Data for 2021

Access to Electricity, 2021

Name: Access to Electricity, 2021
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2021, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2021 covers 215 countries. 123 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.7. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2020, 102 values changed (87 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2021

Highest123 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

7.7

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

215countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
81distinct 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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2021: 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
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	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
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	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
Colombia`COL`South America	100.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	100.0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	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
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	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
Iraq`IRQ`Western 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
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	100.0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	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
Mexico`MEX`Central America	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	100.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	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
Paraguay`PRY`South America	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 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
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
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	100.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	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
Uruguay`URY`South America	100.0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	99.9
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.9
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.9
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.8
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.8
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	99.8
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.8
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.7
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	99.7
India`IND`Southern Asia	99.6
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.5
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	99.2
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	98.8
Bolivia`BOL`South America	98.6
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.3
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.1
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	97.9
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	97.9
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	97.7
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	97.5
Peru`PER`South America	95.6
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.5
Panama`PAN`Central America	95.3
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	94.9
Honduras`HND`Central America	94.1
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	93.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	92.9
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.8
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.1
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	91.8
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	89.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	89.3
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.8
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	87.9
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	86.3
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	86.3
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	83.6
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.9
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.5
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	78.5
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.5
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	76.3
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	74.9
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	73.7
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.2
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.0
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.8
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.4
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.4
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.7
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	61.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.5
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.2
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	54.2
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.4
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	52.6
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	52.5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.4
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.7
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.3
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.7
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	48.2
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.7
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.2
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	46.8
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.7
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	45.2
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.7
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.0
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.8
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	35.1
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	31.5
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.8
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	27.5
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.9
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.8
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.6
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	15.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.2
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	11.3
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.2
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.7

02In 2021

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

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 215 in both
87 · 15rose · fell
113unchanged

Rose most

Kenya71.5 → 76.5+5.0
Nigeria55.4 → 59.5+4.1
Timor-Leste96.0 → 100.0+4.0
Senegal64.3 → 68.0+3.7
Rwanda45.2 → 48.7+3.5

Fell most

Fiji97.1 → 92.1−5.0
Cambodia86.4 → 82.5−3.9
Zimbabwe52.7 → 49.0−3.7
Dominican Republic100.0 → 98.1−1.9
El Salvador99.7 → 97.9−1.8

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

Read before you use

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 2021.
81 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 123 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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2021). Access to Electricity, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2021

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