Data for 2017

Access to Electricity, 2017

Name: Access to Electricity, 2017
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2017, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2017 covers 215 countries. 102 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.2. The middle country reads 99.9. Against 2016, 122 values changed (97 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2017

Highest102 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

4.2

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

215countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
93distinct 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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

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
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
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
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	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
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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central 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
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	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
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	100.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Serbia`SRB`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
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.9
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	99.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.9
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.9
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.9
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.9
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.9
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.8
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.8
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.8
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.8
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.7
Chile`CHL`South America	99.7
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.6
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.6
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.5
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.4
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.3
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.3
Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.2
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.2
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	98.9
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.7
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.7
Colombia`COL`South America	98.5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.1
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.1
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.7
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	97.7
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	97.5
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.4
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	96.8
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.8
Suriname`SUR`South America	96.6
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.0
Peru`PER`South America	94.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.2
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	93.8
Panama`PAN`Central America	93.7
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	93.6
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.6
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	93.3
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	93.0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	92.7
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	92.2
Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.8
India`IND`Southern Asia	91.8
Guyana`GUY`South America	90.0
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.6
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	89.1
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	88.6
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	88.0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	86.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	86.5
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.3
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	85.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	84.6
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.4
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	79.5
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	79.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	79.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	78.7
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	76.5
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	74.3
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.5
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	69.8
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	67.4
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	65.6
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	62.9
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	62.8
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.7
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.9
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	60.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.2
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.4
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	53.0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.5
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.1
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	46.2
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.3
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	44.2
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	43.3
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.9
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	34.8
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.1
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.7
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.1
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.0
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.3
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	24.2
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.1
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	23.4
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.2
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.1
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.7
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.9
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.3
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.2

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Argentinashared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 215 in both
97 · 25rose · fell
93unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia68.8 → 89.1+20.3
Myanmar55.6 → 69.8+14.2
Bangladesh75.9 → 88.0+12.1
Yemen68.9 → 79.2+10.3
Eswatini63.4 → 73.5+10.1

Fell most

Kiribati92.6 → 85.7−6.9
Honduras91.6 → 86.5−5.1
Nigeria59.3 → 54.4−4.9
Nepal90.7 → 86.6−4.1
Mali38.8 → 34.8−4.0

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 2017.
93 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 102 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 (2017). Access to Electricity, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2017

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