Lesotho vs Namibia: Number of people without access to electricity

Lesotho
920,945 people
in 2024
Namibia
1.23 million people
in 2024
Lesotho rank
51st
Namibia rank
49th

Number of people without access to electricity over time

  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M200020122024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 1.23 million people against 920,945 people in Lesotho, a difference of 312,315 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.3 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 51st and Namibia ranks 49th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity
Unit
people
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,325 data points, 2000–2024
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Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.