Access to electricity as a share of population rose 2.68% to 41.4% in Benin in 2020, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, access to electricity as a share of population in Benin reached an all time high of 41.4% in 2020 and an all time low of 7.31% in 1990. When compared to Benin's main peers, access to electricity as a share of population in Burkina Faso amounted to 19.0%, 19.3% in Niger, 55.4% in Nigeria and 54.0% in Togo in 2020.
Benin has been ranked 163rd within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of access to electricity as a share of population, 12 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Access to Electricity (As % of Population) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Algeria | % | 99.1% | 99.2% | 99.4% | 99.6% | 99.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 34.1% | 29.6% | 37.1% | 34.5% | 39.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 19.2% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 17.2% | 14.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 56.8% | 58.6% | 59.8% | 61.0% | 62.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 8.41% | 7.70% | 9.26% | 10.9% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | 78.3% | 74.1% | 79.3% | 79.0% | 80.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 61.9% | 62.6% | 64.3% | 65.6% | 67.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 75.0% | 73.4% | 71.8% | 70.2% | 67.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 34.1% | 37.6% | 38.8% | 34.8% | 50.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 15.8% | 16.6% | 17.3% | 18.0% | 17.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 54.0% | 52.5% | 59.3% | 54.4% | 56.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 45.7% | 44.6% | 46.8% | 48.0% | 50.0% |
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