Somalia vs Zambia: Share of the population with access to basic services

Somalia

54.4%

in 2024

Zambia

53.6%

in 2024

Somalia rank

193rd

Zambia rank

196th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Somalia
Zambia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 54.4% against 53.6% in Zambia, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zambia ahead.

Somalia ranks 193rd and Zambia ranks 196th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Somalia
Share of the population with access to basic services in Zambia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.