Data for 2003

Access to Electricity, 2003

Name: Access to Electricity, 2003
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2003 covers 212 countries. 63 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Guinea-Bissau is lowest, at 2.6. The middle country reads 96.9. Against 2002, 136 values changed (104 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2003

Highest63 countries share it

100.0

LowestGuinea-Bissau

2.6

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

212countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
119distinct 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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	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
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	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
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	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
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	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
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.9
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	99.9
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.9
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	99.8
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.8
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	99.8
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	99.8
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.8
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.6
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.5
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.4
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.4
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.4
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.3
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.2
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.1
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.1
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.8
Chile`CHL`South America	98.8
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	98.8
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.8
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.7
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.6
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	98.4
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	98.2
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.1
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.9
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.9
Uruguay`URY`South America	97.9
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.4
Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.4
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.2
Brazil`BRA`South America	97.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.7
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	96.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	96.0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	95.7
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	95.4
Colombia`COL`South America	95.1
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.1
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.1
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	95.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.0
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	94.9
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	92.6
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.6
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	91.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.5
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	90.3
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	89.9
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	89.6
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.2
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	89.1
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	88.5
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.9
Panama`PAN`Central America	87.8
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.9
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.5
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	84.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	83.7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	81.8
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	80.0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	78.8
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	78.5
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	78.5
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	76.6
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	76.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	76.2
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	76.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	75.1
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	75.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.6
Peru`PER`South America	74.4
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	72.9
Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.3
India`IND`Southern Asia	65.4
Honduras`HND`Central America	65.1
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.9
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	63.7
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	60.7
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.4
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.6
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.6
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.2
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	51.8
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.5
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.3
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.5
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.1
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.9
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	41.1
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40.5
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.6
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.1
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.1
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.4
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.1
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.6
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.9
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.7
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.8
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	27.7
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	27.5
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.4
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.3
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	23.0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.3
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.3
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19.0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.5
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.0
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.7
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.5
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.4
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.4
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.1
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.9
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.3
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.3
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.1
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.4
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	6.6
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.2
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	5.4
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.1
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.4
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.6

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Australiashared100.0
Austriashared100.0

Lowest

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

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 212 in both
104 · 32rose · fell
76unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia64.0 → 72.3+8.3
Nigeria44.6 → 52.2+7.6
Djibouti49.7 → 56.4+6.7
Madagascar14.0 → 20.3+6.3
Cambodia13.1 → 19.3+6.2

Fell most

Sri Lanka80.7 → 75.0−5.7
Venezuela99.8 → 95.7−4.1
Dominica87.7 → 84.0−3.7
Gambia31.5 → 27.8−3.7
Bhutan44.1 → 41.1−3.0

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 2003.
119 distinct values among 212
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 63 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 212 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2003). Access to Electricity, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2003

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