Access to electricity (% of urban population) by country
Access to electricity is the percentage of total population with access to electricity.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
22.0%
South Sudan
Median
100.0%
Years covered
27
1990–2016
Data points
5,771
What the numbers show
Access to electricity (% of urban population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 22.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 92.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 4,009.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 13.5%).
Access to electricity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 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 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | 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 2.8% | rising |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Colombia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 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 5.9% | rising |
| 1 | Ecuador | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 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 0.7% | 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 | Honduras | 100.0% | 2016 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Indonesia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 1 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iraq | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jamaica | 100.0% | 2016 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Cambodia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 2016 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 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 0.7% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2016 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 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 | Peru | 100.0% | 2016 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 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 0.2% | 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 0.5% | 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 | Syria | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2016 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2016 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vietnam | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 1 | Anguilla | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2016 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 126 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 127 | Paraguay | 99.9% | 2016 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 128 | Thailand | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 129 | Samoa | 99.7% | 2016 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 130 | Pakistan | 99.7% | 2016 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 131 | Algeria | 99.6% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 132 | Palau | 99.6% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 133 | Nauru | 99.4% | 2016 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 134 | Panama | 99.4% | 2016 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 135 | Seychelles | 99.4% | 2016 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 136 | Bolivia | 99.3% | 2016 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 99.2% | 2016 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 138 | Fiji | 99.2% | 2016 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 139 | Libya | 99.1% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Tonga | 98.6% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 141 | El Salvador | 98.6% | 2016 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 142 | India | 98.4% | 2016 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 98.0% | 2016 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 144 | Laos | 97.4% | 2016 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 145 | Yemen | 97.3% | 2016 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97.3% | 2016 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 147 | Belize | 97.1% | 2016 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 148 | Philippines | 96.9% | 2016 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guatemala | 96.8% | 2016 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 150 | Gabon | 96.7% | 2016 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 151 | Suriname | 96.4% | 2016 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 152 | Mongolia | 95.8% | 2016 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Lucia | 94.9% | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 94.6% | 2016 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 155 | Nepal | 94.5% | 2016 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 94.0% | 2016 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 93.0% | 2016 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 158 | South Africa | 92.9% | 2016 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 159 | Grenada | 92.3% | 2016 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 160 | Comoros | 92.1% | 2016 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 161 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92.0% | 2016 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 162 | Cameroon | 91.9% | 2016 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 163 | Mauritius | 91.9% | 2016 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 164 | Micronesia (country) | 91.9% | 2016 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 165 | East Timor | 91.7% | 2016 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 91.4% | 2016 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 90.8% | 2016 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 168 | Guyana | 90.2% | 2016 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 169 | Ghana | 89.8% | 2016 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Martin (French part) | 89.8% | 2016 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 171 | Myanmar | 89.5% | 2016 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 172 | Kiribati | 88.4% | 2016 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 173 | Senegal | 87.7% | 2016 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 174 | Togo | 87.4% | 2016 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 175 | Nigeria | 86.0% | 2016 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 176 | Zimbabwe | 85.5% | 2016 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 85.4% | 2016 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 178 | Mali | 83.6% | 2016 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Eswatini | 82.8% | 2016 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea | 82.2% | 2016 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 181 | Mauritania | 81.0% | 2016 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 182 | Rwanda | 80.0% | 2016 | up 73.3% | rising |
| 183 | Botswana | 77.7% | 2016 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 184 | Kenya | 77.6% | 2016 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 185 | Namibia | 77.1% | 2016 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 186 | Eritrea | 74.6% | 2016 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 187 | Congo | 74.2% | 2016 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.0% | 2016 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 72.7% | 2016 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 190 | Benin | 70.8% | 2016 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 191 | Angola | 70.7% | 2016 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 192 | Sudan | 70.2% | 2016 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 69.6% | 2016 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 194 | Gambia | 69.0% | 2016 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 195 | Djibouti | 67.4% | 2016 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 196 | Madagascar | 67.3% | 2016 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 197 | Lesotho | 66.0% | 2016 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Niger | 65.4% | 2016 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 199 | Haiti | 65.4% | 2016 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 200 | Tanzania | 65.3% | 2016 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 201 | Mozambique | 64.2% | 2016 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Zambia | 62.0% | 2016 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 60.7% | 2016 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 204 | Uganda | 57.5% | 2016 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 205 | Somalia | 57.2% | 2016 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 206 | Burundi | 49.7% | 2016 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 207 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 47.2% | 2016 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 208 | Sierra Leone | 46.9% | 2016 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 209 | Malawi | 42.0% | 2016 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 210 | North Korea | 39.2% | 2016 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 211 | Central African Republic | 34.1% | 2016 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 212 | Liberia | 34.0% | 2016 | up 4,009.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Chad | 31.4% | 2016 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 214 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.8% | 2016 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 215 | South Sudan | 22.0% | 2016 | up 298.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Channel Islands 100.0%
- Kosovo 100.0%
About this data
Access to electricity is the percentage of total population with access to electricity.