Africa electricity map (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Africa electricity map

Caption

Nearly 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lacked access to central- grid-based electricity in 2018. In this map, the countries are colored by the number of people lacking access to electricity. Uganda, with roughly 24 million people without grid power in 2018, is highlighted by a red border.

Credit

Image credit: Ratledge et al, 2022, Nature

Usage Restrictions

Only for accompaniment of news story about this research.

License

Original content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.