Data for 2024

Access to Electricity, 2024

Name: Access to Electricity, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2024, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2024 covers 215 countries. 122 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.4. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2023, 84 values changed (63 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2024

Highest122 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
2024the 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, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2024: 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
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
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	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
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
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	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
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
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	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
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
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100.0
India`IND`Southern Asia	99.9
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	99.9
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.9
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.8
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.8
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.8
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	99.6
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.5
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	99.5
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	99.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.1
Chile`CHL`South America	99.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	99.0
Colombia`COL`South America	98.9
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98.7
Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	98.4
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	98.4
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	97.9
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.7
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	97.7
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	97.2
Bolivia`BOL`South America	96.6
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	96.5
Peru`PER`South America	96.5
Panama`PAN`Central America	96.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.9
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.7
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	95.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	95.5
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	95.1
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.8
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	94.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	93.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	91.9
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	91.7
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	90.2
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	89.3
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.3
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	88.9
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	88.7
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.8
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	86.3
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.9
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.5
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	80.4
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	80.2
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	77.7
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	77.4
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.9
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	72.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	69.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.0
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	65.5
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	65.1
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.5
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.0
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.4
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.1
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	60.6
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	59.3
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	56.6
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	55.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	55.3
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.3
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.4
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	53.9
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.8
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.6
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.4
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	52.2
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.5
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.7
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.3
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.2
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	36.9
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	34.9
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	34.0
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.5
Niger`NER`Western Africa	21.3
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.1
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.2
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.6
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.4
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.4

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Armeniashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
84values changed, of 215 in both
63 · 21rose · fell
131unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea20.5 → 43.3+22.8
Burkina Faso21.7 → 34.0+12.3
Senegal74.2 → 82.9+8.7
Burundi11.6 → 20.1+8.5
Rwanda63.9 → 72.0+8.1

Fell most

Guatemala100.0 → 90.9−9.1
Guyana98.9 → 93.0−5.9
Timor-Leste100.0 → 94.3−5.7
Mali54.5 → 49.5−5.0
São Tomé and Príncipe81.3 → 77.7−3.6

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

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 2024.
81 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 122 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 (2024). Access to Electricity, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2024

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