Data for 1997

Access to Electricity, 1997

Name: Access to Electricity, 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 1997 covers 160 countries. 81 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Rwanda is lowest, at 1.028. The middle country reads 100.000. Against 1996, 73 values changed (61 up, 12 down), 6 countries joined.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 1997

Highest81 countries share it

100.000

LowestRwanda

1.028

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

160countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
79distinct 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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.000
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100.000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.000
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.000
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.000
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	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
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	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
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	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 Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.000
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	100.000
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	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
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.800
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.380
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.270
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.269
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.221
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.900
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.700
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.900
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	97.562
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.066
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	96.982
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.402
Mexico`MEX`Central America	96.330
Chile`CHL`South America	96.236
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	96.109
Argentina`ARG`South America	94.492
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	93.833
Colombia`COL`South America	93.589
Brazil`BRA`South America	93.354
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	93.341
Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.430
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	92.000
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	92.000
Paraguay`PRY`South America	86.413
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	86.315
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	85.542
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.317
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	82.029
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	80.300
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.032
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.400
Panama`PAN`Central America	78.294
Belize`BLZ`Central America	76.697
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	75.846
Guyana`GUY`South America	72.619
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	71.772
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	71.353
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	71.033
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	69.483
Peru`PER`South America	69.160
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.904
Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.330
Honduras`HND`Central America	64.795
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.103
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.294
India`IND`Southern Asia	54.595
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.662
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.600
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	40.400
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.435
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.604
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.064
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.762
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.723
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.200
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.982
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	30.557
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.831
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	25.875
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	23.255
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.400
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.597
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.590
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.133
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.112
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.640
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.900
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.326
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.617
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.600
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.236
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.197
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.289
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.945
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.830
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.379
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.300
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.158
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.028

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.000
Albaniashared100.000
Andorrashared100.000
United Arab Emiratesshared100.000
Australiashared100.000

Lowest

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

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
73values changed, of 154 in both
61 · 12rose · fell
81unchanged

Rose most

South Africa57.600 → 69.483+11.883
Indonesia72.390 → 80.300+7.910
Fiji66.900 → 71.772+4.872
Benin14.500 → 18.590+4.090
Comoros28.900 → 32.762+3.862

Fell most

Papua New Guinea11.000 → 2.158−8.842
Djibouti62.000 → 56.294−5.706
Jamaica85.706 → 82.029−3.677
Bolivia71.000 → 67.330−3.670
Tanzania9.400 → 6.197−3.203

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Mozambique

+ Palestine

+ Rwanda

+ Chad

+ Vietnam

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

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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 1997.
79 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 81 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). Access to Electricity, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/1997

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