Data for 1998

Access to Electricity, 1998

Name: Access to Electricity, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 1998 covers 166 countries. 81 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Rwanda is lowest, at 2.17. The middle country reads 99.40. Against 1997, 79 values changed (71 up, 8 down), 6 countries joined.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 1998

Highest81 countries share it

100.00

LowestRwanda

2.17

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

166countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
86distinct 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, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.00
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.00
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100.00
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.00
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.00
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.00
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.00
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.00
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.00
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	100.00
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.00
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	100.00
Canada`CAN`Northern America	100.00
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.00
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	100.00
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.00
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	100.00
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.00
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.00
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.00
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.00
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.00
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.00
France`FRA`Western Europe	100.00
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	100.00
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	100.00
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.00
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	100.00
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	100.00
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.00
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.00
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.00
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100.00
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	100.00
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.00
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.00
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	100.00
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.00
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.00
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.00
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.00
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.00
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.00
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.00
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.00
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.00
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.00
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.00
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.00
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.00
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	100.00
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	100.00
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.00
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.00
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.00
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.00
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.00
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	100.00
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.00
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.00
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.00
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.00
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.00
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.00
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	100.00
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.00
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.00
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100.00
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.00
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.00
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	100.00
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.00
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100.00
United States`USA`Northern America	100.00
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100.00
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.55
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.45
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.34
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.30
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.24
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.66
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.54
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.40
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	97.69
Chile`CHL`South America	97.24
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.23
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.14
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.65
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	96.31
Mexico`MEX`Central America	96.09
Argentina`ARG`South America	94.82
Brazil`BRA`South America	94.19
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	94.18
Colombia`COL`South America	93.87
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	93.71
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	93.30
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93.20
Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	87.76
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	87.07
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	86.31
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	86.18
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	85.04
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	84.08
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	82.82
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.64
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	80.94
Panama`PAN`Central America	79.09
Belize`BLZ`Central America	77.58
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	77.18
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	75.00
Guyana`GUY`South America	73.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	73.09
Peru`PER`South America	72.07
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	71.30
Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.20
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	70.46
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.12
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.05
Honduras`HND`Central America	66.86
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65.93
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	64.90
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.32
India`IND`Southern Asia	56.18
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	46.80
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.67
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.60
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.25
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.70
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.88
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.09
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.84
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.10
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.99
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.10
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.31
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	26.99
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.75
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.92
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.83
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.73
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.58
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.00
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.67
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	18.48
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.30
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.50
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.36
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.11
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.16
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.70
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.07
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.07
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.32
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.30
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.90
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.83
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.66
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.42
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.17

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.00
Albaniashared100.00
Andorrashared100.00
United Arab Emiratesshared100.00
Australiashared100.00

Lowest

Rwanda2.17
Chad2.42
Mozambique3.66
Malawi3.83
Burundi3.90

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
79values changed, of 160 in both
71 · 8rose · fell
81unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam78.40 → 86.18+7.78
Ghana36.60 → 42.60+6.00
Kenya9.33 → 14.50+5.17
Bangladesh22.40 → 26.75+4.35
Yemen42.60 → 46.80+4.20

Fell most

South Africa69.48 → 64.90−4.58
Mozambique6.60 → 3.66−2.94
Nicaragua71.03 → 69.05−1.99
Venezuela98.70 → 98.40−0.30
Kyrgyzstan99.80 → 99.55−0.25

+ Burundi

+ Dominica

+ Grenada

+ Cambodia

+ Pakistan

+ Togo

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 1998.
86 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 81 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1998). Access to Electricity, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/1998

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