Working reference · table 3
Country working estimates by electricity tier
Country-by-country population and household tier estimates from the project working document.
| Country | Population | Tier 0 | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 242.4m | 22.7m 45% | 7.0m 14% | 2.8m 6% | 7.8m 15% | 6.1m 12% | 4.2m 8% |
| Ethiopia | 138.9m | 14.5m 50% | 5.8m 20% | 2.2m 7% | 3.2m 11% | 1.9m 6% | 1.4m 5% |
| Egypt | 120.1m | 250k 1% | 495k 2% | 743k 3% | 3.7m 15% | 7.4m 30% | 12.4m 50% |
| DR Congo | 116.5m | 19.4m 80% | 1.9m 8% | 724k 3% | 1.1m 4% | 627k 3% | 483k 2% |
| Tanzania | 72.6m | 8.5m 57% | 2.6m 17% | 986k 7% | 1.4m 10% | 854k 6% | 657k 4% |
| South Africa | 65.5m | 2.9m 21% | 1.1m 8% | 753k 6% | 2.5m 18% | 3.2m 24% | 3.2m 24% |
| Kenya | 58.6m | 3.8m 31% | 2.1m 17% | 838k 7% | 2.3m 19% | 1.8m 15% | 1.3m 10% |
| Sudan | 53.3m | 4.5m 41% | 1.6m 15% | 659k 6% | 1.8m 17% | 1.5m 13% | 989k 9% |
| Uganda | 52.8m | 5.9m 54% | 2.0m 19% | 764k 7% | 1.1m 10% | 662k 6% | 509k 5% |
| Algeria | 48.0m | 100k 1% | 198k 2% | 297k 3% | 1.5m 15% | 3.0m 30% | 5.0m 50% |
| Angola | 40.2m | 4.5m 54% | 1.5m 18% | 578k 7% | 848k 10% | 501k 6% | 385k 5% |
| Morocco | 38.8m | 81k 1% | 160k 2% | 240k 3% | 1.2m 15% | 2.4m 30% | 4.0m 50% |
| Mozambique | 36.6m | 5.2m 68% | 989k 13% | 371k 5% | 544k 7% | 322k 4% | 247k 3% |
| Ghana | 35.7m | 1.4m 19% | 599k 8% | 419k 6% | 1.4m 19% | 1.8m 24% | 1.8m 24% |
| Madagascar | 33.5m | 4.5m 65% | 991k 14% | 371k 5% | 545k 8% | 322k 5% | 248k 4% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 33.5m | 2.4m 35% | 1.1m 16% | 455k 7% | 1.3m 18% | 1.0m 14% | 682k 10% |
| Cameroon | 30.6m | 2.2m 35% | 1.0m 16% | 414k 6% | 1.2m 18% | 910k 14% | 620k 10% |
| Niger | 28.8m | 4.9m 82% | 434k 7% | 163k 3% | 239k 4% | 141k 2% | 109k 2% |
| Mali | 25.9m | 2.8m 51% | 1.1m 20% | 397k 7% | 583k 11% | 344k 6% | 265k 5% |
| Burkina Faso | 24.6m | 4.1m 80% | 400k 8% | 150k 3% | 220k 4% | 130k 3% | 100k 2% |
| Malawi | 22.8m | 4.1m 86% | 267k 6% | 100k 2% | 147k 3% | 87k 2% | 67k 1% |
| Zambia | 22.5m | 2.5m 54% | 863k 18% | 324k 7% | 475k 10% | 281k 6% | 216k 5% |
| Chad | 21.6m | 4.0m 89% | 194k 4% | 73k 2% | 107k 2% | 63k 1% | 49k 1% |
| Somalia | 20.3m | 2.3m 55% | 766k 18% | 287k 7% | 421k 10% | 249k 6% | 192k 5% |
| Senegal | 19.4m | 1.3m 33% | 674k 17% | 269k 7% | 754k 19% | 593k 15% | 404k 10% |
| Zimbabwe | 17.3m | 1.6m 44% | 502k 14% | 201k 6% | 562k 16% | 442k 12% | 301k 8% |
| Guinea | 15.4m | 1.7m 54% | 592k 18% | 222k 7% | 325k 10% | 192k 6% | 148k 5% |
| Benin | 15.2m | 1.5m 49% | 649k 21% | 243k 8% | 357k 11% | 211k 7% | 162k 5% |
| Rwanda | 14.9m | 1.3m 42% | 446k 14% | 178k 6% | 500k 16% | 392k 13% | 268k 9% |
| Burundi | 14.7m | 2.7m 90% | 128k 4% | 48k 2% | 70k 2% | 42k 1% | 32k 1% |
| South Sudan | 12.4m | 2.5m 95% | 50k 2% | 19k 1% | 28k 1% | 16k 1% | 13k <1% |
| Tunisia | 12.4m | 26k 1% | 51k 2% | 77k 3% | 384k 15% | 768k 30% | 1.3m 50% |
| Togo | 9.9m | 967k 47% | 441k 21% | 165k 8% | 243k 12% | 143k 7% | 110k 5% |
| Sierra Leone | 9.0m | 1.3m 68% | 240k 13% | 90k 5% | 132k 7% | 78k 4% | 60k 3% |
| Libya | 7.5m | 536k 34% | 259k 16% | 103k 7% | 290k 18% | 228k 14% | 155k 10% |
| Congo | 6.6m | 744k 54% | 255k 18% | 96k 7% | 140k 10% | 83k 6% | 64k 5% |
| Liberia | 5.9m | 863k 71% | 143k 12% | 54k 4% | 78k 6% | 46k 4% | 36k 3% |
| Central African Republic | 5.7m | 999k 84% | 75k 6% | 28k 2% | 41k 3% | 24k 2% | 19k 2% |
| Mauritania | 5.5m | 623k 55% | 206k 18% | 77k 7% | 113k 10% | 67k 6% | 52k 5% |
| Eritrea | 3.7m | 392k 51% | 150k 20% | 56k 7% | 83k 11% | 49k 6% | 38k 5% |
| Namibia | 3.2m | 322k 49% | 134k 20% | 50k 8% | 74k 11% | 44k 7% | 34k 5% |
| Gambia | 2.9m | 239k 40% | 90k 15% | 36k 6% | 101k 17% | 80k 13% | 54k 9% |
| Gabon | 2.6m | 84k 15% | 47k 8% | 33k 6% | 107k 19% | 140k 25% | 140k 25% |
| Botswana | 2.6m | 171k 32% | 93k 17% | 37k 7% | 104k 19% | 82k 15% | 56k 10% |
| Lesotho | 2.4m | 241k 48% | 103k 21% | 39k 8% | 56k 11% | 33k 7% | 26k 5% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2.3m | 304k 64% | 70k 15% | 26k 5% | 38k 8% | 23k 5% | 17k 4% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2.0m | 165k 40% | 62k 15% | 25k 6% | 70k 17% | 55k 13% | 37k 9% |
| Eswatini | 1.3m | 59k 22% | 21k 8% | 14k 5% | 47k 18% | 62k 23% | 62k 23% |
| Mauritius | 1.3m | 3k 1% | 5k 2% | 8k 3% | 39k 15% | 78k 30% | 130k 50% |
| Djibouti | 1.2m | 103k 41% | 37k 15% | 15k 6% | 41k 16% | 32k 13% | 22k 9% |
| Comoros | 899k | 36k 19% | 15k 8% | 11k 6% | 35k 19% | 45k 24% | 45k 24% |
| Cabo Verde | 530k | 3k 2% | 2k 2% | 3k 3% | 16k 15% | 32k 29% | 54k 49% |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 245k | 14k 27% | 4k 7% | 3k 5% | 9k 17% | 11k 22% | 11k 22% |
| Seychelles | 135k | 281 1% | 557 2% | 835 3% | 4k 15% | 8k 30% | 14k 50% |
| Africa total | 1,583.1m | 148.7m 45% | 40.8m 12% | 17.3m 5% | 40.4m 12% | 39.7m 12% | 42.9m 13% |
Transcribed from the project working document IRENA Electricity Tiers. Figures are preserved as working values rather than presented here as independently verified statistics.