Data for 2008

Access to Electricity, 2008

Name: Access to Electricity, 2008
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2008 covers 214 countries. 68 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 1.3. The middle country reads 98.1. Against 2007, 129 values changed (110 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2008

Highest68 countries share it

100.0

Lowest2 countries share it

1.3

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

214countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.0
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
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
Jordan`JOR`Western 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
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	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
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	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
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.9
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	99.8
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.8
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.8
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.8
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.7
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	99.7
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.7
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.7
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	99.7
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	99.7
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	99.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.6
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.6
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.5
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.4
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.4
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.3
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.3
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.2
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.2
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.1
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.1
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.9
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.8
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	98.8
Uruguay`URY`South America	98.8
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	98.5
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.5
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.3
Chile`CHL`South America	98.2
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	98.1
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.1
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.9
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	97.6
Argentina`ARG`South America	97.5
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	97.3
Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.2
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	96.9
Colombia`COL`South America	96.8
Paraguay`PRY`South America	96.7
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	96.5
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	96.5
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	96.2
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.8
Suriname`SUR`South America	94.7
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.8
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	93.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.2
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	92.7
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92.7
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.3
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	92.0
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	91.3
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	91.2
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	91.0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	90.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	90.1
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	90.0
Panama`PAN`Central America	86.3
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	86.2
Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	85.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	84.7
Peru`PER`South America	84.7
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	84.1
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	83.3
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	82.9
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	82.0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	81.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	81.9
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	81.4
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	80.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	79.2
Guyana`GUY`South America	79.1
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	77.5
Honduras`HND`Central America	76.4
India`IND`Southern Asia	74.1
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	72.3
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	69.4
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	67.6
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66.0
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	65.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.5
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	60.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	60.3
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	59.1
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	58.4
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.8
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.4
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	56.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.3
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	50.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.6
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	50.3
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.7
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.5
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.1
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	42.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.4
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.4
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.5
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	37.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.7
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.8
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.1
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	30.3
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	29.0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	28.1
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	26.4
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.7
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	23.4
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.9
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	22.0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20.0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.3
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	16.0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.9
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	15.3
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.1
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.6
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.5
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.3
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.8
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.9
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.8
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.3
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.3

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0

Lowest

South Sudanshared1.3
Liberiashared1.3
Burundi4.8
Chad5.9
Rwanda6.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.1. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 214 in both
110 · 19rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands12.9 → 28.1+15.2
Laos55.0 → 66.0+11.0
Marshall Islands72.3 → 80.2+7.9
Bangladesh46.5 → 54.3+7.8
Zambia18.5 → 25.7+7.2

Fell most

Sudan31.1 → 20.0−11.1
Rwanda12.8 → 6.0−6.8
Tanzania15.9 → 11.5−4.4
Bhutan71.8 → 67.6−4.2
DR Congo15.2 → 11.6−3.6

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 2008.
115 distinct values among 214
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 68 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 214 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2008). Access to Electricity, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2008

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