Six African nations achieved full electricity access in the 2026 WorldStats.io global rankings, marking a milestone for the continent’s energy sector.

The countries recording a 100.0% access rate are Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritius and Seychelles, placing them jointly at the top of the African table.

North African economies dominate the upper tier, while the two island states of Mauritius and Seychelles round out the group of full‑coverage nations.

Cape Verde follows in seventh place with 98.4% access, and Gabon sits eighth at 95.1%, meaning the top eight African markets all exceed 95% coverage.

Ghana (91.9%) and Comoros (91.7%) occupy the ninth and tenth slots, while South Africa records 90.2% access despite being the continent’s most industrialised economy.

Eswatini (89.3%) follows, and the final three places are held by Senegal (82.9%), Botswana (80.2%) and São Tomé and Príncipe (77.7%), all above three‑quarters of their populations connected to the grid.

The rankings highlight a stark divide: while the top 15 nations all surpass 77% access, several other African countries still have fewer than one in four people with electricity, underscoring a persistent infrastructure gap.

WorldStats.io derives its figures from a global ranking that measures the proportion of each country’s population connected to the grid, with the African subset ordered relative to one another.