Data for 2016

Access to Electricity, 2016

Name: Access to Electricity, 2016
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2016 covers 215 countries. 91 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.3. The middle country reads 99.7. Against 2015, 126 values changed (104 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2016

Highest91 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

5.3

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

215countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
94distinct 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

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
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	100.0
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	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
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	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
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
Jordan`JOR`Western 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
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	100.0
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	100.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.0
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	100.0
Palestine`PSE`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
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
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	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
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.9
Argentina`ARG`South America	99.9
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.9
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	99.9
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.9
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.9
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.9
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.9
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.8
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.8
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.7
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.7
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.7
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.7
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	99.7
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.7
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.6
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.5
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.5
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.4
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.4
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.4
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	99.3
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.3
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.2
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.1
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.9
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.9
Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.7
Colombia`COL`South America	98.4
Paraguay`PRY`South America	98.4
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	97.8
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	97.8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.7
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	97.6
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	97.5
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.3
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.3
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	96.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	96.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.8
Peru`PER`South America	94.2
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.4
Belize`BLZ`Central America	93.3
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	92.7
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.6
Panama`PAN`Central America	92.4
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.8
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	91.8
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	91.8
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	91.8
Honduras`HND`Central America	91.6
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.8
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	90.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.8
India`IND`Southern Asia	89.6
Guyana`GUY`South America	89.0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.0
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	88.1
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.5
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	83.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	83.9
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	79.3
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.5
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	76.4
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	75.9
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	74.8
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	72.2
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.4
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.9
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	68.8
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.3
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.2
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.4
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.8
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	59.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.3
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58.2
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.8
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.4
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.6
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.1
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.1
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.5
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.7
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	46.9
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.8
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.3
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42.9
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.5
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	42.1
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.8
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.2
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	38.8
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.4
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.5
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.8
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	26.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.2
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.9
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.9
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.3
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.7
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.3
Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.6
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.5
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.4
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.0
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9.2
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.5
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.3

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
Australiashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.7. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 215 in both
104 · 22rose · fell
89unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan71.5 → 97.7+26.2
Ethiopia29.0 → 42.9+13.9
Kenya41.6 → 53.1+11.5
Timor-Leste67.3 → 76.5+9.2
Zimbabwe33.7 → 42.5+8.8

Fell most

Myanmar60.5 → 55.6−4.9
Papua New Guinea18.4 → 13.5−4.9
Tonga100.0 → 97.0−3.0
Namibia51.6 → 49.7−1.9
Libya73.8 → 72.2−1.6

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 2016.
94 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 91 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 (2016). Access to Electricity, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2016

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