Data for 2023

Access to Electricity, 2023

Name: Access to Electricity, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2023, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2023 covers 215 countries. 128 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.4. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2022, 92 values changed (74 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2023

Highest128 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

5.4

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

215countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
73distinct 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	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
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	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
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
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
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	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
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
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
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	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
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
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	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
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	100.0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	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
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	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
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	99.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.8
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.8
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	99.6
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	99.6
Suriname`SUR`South America	99.6
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.5
India`IND`Southern Asia	99.5
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	99.4
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	99.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	98.9
Colombia`COL`South America	98.7
Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.7
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	98.7
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98.3
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	98.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.7
Panama`PAN`Central America	97.0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	96.5
Peru`PER`South America	96.2
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	95.9
Honduras`HND`Central America	95.6
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.6
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	94.4
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	94.1
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	94.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	89.8
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	89.5
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.4
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.3
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.7
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	86.9
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	86.4
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.3
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	83.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	81.3
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.3
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	76.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.2
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	76.0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	74.2
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	73.2
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.4
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.0
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.9
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.9
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.2
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.9
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.6
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.2
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	59.2
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.3
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	57.0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.7
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	55.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	54.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	54.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	51.5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	51.3
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.3
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	51.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.1
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.1
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.3
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.3
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.3
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	40.5
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.4
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	36.0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.5
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	32.5
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.1
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.7
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.5
Niger`NER`Western Africa	20.1
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	17.6
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.6
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.6
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.4

02In 2023

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.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 215 in both
74 · 18rose · fell
123unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda50.6 → 63.9+13.3
Zimbabwe50.1 → 62.0+11.9
Yemen76.0 → 83.6+7.6
Fiji92.0 → 99.3+7.3
Lesotho50.0 → 57.3+7.3

Fell most

Vanuatu70.0 → 61.6−8.4
Laos100.0 → 96.5−3.5
South Sudan8.4 → 5.4−3.0
Jamaica100.0 → 97.7−2.3
El Salvador100.0 → 98.3−1.7

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 2023.
73 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 128 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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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2023). Access to Electricity, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2023

0635 held

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