is 5.4% of population, level with the 5.4% of population recorded in 2023. Since 2015 the range runs from a low of 4.2% of population in 2017 to a high of 8.4% of population in 2022. The current level sits well above the 2017 low and below the 2022 high.
Why it matters. With 5.4% of population connected, the great majority of South Sudanese households rely on other sources for light and charging. Shops, clinics and small workshops that need steady power often have to run their own generators, which adds to their costs. For the state, a figure that has stayed flat over the latest year means the investment needed to extend supply to most of the population is still ahead.
| Period | Electricity access · South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.8% of population |
| 2016 | 5.3% of population |
| 2017 | 4.2% of population |
| 2018 | 6.3% of population |
| 2019 | 6.8% of population |
| 2020 | 7.3% of population |
| 2021 | 7.7% of population |
| 2022 | 8.4% of population |
| 2023 | 5.4% of population |
| 2024 | 5.4% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Electricity access, South Sudan, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/electricity-access/south-sudan
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Population with access to electricity. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.