Data for 2000

Access to Electricity, 2000

Name: Access to Electricity, 2000
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2000, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2000 covers 211 countries. 65 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Somalia is lowest, at 2.1. The middle country reads 96.7. Against 1999, 105 values changed (73 up, 32 down), 40 countries joined, 1 left.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2000

Highest65 countries share it

100.0

LowestSomalia

2.1

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

211countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
124distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.0
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.0
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	100.0
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.0
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	100.0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	100.0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.0
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.0
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.0
France`FRA`Western Europe	100.0
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	100.0
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.0
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.0
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	100.0
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	100.0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.0
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100.0
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	100.0
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.0
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.0
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	100.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	100.0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100.0
United States`USA`Northern America	100.0
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100.0
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.9
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.9
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.9
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.8
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	99.8
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.7
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.6
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.6
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.6
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.6
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.5
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.4
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.3
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.1
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.1
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.9
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.9
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.6
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.5
Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.0
Chile`CHL`South America	97.9
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	97.9
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	97.9
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.8
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.7
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97.7
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.6
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.1
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	96.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	96.8
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.7
Argentina`ARG`South America	95.7
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	95.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	95.4
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.4
Colombia`COL`South America	95.2
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.8
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	94.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	94.4
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.4
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	94.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	93.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	93.4
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	91.7
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.3
Paraguay`PRY`South America	89.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	89.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	88.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	88.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.1
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	88.0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.3
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	86.0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	85.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	84.5
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	84.4
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83.8
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	82.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	81.4
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	81.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	80.0
Belize`BLZ`Central America	79.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	76.8
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	74.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	74.6
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.6
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	73.3
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.8
Peru`PER`South America	72.5
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	72.4
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	70.3
Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.8
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	68.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	67.4
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.3
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.8
India`IND`Southern Asia	60.3
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.6
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.0
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.9
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.2
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.7
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	46.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	43.7
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.2
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.9
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.8
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	37.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.5
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.3
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.7
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	33.7
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.0
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	31.1
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.9
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.4
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.3
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.5
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.2
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	22.2
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.5
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	20.4
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.1
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.8
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.7
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16.6
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.2
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.2
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.7
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.6
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.1
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.7
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.7
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.4
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.7
Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.2
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.1
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.8
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.7
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.4
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.3
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.1
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.5
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.1

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Australiashared100.0
Austriashared100.0
Belgiumshared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+40 / −1countries joined / left
105values changed, of 171 in both
73 · 32rose · fell
66unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia8.8 → 16.6+7.8
Gambia26.6 → 34.3+7.7
Papua New Guinea6.4 → 12.4+6.0
El Salvador79.1 → 84.5+5.4
Nepal25.3 → 29.9+4.6

Fell most

Bulgaria100.0 → 88.1−11.9
Belarus100.0 → 89.0−11.0
Solomon Islands15.7 → 4.7−11.0
Aruba100.0 → 91.7−8.3
Sudan30.8 → 23.0−7.8

+ Afghanistan

+ Angola

+ Armenia

+ Bhutan

+ China

+ DR Congo

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Cabo Verde

+ Costa Rica

+ Cuba

+ Algeria

+ Ethiopia

+ Micronesia

+ Gabon

+ Georgia

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Iran

+ Iraq

+ Kiribati

+ Lebanon

+ Libya

+ Saint Lucia

+ Sri Lanka

+ Lesotho

+ Maldives

+ Myanmar

+ Mongolia

+ Mauritania

+ Malaysia

+ Sierra Leone

+ Somalia

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Eswatini

+ Syria

+ Thailand

+ Turkmenistan

+ Timor-Leste

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Türkiye

+ Tuvalu

− Kosovo

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 2000.
124 distinct values among 211
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 65 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 211 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2000). Access to Electricity, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2000

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