Equal Access to Power Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.975
Norway
Lowest
0.011
Afghanistan
Median
0.64
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,486
What the numbers show
Equal Access to Power Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.975 in Norway; the lowest is 0.011 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.64, and the mean is 0.6018.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 466.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 97.7%).
Equal Access to Power Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 0.975 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Denmark | 0.969 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Lithuania | 0.945 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Iceland | 0.941 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 0.931 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium | 0.926 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 0.924 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0.923 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 0.921 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 10 | Poland | 0.92 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Japan | 0.918 | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0.912 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 0.911 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 0.911 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Estonia | 0.905 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 0.902 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 0.9 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Jamaica | 0.891 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 19 | Moldova | 0.891 | 2025 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Netherlands | 0.89 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Tanzania | 0.89 | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 23 | South Korea | 0.889 | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Suriname | 0.883 | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 0.877 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Latvia | 0.876 | 2025 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.863 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 30 | Cyprus | 0.86 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Barbados | 0.857 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 32 | Senegal | 0.851 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 0.844 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Canada | 0.839 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 34 | Liberia | 0.839 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Lesotho | 0.838 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 36 | Uruguay | 0.838 | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Chile | 0.833 | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Cuba | 0.826 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.826 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Niger | 0.825 | 2025 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Armenia | 0.82 | 2025 | up 59.8% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 0.817 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 0.817 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 0.814 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 0.806 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 0.805 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.804 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 0.804 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 50 | Taiwan | 0.801 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Comoros | 0.797 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Montenegro | 0.794 | 2025 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 0.789 | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 0.784 | 2025 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.781 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Brazil | 0.779 | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | 0.779 | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Bhutan | 0.778 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Nepal | 0.778 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Argentina | 0.77 | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Croatia | 0.766 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Bolivia | 0.761 | 2025 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Mexico | 0.761 | 2025 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Guyana | 0.752 | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 0.75 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 0.747 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Algeria | 0.74 | 2025 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.74 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Belarus | 0.738 | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Portugal | 0.738 | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.736 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0.727 | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Slovakia | 0.72 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Gambia | 0.718 | 2025 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Seychelles | 0.718 | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.716 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 0.708 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 0.704 | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia | 0.704 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.701 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Zambia | 0.693 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 82 | East Timor | 0.686 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Botswana | 0.683 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Namibia | 0.679 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Albania | 0.669 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 85 | Ukraine | 0.669 | 2025 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 0.663 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 88 | Mali | 0.662 | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Hong Kong | 0.651 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Kenya | 0.64 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Fiji | 0.638 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 0.638 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 93 | Mauritius | 0.634 | 2025 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Djibouti | 0.629 | 2025 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Thailand | 0.622 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | 0.62 | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 0.618 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea | 0.616 | 2025 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 0.615 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 100 | Singapore | 0.613 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 100 | United States | 0.613 | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 0.605 | 2025 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 0.602 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.589 | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Gabon | 0.585 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.583 | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | 0.581 | 2025 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 0.571 | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Turkey | 0.568 | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 110 | Nigeria | 0.566 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 111 | Madagascar | 0.563 | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 0.553 | 2025 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 0.539 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 0.528 | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Burundi | 0.518 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Indonesia | 0.514 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 117 | India | 0.511 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 0.507 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.501 | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Morocco | 0.493 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 0.491 | 2025 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Vietnam | 0.49 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 123 | Somalia | 0.489 | 2025 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Pakistan | 0.477 | 2025 | up 37.5% | flat |
| 125 | Maldives | 0.462 | 2025 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 0.44 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Paraguay | 0.433 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Uganda | 0.427 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.426 | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Angola | 0.422 | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Cameroon | 0.422 | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 0.416 | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Lebanon | 0.409 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.408 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Venezuela | 0.399 | 2025 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Laos | 0.394 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Ecuador | 0.393 | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 0.392 | 2025 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Rwanda | 0.375 | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Libya | 0.373 | 2025 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Eritrea | 0.362 | 2025 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 141 | Iran | 0.362 | 2025 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Philippines | 0.361 | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Jordan | 0.358 | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 145 | Syria | 0.357 | 2025 | up 466.7% | flat |
| 146 | Sudan | 0.356 | 2025 | up 191.8% | rising |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 0.347 | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 148 | North Korea | 0.345 | 2025 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Cambodia | 0.344 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | 0.342 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 151 | El Salvador | 0.337 | 2025 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Oman | 0.329 | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Iraq | 0.306 | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 154 | Russia | 0.291 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Kuwait | 0.267 | 2025 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 156 | Haiti | 0.25 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | 0.228 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | 0.211 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritania | 0.198 | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 0.195 | 2025 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Myanmar | 0.191 | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.177 | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 163 | China | 0.172 | 2025 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Palestine | 0.171 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Bahrain | 0.153 | 2025 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 0.151 | 2025 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Azerbaijan | 0.144 | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 0.141 | 2025 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Nicaragua | 0.132 | 2025 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Chad | 0.111 | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 171 | Qatar | 0.098 | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Yemen | 0.086 | 2025 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0.061 | 2025 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 174 | South Sudan | 0.05 | 2025 | down 59.0% | rising |
| 175 | Vatican | 0.034 | 1870 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.011 | 2025 | down 97.7% | rising |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.