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Access to electricity (% of rural population) by country

Access to electricity is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Countries reporting
202
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
0.4%
Central African Republic
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1990–2016
Data points
5,139

What the numbers show

Access to electricity (% of rural population) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 0.4% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 78.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 275.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 1,348.5%), and the largest decrease in Haiti (down 95.6%).

Access to electricity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Andorra 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 100.0% 2016 up 2.9% rising
1 Armenia 100.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
1 Belgium 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bulgaria 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bahamas 100.0% 2016 unchanged rising
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 100.0% 2016 up 16.2% rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 100.0% 2016 up 126.6% volatile
1 Canada 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2016 up 3.7% rising
1 China 100.0% 2016 up 3.5% rising
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2016 up 2.1% flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2016 up 4.5% rising
1 Curacao 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2016 up 12.2% rising
1 Denmark 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 100.0% 2016 up 22.0% rising
1 Egypt 100.0% 2016 up 1.3% rising
1 Spain 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 France 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Faroe Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 100.0% 2016 up 1.2% flat
1 Greece 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Greenland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Guam 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Isle of Man 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Iran 100.0% 2016 up 5.8% rising
1 Iraq 100.0% 2016 up 6.8% rising
1 Iceland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2016 up 2.3% rising
1 Japan 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2016 up 6.2% rising
1 South Korea 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Lebanon 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% flat
1 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2016 up 9.0% volatile
1 Moldova 100.0% 2016 up 0.7% rising
1 Maldives 100.0% 2016 up 12.7% rising
1 Mexico 100.0% 2016 up 3.0% rising
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2016 up 2.0% flat
1 Malta 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 100.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
1 Northern Mariana Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2016 up 3.3% rising
1 New Caledonia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Oman 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Palestine 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% rising
1 French Polynesia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Romania 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Russia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2016 up 2.1% rising
1 Syria 100.0% 2016 up 0.8% rising
1 Thailand 100.0% 2016 up 1.1% rising
1 Tajikistan 100.0% 2016 up 1.4% flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2016 up 4.4% rising
1 Tunisia 100.0% 2016 up 1.2% rising
1 Turkey 100.0% 2016 up 4.6% rising
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2016 up 15.2% rising
1 United States 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2016 up 16.8% rising
1 United States Virgin Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Vietnam 100.0% 2016 up 5.4% rising
1 Samoa 100.0% 2016 up 4.4% rising
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2016 up 1.1% rising
1 Channel Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
110 Kyrgyzstan 100.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
111 Ecuador 99.8% 2016 up 11.6% rising
112 Algeria 99.0% 2016 up 1.7% flat
113 Pakistan 98.8% 2016 up 28.8% rising
114 El Salvador 98.8% 2016 up 30.5% rising
115 Tuvalu 98.5% 2016 up 4.3% rising
116 Saint Lucia 98.4% 2016 up 7.7% rising
117 Fiji 98.0% 2016 up 33.7% rising
118 Palau 97.2% 2016 up 2.1% flat
119 Tonga 96.6% 2016 up 6.5% rising
120 Antigua and Barbuda 96.5% 2016 up 8.0% rising
121 Libya 96.4% 2016 down 0.8% flat
122 Venezuela 96.4% 2016 up 10.6% rising
123 Paraguay 96.1% 2016 up 2.1% rising
124 Jamaica 96.0% 2016 up 18.4% rising
125 Colombia 95.7% 2016 up 13.1% rising
126 Indonesia 94.8% 2016 up 11.9% rising
127 Sri Lanka 94.6% 2016 up 24.6% rising
128 Aruba 92.5% 2016 up 6.5% rising
129 Grenada 92.3% 2016 up 5.0% rising
130 Cape Verde 91.8% 2016 up 97.9% volatile
131 Marshall Islands 89.1% 2016 up 98.5% volatile
132 Belize 88.4% 2016 up 6.8% rising
133 Guatemala 86.4% 2016 up 21.0% rising
134 Philippines 86.3% 2016 up 25.3% rising
135 Nepal 85.2% 2016 up 97.2% volatile
136 Kiribati 82.2% 2016 up 89.7% volatile
137 Guyana 81.9% 2016 up 17.8% rising
138 Panama 81.3% 2016 up 29.1% rising
139 Laos 80.3% 2016 up 88.6% volatile
140 Bolivia 79.1% 2016 up 79.8% volatile
141 Afghanistan 79.0% 2016 up 529.5% volatile
142 India 77.6% 2016 up 39.4% rising
143 Peru 75.6% 2016 up 90.7% volatile
144 Honduras 72.2% 2016 up 53.8% rising
145 Comoros 72.2% 2016 up 58.7% volatile
146 Micronesia (country) 70.7% 2016 up 39.1% rising
147 Suriname 69.3% 2016 down 13.7% falling
148 Bangladesh 68.8% 2016 up 77.2% volatile
149 South Africa 67.9% 2016 down 2.0% rising
150 Ghana 66.6% 2016 up 96.8% volatile
151 Eswatini 61.2% 2016 up 182.0% volatile
152 Yemen 57.7% 2016 up 52.9% rising
153 Nicaragua 56.6% 2016 up 11.6% rising
154 Gabon 55.0% 2016 up 218.1% volatile
155 Equatorial Guinea 52.6% 2016 up 16.7% rising
156 Sao Tome and Principe 51.1% 2016 up 23.3% rising
157 East Timor 49.2% 2016 up 149.6% volatile
158 Vanuatu 46.4% 2016 up 344.8% volatile
159 Mongolia 44.2% 2016 up 12.4% rising
160 Turks and Caicos Islands 42.7% 2016 down 4.1% falling
161 Solomon Islands 41.5% 2016 up 539.0% volatile
162 Nigeria 41.1% 2016 up 66.9% rising
163 Myanmar 39.8% 2016 up 21.6% rising
164 Kenya 39.3% 2016 up 207.2% volatile
165 Eritrea 39.3% 2016 up 54.2% volatile
166 North Korea 39.2% 2016 up 81.4% volatile
167 Senegal 38.3% 2016 up 85.0% volatile
168 Cote d'Ivoire 38.1% 2016 up 5.5% rising
169 Botswana 37.5% 2016 up 64.5% volatile
170 Cambodia 36.5% 2016 up 121.3% volatile
171 Namibia 28.7% 2016 up 29.6% rising
172 Ethiopia 26.5% 2016 up 310.3% volatile
173 Congo 22.6% 2016 up 287.1% volatile
174 Sudan 22.2% 2016 up 28.8% rising
175 Cameroon 21.3% 2016 up 51.9% rising
176 Togo 19.4% 2016 up 217.9% volatile
177 Uganda 18.0% 2016 up 520.7% volatile
178 Benin 18.0% 2016 up 111.4% volatile
179 Rwanda 17.8% 2016 up 1,348.5% volatile
180 Madagascar 17.3% 2016 up 60.2% volatile
181 Tanzania 16.9% 2016 up 345.7% volatile
182 Angola 16.0% 2016 up 1.7% rising
183 Lesotho 15.7% 2016 up 499.5% volatile
184 Zimbabwe 15.6% 2016 up 79.0% rising
185 Gambia 15.5% 2016 up 46.3% rising
186 Papua New Guinea 15.5% 2016 up 138.0% volatile
187 Somalia 11.6% 2016 up 331.1% volatile
188 Guinea 6.9% 2016 up 1,286.3% volatile
189 South Sudan 5.9% 2016 up 878.9% volatile
190 Mozambique 5.0% 2016 up 174.5% volatile
191 Niger 4.7% 2016 up 212.0% volatile
192 Malawi 4.0% 2016 up 281.4% volatile
193 Zambia 2.7% 2016 down 37.3% rising
194 Sierra Leone 2.5% 2016 up 114.8% volatile
195 Chad 2.2% 2016 up 164.2% volatile
196 Djibouti 2.0% 2015 down 94.7% volatile
197 Mali 1.8% 2016 down 44.7% volatile
198 Burundi 1.7% 2016 up 59.0% rising
199 Liberia 1.3% 2016 up 62.5% volatile
200 Burkina Faso 0.8% 2016 down 67.2% rising
201 Haiti 0.5% 2013 down 95.6% falling
202 Central African Republic 0.4% 2016 down 67.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Access to electricity (% of rural population)
Unit
% of rural population
Source
World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 5,139 data points, 1990–2016
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Access to electricity is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.