Data for 2014

Access to Electricity, 2014

Name: Access to Electricity, 2014
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2014, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2014 covers 215 countries. 87 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.3. The middle country reads 99.4. Against 2013, 129 values changed (109 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2014

Highest87 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

4.3

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

215countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
104distinct 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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2014: 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
Argentina`ARG`South America	100.0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	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
Chile`CHL`South America	100.0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	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
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	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
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.0
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern 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
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	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
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	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
Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.9
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	99.9
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.9
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	99.8
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.8
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.8
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.8
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.8
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	99.8
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.8
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.8
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.7
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.7
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.7
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.7
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.5
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.5
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.5
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.4
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.3
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	99.2
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.2
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.2
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.2
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.7
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.5
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.4
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98.1
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.9
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.9
Colombia`COL`South America	97.8
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.7
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	97.3
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	97.0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	96.8
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	95.9
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	95.9
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	95.7
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	95.1
Suriname`SUR`South America	94.6
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	93.3
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.0
Peru`PER`South America	92.9
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	92.7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.5
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	91.5
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	91.4
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	91.0
Panama`PAN`Central America	90.8
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	90.2
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	90.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	89.8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	89.5
Honduras`HND`Central America	88.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	87.1
Guyana`GUY`South America	86.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	86.0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	85.9
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	85.5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	85.3
India`IND`Southern Asia	85.1
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.9
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	83.4
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	82.5
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	81.9
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.3
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	75.5
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	71.8
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	71.2
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.6
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	66.1
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	62.4
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.9
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.9
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.8
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.1
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.0
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.0
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.4
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.5
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	49.1
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.4
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.7
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.9
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.6
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.4
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.6
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.8
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	37.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.0
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.2
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.5
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.3
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.9
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.8
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.2
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.8
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.5
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.4
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.8
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.2
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	18.8
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.1
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.2
Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.7
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.5
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.9
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.4
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.4
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.3

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Argentinashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 215 in both
109 · 20rose · fell
86unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan68.0 → 89.5+21.5
Vanuatu31.7 → 49.1+17.4
Madagascar12.9 → 23.0+10.1
Ghana70.7 → 78.3+7.6
Nepal77.4 → 84.9+7.5

Fell most

Yemen75.6 → 66.1−9.5
Zimbabwe40.6 → 32.3−8.3
Angola38.4 → 32.0−6.4
Myanmar56.5 → 52.0−4.5
Kenya40.1 → 36.0−4.1

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 2014.
104 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 87 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 (2014). Access to Electricity, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2014

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