Data for 2001

Access to Electricity, 2001

Name: Access to Electricity, 2001
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2001, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2001 covers 211 countries. 64 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Lesotho is lowest, at 1.3. The middle country reads 97.0. Against 2000, 133 values changed (96 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2001

Highest64 countries share it

100.0

LowestLesotho

1.3

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

211countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
122distinct 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, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2001: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	100.0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	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
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
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	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
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	99.9
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.9
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.9
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	99.9
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	99.9
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.8
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.8
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.6
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.6
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.5
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.5
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.4
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.3
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.2
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.2
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.1
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.1
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.8
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.6
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.6
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.6
Colombia`COL`South America	98.5
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.2
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	98.1
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.9
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.7
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.7
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97.4
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	97.3
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.2
Chile`CHL`South America	97.1
Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.1
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.0
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	96.9
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	96.9
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.3
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.2
Brazil`BRA`South America	96.0
Argentina`ARG`South America	95.5
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.3
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	94.9
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	94.8
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.6
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	94.4
Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	93.5
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	93.1
Paraguay`PRY`South America	91.0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.4
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	89.9
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.8
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	89.5
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	88.9
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	88.7
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	88.6
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.7
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	87.5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.1
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.3
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.3
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	82.4
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	82.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	81.5
Belize`BLZ`Central America	80.2
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	77.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77.2
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	75.1
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	73.9
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	73.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	72.2
Peru`PER`South America	72.1
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	71.7
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71.6
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	70.2
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	70.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.3
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.9
Honduras`HND`Central America	64.2
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	63.6
India`IND`Southern Asia	62.0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	60.3
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.3
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.1
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.5
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	49.7
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	48.4
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	46.2
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45.3
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.9
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.0
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.9
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.2
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.3
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.3
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.9
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.4
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	26.9
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	25.6
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.8
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.6
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	24.0
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.2
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	21.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.2
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.6
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.4
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.8
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.7
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.8
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10.2
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.7
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.5
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.5
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.3
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.6
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.5
Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.4
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.6
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.1
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.2
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.7
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.7
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.4
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.8
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.3

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Armeniashared100.0
Australiashared100.0

Lowest

Lesotho1.3
Burundi2.8
Chad3.4
Somaliashared4.7
Rwandashared4.7

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 211 in both
96 · 37rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan31.1 → 40.2+9.1
Thailand82.1 → 90.4+8.3
Aruba91.7 → 100.0+8.3
Timor-Leste17.8 → 25.6+7.8
Eswatini20.4 → 26.9+6.5

Fell most

Cambodia16.6 → 9.5−7.1
Sri Lanka70.3 → 63.6−6.7
Nepal29.9 → 24.6−5.3
Gambia34.3 → 29.9−4.4
Angola24.2 → 20.0−4.2

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 2001.
122 distinct values among 211
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 64 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 211 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2001). Access to Electricity, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2001

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