Data for 2011

Access to Electricity, 2011

Name: Access to Electricity, 2011
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2011, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2011 covers 215 countries. 71 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.8. The middle country reads 98.9. Against 2010, 137 values changed (93 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2011

Highest71 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

2.8

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

215countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
111distinct 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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2011: 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
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
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
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 Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	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
Türkiye`TUR`Western 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
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.9
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.8
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.8
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.8
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.7
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.7
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.7
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.7
Chile`CHL`South America	99.6
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.6
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.6
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.5
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	99.5
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.5
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.5
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	99.4
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.4
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.3
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.3
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.2
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.2
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.2
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.1
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.0
Argentina`ARG`South America	99.0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.0
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98.9
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.8
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	98.7
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.3
Paraguay`PRY`South America	98.2
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	98.1
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.0
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	98.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	97.9
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.5
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	97.4
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.9
Colombia`COL`South America	96.7
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.7
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	96.1
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.4
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	95.0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.8
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	94.6
Suriname`SUR`South America	94.6
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	94.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	94.1
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.6
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	92.2
Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	91.5
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	91.1
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	90.1
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	89.9
Peru`PER`South America	89.7
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	88.8
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88.7
Panama`PAN`Central America	88.6
Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.3
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	87.8
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	87.8
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	87.2
Guyana`GUY`South America	84.2
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	83.6
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	82.3
Honduras`HND`Central America	82.2
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	81.8
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	81.2
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	80.3
India`IND`Southern Asia	79.5
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	74.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.1
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	69.3
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	67.3
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	66.3
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.1
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.1
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	62.6
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.6
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	56.5
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.9
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.8
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.1
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.7
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.2
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.7
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	48.3
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.2
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	42.3
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	41.2
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.8
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.7
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	39.1
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.3
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.8
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.4
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.9
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.9
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.2
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.3
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.6
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	31.4
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.5
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28.8
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.3
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	23.0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.5
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.2
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.3
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.8
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.6
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.3
Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.3
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	14.2
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	14.2
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.7
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.8
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.4
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.6
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.2
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.1
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.8

02In 2011

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

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 215 in both
93 · 44rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

Kenya19.2 → 36.2+17.0
Timor-Leste38.0 → 52.7+14.7
Kiribati63.2 → 74.9+11.7
Togo30.8 → 39.7+8.9
Bhutan73.3 → 81.8+8.5

Fell most

Mongolia78.5 → 72.1−6.4
Antigua and Barbuda98.7 → 94.6−4.1
Côte d’Ivoire58.4 → 55.8−2.6
Ethiopia25.5 → 23.0−2.5
Trinidad and Tobago100.0 → 97.5−2.5

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 2011.
111 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 71 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 (2011). Access to Electricity, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2011

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