Data for 2010

Access to Electricity, 2010

Name: Access to Electricity, 2010
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2010, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2010 covers 215 countries. 74 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.5. The middle country reads 98.8. Against 2009, 143 values changed (113 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2010

Highest74 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

1.5

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

215countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
114distinct 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, 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2010: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	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
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	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
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern 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
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	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
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	100.0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	100.0
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern 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
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.9
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.9
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.8
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	99.8
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.7
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.6
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.5
Chile`CHL`South America	99.5
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.5
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.5
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.5
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.5
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	99.4
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	99.4
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.4
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.3
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.3
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.3
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.2
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.2
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.2
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.1
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.9
Argentina`ARG`South America	98.8
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.8
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.8
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	98.7
Brazil`BRA`South America	98.6
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	98.4
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	98.3
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.1
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.8
Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	97.4
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	97.4
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.1
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	97.0
Colombia`COL`South America	96.8
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	96.7
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.4
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	95.7
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.4
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.2
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.5
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	93.4
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	92.8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	92.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.7
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.4
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	92.2
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	91.6
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	91.3
Suriname`SUR`South America	91.2
Belize`BLZ`Central America	89.9
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	89.4
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	89.4
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	89.3
Peru`PER`South America	88.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	87.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	86.8
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	85.5
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	85.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	83.3
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	82.8
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	81.9
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	81.1
Honduras`HND`Central America	81.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	80.1
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78.5
India`IND`Southern Asia	76.3
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	73.3
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.2
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	69.7
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	68.6
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.1
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.5
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.2
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63.2
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.4
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.8
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.4
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.9
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	56.5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	55.3
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	52.8
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.3
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.8
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.6
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.4
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.1
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	42.7
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	40.1
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.9
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.2
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	35.4
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.2
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.2
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	31.1
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.8
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	29.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.1
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	25.5
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.5
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.2
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.9
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	14.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.1
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.3
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.1
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.5
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.8
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	8.7
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.4
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.3
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.3
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.5

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Australiashared100.0
Austriashared100.0
Belgiumshared100.0

Lowest

South Sudan1.5
Liberiashared5.3
Burundishared5.3
Guinea-Bissau6.0
Chad6.4

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 215 in both
113 · 30rose · fell
72unchanged

Rose most

Somalia25.5 → 52.3+26.8
Solomon Islands21.2 → 35.4+14.2
Vanuatu33.3 → 44.1+10.8
Morocco85.9 → 95.7+9.8
Comoros60.1 → 69.7+9.6

Fell most

Timor-Leste46.3 → 38.0−8.3
Aruba100.0 → 93.4−6.6
Rwanda15.6 → 9.7−5.9
Afghanistan48.3 → 42.7−5.6
Madagascar17.4 → 12.3−5.1

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 2010.
114 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 74 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2010). Access to Electricity, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2010

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