Data for 2002

Access to Electricity, 2002

Name: Access to Electricity, 2002
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2002, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2002 covers 212 countries. 66 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Guinea-Bissau is lowest, at 1.3. The middle country reads 96.9. Against 2001, 133 values changed (103 up, 30 down), 1 country joined.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2002

Highest66 countries share it

100.0

LowestGuinea-Bissau

1.3

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

212countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
117distinct 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, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central 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
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
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	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
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.9
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	99.9
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	99.9
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	99.9
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.8
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.8
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.8
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.8
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.6
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.5
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.4
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.4
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.4
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.3
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.3
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.2
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.6
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.5
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.5
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	98.1
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.0
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.9
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.9
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	97.8
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.8
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97.5
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.3
Chile`CHL`South America	97.3
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.2
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.1
Brazil`BRA`South America	96.7
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	96.1
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	96.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	95.8
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.5
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	95.2
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.2
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	95.2
Colombia`COL`South America	94.9
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.9
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	94.6
Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.2
Paraguay`PRY`South America	91.7
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	91.0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.7
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	89.3
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	89.1
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	89.1
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	88.3
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	87.7
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	87.7
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.7
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.6
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	86.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	82.4
Panama`PAN`Central America	82.1
Belize`BLZ`Central America	81.0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	80.7
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.6
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	78.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	77.8
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	76.7
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	75.7
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	74.9
Peru`PER`South America	74.4
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.1
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.3
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.8
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	71.5
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.9
Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.0
Honduras`HND`Central America	63.1
India`IND`Southern Asia	62.3
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	59.0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.5
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	51.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.4
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	50.1
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.7
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.8
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.3
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.6
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.1
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.8
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	36.9
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.8
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.4
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.2
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.1
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.5
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.2
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.7
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26.3
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.9
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.7
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	24.1
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.4
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.7
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.3
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.9
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.7
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.4
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.1
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.1
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.1
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.9
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	10.7
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	10.5
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.9
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.2
Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.8
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.7
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.4
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.1
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.6
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.8
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	3.4
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.1
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.3

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
Australiashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 211 in both
103 · 30rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka63.6 → 80.7+17.1
Nepal24.6 → 36.4+11.8
South Africa70.2 → 76.7+6.5
Angola20.0 → 26.3+6.3
Dominica82.1 → 87.7+5.6

Fell most

Syria93.1 → 86.6−6.5
Djibouti56.1 → 49.7−6.4
Bolivia69.3 → 64.0−5.3
Colombia98.5 → 94.9−3.6
Zambia20.2 → 17.4−2.8

+ Guinea-Bissau

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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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 2002.
117 distinct values among 212
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 66 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 212 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2002). Access to Electricity, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2002

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