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Access to electricity (% of total population) by country

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

Countries reporting
218
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
7.6%
Burundi
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1990–2016
Data points
5,824

What the numbers show

Access to electricity (% of total population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 7.6% in Burundi.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 84.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 7,989.0%), and the largest decrease in Djibouti (down 6.7%).

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 0.7% flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
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 up 2.1% rising
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 100.0% 2016 up 2.5% rising
1 Barbados 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 100.0% 2016 up 63.4% volatile
1 Canada 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% rising
1 China 100.0% 2016 up 2.0% rising
1 Costa Rica 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
1 Curacao 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 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 11.0% rising
1 Egypt 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% 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 0.9% flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Greece 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Greenland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Guam 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 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 1.6% flat
1 Iraq 100.0% 2016 up 2.4% 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 0.9% flat
1 Japan 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2016 up 4.5% rising
1 South Korea 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Lebanon 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% 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 Macao 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2016 up 3.6% rising
1 Monaco 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% rising
1 Maldives 100.0% 2016 up 8.3% rising
1 Mexico 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% rising
1 North Macedonia 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
1 Malta 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
1 Northern Mariana Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2016 up 1.8% 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 0.3% flat
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 Singapore 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 100.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100.0% 2016 up 1.0% rising
1 Syria 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% rising
1 Thailand 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% rising
1 Tajikistan 100.0% 2016 up 1.1% flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100.0% 2016 up 4.0% rising
1 Tunisia 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% rising
1 Turkey 100.0% 2016 up 2.3% rising
1 Ukraine 100.0% 2016 up 0.4% flat
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2016 up 1.5% flat
1 United States 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2016 up 13.9% rising
1 United States Virgin Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Vietnam 100.0% 2016 up 4.2% rising
1 Samoa 100.0% 2016 up 3.8% rising
1 Kosovo 100.0% 2016 up 3.4% flat
1 Anguilla 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% rising
1 Cook Islands 100.0% 2016 up 1.4% flat
1 Channel Islands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 100.0% 2016 up 3.4% flat
120 Kyrgyzstan 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
121 Ecuador 99.9% 2016 up 3.8% rising
122 Venezuela 99.6% 2016 up 1.1% flat
123 Algeria 99.4% 2016 up 0.7% flat
124 Tuvalu 99.4% 2016 up 3.7% rising
125 Palau 99.3% 2016 up 0.9% flat
126 Nauru 99.2% 2016 down 0.2% flat
127 Pakistan 99.1% 2016 up 18.2% rising
128 Colombia 99.0% 2016 up 3.7% rising
129 Mauritius 98.8% 2016 up 0.0% flat
130 Fiji 98.6% 2016 up 17.8% rising
131 El Salvador 98.6% 2016 up 10.6% rising
132 Libya 98.5% 2016 down 0.3% flat
133 Paraguay 98.4% 2016 up 1.7% rising
134 Jamaica 98.2% 2016 up 10.0% rising
135 Saint Lucia 97.8% 2016 up 6.1% rising
136 Indonesia 97.6% 2016 up 7.7% rising
137 Antigua and Barbuda 97.4% 2016 up 5.3% rising
138 Tonga 97.0% 2016 up 5.1% rising
139 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.7% 2016 up 2.5% rising
140 Sri Lanka 95.6% 2016 up 21.0% rising
141 Aruba 95.6% 2016 up 3.2% rising
142 Peru 94.9% 2016 up 18.3% rising
143 Panama 93.4% 2016 up 9.7% rising
144 Marshall Islands 93.1% 2016 up 20.5% rising
145 Bolivia 93.0% 2016 up 22.1% rising
146 Cape Verde 92.6% 2016 up 33.6% rising
147 Grenada 92.3% 2016 up 5.0% rising
148 Belize 92.2% 2016 up 1.3% flat
149 Guatemala 91.8% 2016 up 9.6% rising
150 Gabon 91.4% 2016 up 13.0% rising
151 Philippines 91.0% 2016 up 14.2% rising
152 Nepal 90.7% 2016 up 77.1% volatile
153 Honduras 87.6% 2016 up 22.9% rising
154 Suriname 87.2% 2016 down 4.2% falling
155 Laos 87.1% 2016 up 52.7% rising
156 Kiribati 84.9% 2016 up 32.3% rising
157 India 84.5% 2016 up 24.5% rising
158 Guyana 84.2% 2016 up 14.8% rising
159 South Africa 84.2% 2016 up 4.3% rising
160 Afghanistan 84.1% 2016 up 198.1% volatile
161 Nicaragua 81.8% 2016 up 7.9% rising
162 Mongolia 81.8% 2016 up 7.2% rising
163 Ghana 79.3% 2016 up 43.9% rising
164 Comoros 77.8% 2016 up 45.3% rising
165 Bangladesh 75.9% 2016 up 50.3% rising
166 Micronesia (country) 75.4% 2016 up 32.4% rising
167 Saint Martin (French part) 72.0% 2016 up 19.5% rising
168 Yemen 71.6% 2016 up 28.4% rising
169 Equatorial Guinea 67.9% 2016 up 5.9% rising
170 Eswatini 65.8% 2016 up 86.9% volatile
171 Sao Tome and Principe 65.4% 2016 up 15.8% rising
172 Senegal 64.5% 2016 up 29.3% rising
173 Cote d'Ivoire 64.3% 2016 up 6.9% rising
174 East Timor 63.4% 2016 up 77.7% volatile
175 Botswana 60.7% 2016 up 53.8% rising
176 Cameroon 60.1% 2016 up 22.6% rising
177 Nigeria 59.3% 2016 up 22.8% rising
178 Vanuatu 57.8% 2016 up 118.7% rising
179 Myanmar 57.0% 2016 up 17.4% rising
180 Congo 56.6% 2016 up 69.3% volatile
181 Kenya 56.0% 2016 up 144.9% volatile
182 Djibouti 51.8% 2016 down 6.7% falling
183 Namibia 51.8% 2016 up 25.2% rising
184 Cambodia 49.8% 2016 up 77.2% volatile
185 Solomon Islands 47.9% 2016 up 232.8% volatile
186 Gambia 47.8% 2016 up 34.8% rising
187 Togo 46.9% 2016 up 68.2% volatile
188 Eritrea 46.7% 2016 up 32.0% rising
189 Ethiopia 42.9% 2016 up 130.9% volatile
190 Mauritania 41.7% 2016 up 54.8% rising
191 Benin 41.4% 2016 up 48.4% rising
192 Angola 40.5% 2016 up 39.2% rising
193 North Korea 39.2% 2016 up 81.4% volatile
194 Haiti 38.7% 2016 up 14.1% rising
195 Sudan 38.5% 2016 up 14.3% rising
196 Zimbabwe 38.1% 2016 up 2.5% rising
197 Mali 35.1% 2016 up 111.3% volatile
198 Guinea 33.5% 2016 up 52.6% rising
199 Tanzania 32.8% 2016 up 146.7% volatile
200 Somalia 29.9% 2016 up 96.2% volatile
201 Lesotho 29.7% 2016 up 206.5% volatile
202 Rwanda 29.4% 2016 up 185.5% volatile
203 Zambia 27.2% 2016 up 25.2% rising
204 Uganda 26.7% 2016 up 196.7% volatile
205 Mozambique 24.2% 2016 up 87.7% volatile
206 Papua New Guinea 22.9% 2016 up 84.9% rising
207 Madagascar 22.9% 2016 up 48.2% rising
208 Sierra Leone 20.3% 2016 up 57.2% rising
209 Liberia 19.8% 2016 up 7,989.0% volatile
210 Burkina Faso 19.2% 2016 up 52.3% rising
211 Democratic Republic of Congo 17.1% 2016 up 67.6% volatile
212 Niger 16.2% 2016 up 74.4% rising
213 Guinea-Bissau 14.7% 2016 up 0.8% volatile
214 Central African Republic 14.0% 2016 up 79.2% volatile
215 Malawi 11.0% 2016 up 201.1% rising
216 South Sudan 8.9% 2016 up 5,664.9% volatile
217 Chad 8.8% 2016 up 85.6% volatile
218 Burundi 7.6% 2016 up 65.4% 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 total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank Global Electrification Database 2012
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
219 places, 5,824 data points, 1990–2016
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Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity.