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Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation

Each country’s newest reading as of 2026; every row carries its own year · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of private firms that call electricity a major or very severe obstacle to running their business, from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys. It is the verdict of the people who pay for power cuts and power bills, and it complements measures of who is connected.

Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation covers 181 countries. Comoros is highest, at 84.769; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 25.356. 9 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint · Latest available · compiled 2026

HighestComoros

84.769

Lowest3 countries share it

0.000

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 181 countries · select a heading to sort

Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1ComorosCOMEastern Africa · 2025 reading84.7692025
2LiberiaLBRWestern Africa · 2025 reading78.1422025
3YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2013 reading, too old to compare77.1052013
4UruguayURYSouth America · 2024 reading74.6792024
5EcuadorECUSouth America · 2024 reading73.2372024
6MaliMLIWestern Africa · 2024 reading71.4112024
7IraqIRQWestern Asia · 2022 reading67.2132022
8DominicaDMACaribbean · 2010 reading, too old to compare66.0782010
9ChadTCDMiddle Africa · 2023 reading65.7942023
10Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean · 2010 reading, too old to compare63.7302010
11GreeceGRCSouthern Europe · 2023 reading61.9892023
12PanamaPANCentral America · 2025 reading61.6802025
13Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa · 2024 reading61.5922024
14Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2025 reading61.4052025
15CameroonCMRMiddle Africa · 2024 reading61.2942024
16SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2023 reading60.5692023
17Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa · 2023 reading59.4572023
18Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa · 2023 reading59.1362023
19CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2024 reading57.9252024
20VenezuelaVENSouth America · 2010 reading, too old to compare54.1582010
21PalestinePSEWestern Asia · 2023 reading53.2822023
22TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa · 2024 reading51.6492024
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa · 2025 reading51.5952025
24MauritiusMUSEastern Africa · 2023 reading50.6992023
25MaltaMLTSouthern Europe · 2024 reading50.6372024

02In Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. 1Comoros84.769
  2. 2Liberia78.142
  3. 4Uruguay74.679
  4. 5Ecuador73.237
  5. 6Mali71.411

Lowest

  1. 179Saudi Arabiashared0.000
  2. 179Qatarshared0.000
  3. 179Kuwaitshared0.000
  4. 177Bhutan0.649
  5. 176China0.672

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 25.356. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2026, from 2009 to 2026. 9 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • 179 distinct values among 181

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 10 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 181 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2026). Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, 2026 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/firms-electricity-constraint/2026

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