Data for 1993

Access to Electricity, 1993

Name: Access to Electricity, 1993
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1993, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 1993 covers 132 countries. 74 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Malawi is lowest, at 1.554. The middle country reads 100.000. Against 1992, 51 values changed (44 up, 7 down), 10 countries joined, 1 left.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 1993

Highest74 countries share it

100.000

LowestMalawi

1.554

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

132countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
58distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 1993: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.000
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.000
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.000
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.000
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.000
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.000
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	100.000
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.000
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	100.000
Canada`CAN`Northern America	100.000
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.000
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	100.000
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.000
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	100.000
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.000
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.000
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.000
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.000
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.000
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.000
France`FRA`Western Europe	100.000
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	100.000
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.000
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	100.000
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.000
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	100.000
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.000
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.000
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.000
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100.000
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	100.000
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.000
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.000
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.000
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	100.000
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.000
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.000
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.000
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.000
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.000
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.000
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.000
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.000
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	100.000
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.000
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.000
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.000
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.000
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.000
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.000
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	100.000
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.000
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.000
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.000
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.000
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.000
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.000
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	100.000
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.000
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.000
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100.000
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.000
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.000
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	100.000
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.000
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100.000
United States`USA`Northern America	100.000
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100.000
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	99.997
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.969
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	99.945
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	99.942
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	99.937
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	99.937
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	99.240
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.128
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.125
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.240
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.094
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	97.036
Uruguay`URY`South America	96.363
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	96.295
Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.448
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95.392
Chile`CHL`South America	95.274
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	95.260
Argentina`ARG`South America	93.166
Colombia`COL`South America	92.428
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	92.399
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	91.824
Brazil`BRA`South America	90.000
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.255
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	82.425
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	78.836
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.276
Panama`PAN`Central America	75.067
Belize`BLZ`Central America	73.123
Guyana`GUY`South America	72.377
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	72.064
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.465
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.400
Peru`PER`South America	64.749
Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.384
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.100
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.773
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	55.430
India`IND`Southern Asia	50.900
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.775
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.964
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.849
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	31.164
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31.000
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.600
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.897
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.000
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	26.000
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.700
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.213
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.718
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	11.642
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	10.900
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.106
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.100
Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.012
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.330
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.554

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Albaniashared100.000
Andorrashared100.000
United Arab Emiratesshared100.000
Australiashared100.000
Austriashared100.000

Lowest

Malawi1.554
Tanzania2.330
Niger4.012
Burkina Faso6.100
Madagascar10.106

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −1countries joined / left
51values changed, of 122 in both
44 · 7rose · fell
71unchanged

Rose most

Morocco49.200 → 56.773+7.573
Zimbabwe28.200 → 31.164+2.964
Bangladesh9.905 → 12.718+2.812
Mexico93.146 → 95.448+2.302
Botswana9.398 → 11.642+2.244

Fell most

Indonesia66.697 → 55.430−11.267
Peru70.100 → 64.749−5.351
Zambia19.200 → 14.213−4.987
Tanzania6.800 → 2.330−4.470
Yemen44.100 → 40.775−3.325

+ Burkina Faso

+ Ghana

+ Gambia

+ Guyana

+ India

+ Kenya

+ Laos

+ Nicaragua

+ Philippines

+ Senegal

− Rwanda

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
58 distinct values among 132
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 74 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 132 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1993). Access to Electricity, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/1993

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