Data for 2004

Access to Electricity, 2004

Name: Access to Electricity, 2004
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2004, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2004 covers 212 countries. 60 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Chad is lowest, at 3.5. The middle country reads 97.1. Against 2003, 138 values changed (107 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2004

Highest60 countries share it

100.0

LowestChad

3.5

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

212countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2004: 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
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
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
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central 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
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
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.9
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.9
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.9
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.9
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	99.8
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	99.8
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	99.8
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	99.8
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.7
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.7
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.6
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.5
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.5
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.4
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.4
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.4
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.4
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.3
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.2
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.1
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.1
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.1
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.0
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.6
Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.5
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	98.3
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.1
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.0
Uruguay`URY`South America	98.0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.9
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97.8
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.7
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.5
Chile`CHL`South America	97.5
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.3
Brazil`BRA`South America	96.8
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.8
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.6
Argentina`ARG`South America	96.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	96.3
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	95.7
Colombia`COL`South America	95.3
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.3
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	95.3
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	95.2
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	94.8
Paraguay`PRY`South America	93.2
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.3
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	92.2
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	91.8
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	91.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	91.0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	90.5
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	90.3
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	90.1
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	90.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	89.3
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	89.0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.3
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	87.4
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	87.2
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.2
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	85.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	84.9
Panama`PAN`Central America	83.4
Belize`BLZ`Central America	82.6
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	80.6
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.6
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	79.2
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	78.2
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	77.2
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	77.0
Guyana`GUY`South America	76.8
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.9
Peru`PER`South America	75.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	75.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	74.8
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	74.3
Honduras`HND`Central America	67.1
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	65.4
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.9
India`IND`Southern Asia	64.4
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	62.4
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.7
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	53.5
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	53.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.4
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	51.9
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.8
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.6
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	48.7
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.1
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.2
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.1
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40.6
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.7
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	35.6
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.3
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.8
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.1
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	33.4
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	33.0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.4
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	30.4
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.2
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	29.2
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.4
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.2
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.8
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.3
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	23.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.6
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.2
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	16.8
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16.4
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	16.3
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.3
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.2
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.2
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.8
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	12.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.6
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.4
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.7
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.7
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8.7
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.9
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.8
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.9
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.7
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.5

02In 2004

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 97.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 212 in both
107 · 31rose · fell
74unchanged

Rose most

Philippines76.6 → 87.6+11.0
Bhutan41.1 → 51.9+10.8
Gambia27.8 → 34.8+7.0
Sierra Leone9.9 → 16.8+6.9
Kenya16.0 → 22.6+6.6

Fell most

Nigeria52.2 → 46.1−6.1
Cambodia19.3 → 14.2−5.1
Senegal41.9 → 36.8−5.1
Madagascar20.3 → 15.3−5.0
Panama87.8 → 83.4−4.4

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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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 2004.
120 distinct values among 212
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 60 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 212 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2004). Access to Electricity, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2004

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