Data for 2018

Access to Electricity, 2018

Name: Access to Electricity, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2018 covers 215 countries. 100 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.3. The middle country reads 99.8. Against 2017, 117 values changed (85 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2018

Highest100 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

6.3

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

215countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
89distinct 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2018: 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
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	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
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
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
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern 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
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
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`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
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
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
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.9
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.9
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	99.9
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	99.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.9
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.8
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.8
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.8
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	99.8
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.8
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.8
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.7
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.7
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.6
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.6
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	99.6
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.6
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.6
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.5
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.3
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.3
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.0
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	99.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.9
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.7
Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.7
Colombia`COL`South America	98.5
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.5
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.1
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	98.1
Suriname`SUR`South America	97.4
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	97.0
India`IND`Southern Asia	95.7
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	95.3
Peru`PER`South America	95.2
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.1
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	94.2
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.2
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	93.9
Panama`PAN`Central America	93.8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.4
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	93.4
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	92.9
Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.8
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	92.3
Belize`BLZ`Central America	91.7
Honduras`HND`Central America	91.6
Guyana`GUY`South America	90.9
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	90.2
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	89.6
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87.5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	86.9
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	86.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	85.2
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	85.2
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.7
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	81.0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.7
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	80.4
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	78.3
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74.0
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	71.0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.3
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	67.0
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.5
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	65.8
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	62.4
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.2
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.6
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	60.3
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56.5
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	55.3
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.3
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.9
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.7
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	50.0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.1
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	47.0
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.3
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.4
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.8
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.4
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.6
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	41.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.2
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	39.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.5
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	34.9
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	31.1
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.4
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	26.1
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	22.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	18.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.6
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.6
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.4
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.1
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.5
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.3

02In 2018

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

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 215 in both
85 · 32rose · fell
98unchanged

Rose most

Mali34.8 → 50.9+16.1
Lesotho33.7 → 47.0+13.3
Madagascar24.1 → 36.5+12.4
Guinea35.4 → 45.0+9.6
Uganda32.4 → 41.9+9.5

Fell most

Yemen79.2 → 62.0−17.2
Cambodia89.1 → 80.7−8.4
Afghanistan97.7 → 93.4−4.3
Myanmar69.8 → 66.1−3.7
Libya70.6 → 67.0−3.6

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 2018.
89 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 100 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 (2018). Access to Electricity, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2018

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