Ethiopia vs Mauritania: Access to electricity, urban

Ethiopia
95.1%
in 2024
Mauritania
94.2%
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
173rd
Mauritania rank
176th

Access to electricity, urban over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Mauritania
020406080100200020122024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 95.1% against 94.2% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.9%.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 173rd and Mauritania ranks 176th of 215 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Mauritania Difference Ahead
2000s 81.8% 54.5% 27.2% Ethiopia
2010s 88.9% 78.2% 10.8% Ethiopia
2020s 94.3% 91.3% 3.0% Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher access to electricity, urban, Ethiopia or Mauritania?
Ethiopia, at 95.1% against 94.2% in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in access to electricity, urban between Ethiopia and Mauritania?
0.9%, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Mauritania?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Mauritania rank globally for access to electricity, urban?
Ethiopia ranks 173rd and Mauritania ranks 176th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), published as Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ethiopia vs Mauritania: Access to electricity, urban. Statizoid, drawing on SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB). Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/access-to-electricity-urban-percent-of-urban-population/ethiopia/mauritania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/access-to-electricity-urban-percent-of-urban-population/ethiopia/mauritania/">Ethiopia vs Mauritania: Access to electricity, urban</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
Unit
% of urban population
Source
SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
263 places, 8,113 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.