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Digital & energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa: how the countries rank

Internet, mobile and broadband, electricity and clean cooking fuels. 12 indicators for the 48 economies of Sub-Saharan Africa, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Internet users35.7%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 73.6%Mobile subscriptions90.4Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 111.5Fixed broadband1.1Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 20.1Fixed telephone0.4Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025 · world 9.9Secure servers903Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 16,381Electricity access55.1%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 91.9%Electricity access, rural35.7%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 84.9%Electricity access, urban82.9%Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024 · world 97.8%
Internet users
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0%25%50%75%100%20052010201520202025Sub-Saharan Africa35.7%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Mobile subscriptions
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0.0501001501995200020052010201520202025Sub-Saharan Africa90.4WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 48 economies, digital & energy access

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its digital & energy access profile.

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CountryInternet usersMobile subscriptionsFixed broadbandFixed telephoneSecure serversElectricity accessElectricity access, ruralElectricity access, urban
Seychelles87.8%#1 · 2024125.6#11 · 202431.6#1 · 202412.4#2 · 2024139,583#1 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024
South Africa78.4%#2 · 2024179.3#2 · 20245.3#5 · 20241.6#12 · 202416,658#2 · 202490.2%#7 · 202486.3%#7 · 202492.4%#16 · 2024
Cabo Verde74.7%#3 · 2024111.8#17 · 20248.3#3 · 202411.7#3 · 2024857#4 · 202498.4%#3 · 202497.7%#4 · 202498.6%#4 · 2024
Mauritius73.3%#4 · 2024172.7#3 · 202428.0#2 · 202436.9#1 · 20242,158#3 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024
Ghana72.2%#5 · 2024113.6#15 · 20240.7#22 · 20240.8#16 · 202449#23 · 202491.9%#5 · 202482.6%#8 · 202498.6%#5 · 2024
Gabon68.7%#6 · 2024125.3#12 · 20244.7#6 · 20242.6#6 · 202487#13 · 202495.1%#4 · 202451.3%#14 · 202499.0%#3 · 2024
Namibia64.9%#7 · 202485.2#27 · 20242.8#10 · 20242.6#7 · 2024427#6 · 202459.3%#23 · 202441.1%#24 · 202477.2%#34 · 2024
Eswatini63.4%#8 · 2024139.8#6 · 20242.5#11 · 20242.9#5 · 2024117#9 · 202489.3%#8 · 202488.3%#5 · 202492.1%#17 · 2024
Equatorial Guinea63.3%#9 · 202449.5#44 · 20220.1#38 · 20220.6#19 · 202267#16 · 202465.1%#18 · 20245.1%#42 · 202489.3%#18 · 2024
Senegal60.1%#10 · 2024123.9#13 · 20244.0#7 · 20241.6#10 · 202460#18 · 202482.9%#9 · 202467.1%#11 · 202495.7%#10 · 2024
São Tomé and Príncipe59.1%#11 · 202462.4#39 · 20243.0#9 · 20240.8#18 · 202442#25 · 202477.7%#11 · 202475.1%#9 · 202478.9%#30 · 2024
Botswana57.5%#12 · 2024164.0#4 · 20247.4#4 · 20243.3#4 · 2024471#5 · 202480.2%#10 · 202445.9%#17 · 202496.7%#8 · 2024
Lesotho51.8%#13 · 202470.3#33 · 20240.4#28 · 20240.3#25 · 202486#14 · 202460.6%#22 · 202441.4%#23 · 202485.2%#25 · 2024
The Gambia49.5%#14 · 2024126.2#9 · 20240.5#25 · 20241.6#11 · 202459#19 · 202469.0%#16 · 202439.2%#25 · 202485.6%#23 · 2024
Republic of the Congo47.3%#15 · 202495.5#23 · 20241.3#16 · 20230.3#29 · 202217#34 · 202453.0%#32 · 202419.4%#36 · 202472.0%#37 · 2024
Cameroon46.3%#16 · 2024108.2#20 · 20242.1#12 · 20220.2#30 · 202425#29 · 202472.0%#14 · 202442.7%#22 · 202495.6%#11 · 2024
Mauritania45.8%#17 · 202492.1#26 · 20240.9#17 · 20240.3#27 · 202452#22 · 202452.2%#34 · 2024—94.2%#14 · 2024
Zimbabwe41.6%#18 · 202494.2#24 · 20241.9#13 · 20241.8#9 · 202490#12 · 202462.0%#20 · 202446.6%#16 · 202485.1%#27 · 2024
Côte d'Ivoire41.4%#19 · 2024183.9#1 · 20241.6#14 · 20240.8#17 · 202461#17 · 202472.9%#13 · 202447.7%#15 · 202494.3%#13 · 2024
Nigeria41.2%#20 · 202470.8#32 · 20240.1#40 · 20240.0#38 · 202498#11 · 202462.5%#19 · 202423.5%#35 · 202485.5%#24 · 2024
Angola40.7%#21 · 202469.7#35 · 20240.4#29 · 20240.2#31 · 202449#24 · 202455.5%#26 · 20241.3%#45 · 202478.0%#33 · 2024
Togo39.5%#22 · 202480.8#29 · 20241.4#15 · 20240.8#15 · 2024102#10 · 202461.1%#21 · 202433.9%#26 · 202496.0%#9 · 2024
Mali36.8%#23 · 2024112.1#16 · 20220.8#20 · 20221.3#13 · 202221#32 · 202449.5%#35 · 202431.4%#28 · 202488.6%#19 · 2024
Kenya35.0%#24 · 2024126.5#8 · 20243.0#8 · 20240.1#35 · 2024400#7 · 202477.0%#12 · 202467.1%#10 · 202498.1%#7 · 2024
Benin34.0%#25 · 2024125.9#10 · 20240.3#30 · 20240.0#42 · 202420#33 · 202459.0%#24 · 202445.0%#18 · 202471.6%#38 · 2024
Guinea33.3%#26 · 202497.9#22 · 20230.0#45 · 20220.0#46 · 202212#38 · 202453.8%#30 · 202429.4%#30 · 202493.6%#15 · 2024
Comoros32.5%#27 · 2024109.9#18 · 20230.4#26 · 20231.0#14 · 202316#35 · 202491.7%#6 · 202488.2%#6 · 202498.5%#6 · 2024
Liberia32.2%#28 · 202432.1#48 · 20220.3#31 · 20220.1#32 · 202213#37 · 202434.9%#40 · 20249.2%#40 · 202455.5%#44 · 2024
Rwanda31.7%#29 · 202493.2#25 · 20240.6#23 · 20240.1#37 · 2024161#8 · 202472.0%#15 · 202465.2%#12 · 202488.0%#20 · 2024
Tanzania31.2%#30 · 2024126.6#7 · 20240.2#32 · 20240.1#33 · 202452#21 · 202452.4%#33 · 202433.7%#27 · 202485.2%#26 · 2024
Guinea-Bissau29.8%#31 · 2024147.2#5 · 20240.4#27 · 20240.0#47 · 202211#40 · 202443.7%#36 · 202424.9%#32 · 202465.6%#41 · 2024
Burkina Faso28.3%#32 · 2024116.6#14 · 20240.9#18 · 20240.3#23 · 202429#28 · 202434.0%#41 · 202412.7%#37 · 202487.8%#22 · 2024
Somalia27.9%#33 · 202454.0#43 · 20230.7#21 · 20230.3#28 · 202314#36 · 202454.4%#29 · 202424.4%#34 · 202473.4%#36 · 2024
Sierra Leone25.1%#34 · 2024107.9#21 · 20220.0#46 · 20210.0#43 · 202211#39 · 202439.2%#38 · 202424.9%#33 · 202456.4%#43 · 2024
Ethiopia21.9%#35 · 202465.1#37 · 20240.6#24 · 20240.6#20 · 202424#31 · 202456.6%#25 · 202444.8%#19 · 202495.1%#12 · 2024
Mozambique20.5%#36 · 202449.5#45 · 20240.1#35 · 20240.1#36 · 202437#26 · 202436.9%#39 · 202412.3%#38 · 202479.8%#29 · 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo19.7%#37 · 202458.5#42 · 20240.0#42 · 20240.0#45 · 202410#42 · 202422.5%#42 · 20241.0%#46 · 202455.0%#45 · 2024
Malawi19.0%#38 · 202469.3#36 · 20240.1#39 · 20240.0#40 · 202432#27 · 202415.6%#46 · 20246.4%#41 · 202459.5%#42 · 2024
Madagascar18.7%#39 · 202475.5#30 · 20230.1#36 · 20230.0#41 · 202325#30 · 202442.5%#37 · 202426.5%#31 · 202475.9%#35 · 2024
Zambia17.1%#40 · 2024108.7#19 · 20240.8#19 · 20240.3#24 · 202481#15 · 202453.6%#31 · 202431.3%#29 · 202480.3%#28 · 2024
Niger15.6%#41 · 202460.6#40 · 20240.1#37 · 20240.4#21 · 20245#44 · 202421.3%#43 · 202410.8%#39 · 202469.1%#40 · 2024
Eritrea14.3%#42 · 202059.1#41 · 20220.2#34 · 20222.0#8 · 20222#46 · 202455.3%#27 · 202443.2%#21 · 202478.1%#32 · 2024
Central African Republic13.8%#43 · 202438.8#47 · 20220.0#44 · 20220.0#39 · 20222#47 · 202418.2%#45 · 20242.0%#44 · 202438.8%#47 · 2024
Chad12.6%#44 · 202472.9#31 · 20240.0#48 · 20240.0#44 · 20241#48 · 202413.4%#47 · 2024100.0%#1 · 202451.0%#46 · 2024
Uganda8.9%#45 · 202483.2#28 · 20240.2#33 · 20240.4#22 · 202454#20 · 202455.3%#28 · 202444.8%#20 · 202478.3%#31 · 2024
Burundi8.6%#46 · 202463.2#38 · 20230.0#43 · 20230.1#34 · 202311#41 · 202420.1%#44 · 20243.6%#43 · 202470.0%#39 · 2024
South Sudan—46.6#46 · 20230.0#47 · 20230.0#48 · 20235#43 · 20245.4%#48 · 20240.7%#47 · 202422.8%#48 · 2024
Sudan—70.2#34 · 20220.1#41 · 20220.3#26 · 20222#45 · 202466.0%#17 · 202454.2%#13 · 202487.9%#21 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Internet users46 countries
  1. 1Seychelles87.8%2024
  2. 2South Africa78.4%2024
  3. 3Cabo Verde74.7%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Burundi8.6%2024
  2. 45Uganda8.9%2024
  3. 44Chad12.6%2024
Median country 35.9% · group 35.7%
Mobile subscriptions48 countries
  1. 1Côte d'Ivoire183.92024
  2. 2South Africa179.32024
  3. 3Mauritius172.72024
Lowest
  1. 48Liberia32.12022
  2. 47Central African Republic38.82022
  3. 46South Sudan46.62023
Median country 93.7 · group 90.4
Fixed broadband48 countries
  1. 1Seychelles31.62024
  2. 2Mauritius28.02024
  3. 3Cabo Verde8.32024
Lowest
  1. 48Chad0.02024
  2. 47South Sudan0.02023
  3. 46Sierra Leone0.02021
Median country 0.6 · group 1.1
Fixed telephone48 countries
  1. 1Mauritius36.92024
  2. 2Seychelles12.42024
  3. 3Cabo Verde11.72024
Lowest
  1. 48South Sudan0.02023
  2. 47Guinea-Bissau0.02022
  3. 46Guinea0.02022
Median country 0.3 · group 0.4
Secure servers48 countries
  1. 1Seychelles139,5832024
  2. 2South Africa16,6582024
  3. 3Mauritius2,1582024
Lowest
  1. 48Chad12024
  2. 47Central African Republic22024
  3. 46Eritrea22024
Median country 45 · group 903
Electricity access48 countries
  1. 1Mauritius100.0%2024
  2. 2Seychelles100.0%2024
  3. 3Cabo Verde98.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 48South Sudan5.4%2024
  2. 47Chad13.4%2024
  3. 46Malawi15.6%2024
Median country 57.8% · group 55.1%
Electricity access, rural47 countries
  1. 1Chad100.0%2024
  2. 2Mauritius100.0%2024
  3. 3Seychelles100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 47South Sudan0.7%2024
  2. 46Democratic Republic of the Congo1.0%2024
  3. 45Angola1.3%2024
Median country 41.1% · group 35.7%
Electricity access, urban48 countries
  1. 1Mauritius100.0%2024
  2. 2Seychelles100.0%2024
  3. 3Gabon99.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 48South Sudan22.8%2024
  2. 47Central African Republic38.8%2024
  3. 46Chad51.0%2024
Median country 85.3% · group 82.9%
Clean cooking48 countries
  1. 1Mauritius99.0%2024
  2. 2Seychelles99.0%2024
  3. 3Gabon93.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 48South Sudan0.0%2024
  2. 47Burundi0.0%2024
  3. 46Liberia1.0%2024
Median country 13.0% · group 22.9%
Electricity use per person32 countries
  1. 1South Africa3,308 kWh2024
  2. 2Mauritius2,588 kWh2024
  3. 3Botswana1,660 kWh2024
Lowest
  1. 32Chad13 kWh2024
  2. 31South Sudan53 kWh2024
  3. 30Niger64 kWh2024
Median country 222 kWh · group 380 kWh
Energy use per person32 countries
  1. 1Gabon1,932 kgoe2024
  2. 2South Africa1,907 kgoe2024
  3. 3Botswana1,347 kgoe2024
Lowest
  1. 32South Sudan63 kgoe2024
  2. 31Chad171 kgoe2024
  3. 30Niger173 kgoe2024
Median country 413 kgoe · group 476 kgoe
Power losses32 countries
  1. 1Benin60.9%2024
  2. 2Republic of the Congo51.3%2024
  3. 3Eswatini31.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 32South Sudan4.2%2024
  2. 31Madagascar5.3%2024
  3. 30Mauritius5.6%2024
Median country 15.7% · group 13.4%
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