In its Power Sector Action Plan, the Angolan government outlines a strategy to achieve a 60% electrification rate by 2025, from a 2020 rate of 47%. That will require major advances in rural areas, where electrification is estimated at less than 10%. A recent Afrobarometer survey provides an on-the-ground look at electricity access in Angola. Findings show that while about two-thirds of Angolans live in zones served by the electric grid, fewer than half enjoy a reliable supply of electricity, including just one in 20 rural residents.

Principais conclusões:

• About two-thirds (65%) of Angolans live in zones served by the national electric grid, up 4 percentage points since 2019 (61%). But only 14% of rural residents are within reach of the grid, compared to 92% of urban residents.
• About six in 10 Angolans (59%) live in households that are connected to the national power grid.
• Among those who are connected to the grid, 78% say their electricity works "most of the time" or "all of the time."
• Combining connection and reliability rates shows that fewer than half (47%) of all Angolans enjoy a reliable supply of electricity, including just 6% of rural residents and 28% of citizens experiencing high lived poverty.
• Electricity ranks sixth among the most important problems that Angolans want their government to address.
• Two-thirds (66%) of citizens say the government is doing a poor job of providing a reliable supply of electricity. This assessment is particularly widespread among rural residents (83%), the uneducated (79%), and the poor (74%).