RISE Electricity Access Policy Score

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: rise-electricity-access-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

Electricity access policy score (0–100)is built fromElectrification governance and planningGrid electrification frameworkMini-grids frameworkOff-grid systems frameworkConsumer affordability of electricity

Every column in the newest file of RISE Electricity Access Policy Score: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2023	Distinct	Empty	Spread
CountrycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	56	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	56	0
Electricity access policy score (0–100)electricity_access_scoreHeadline	The headline figure: Electricity access policy score (0–100).	Number · up to 15 decimals	9.47Yemen90.47Nigeriamiddle 65.67	56	0
Electrification governance and planningelectrification_planningPart of the headline	Whether a country has an official plan for bringing electricity to people without it, and the institutions to carry it out, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	4.8Zimbabwe100.03 share itmiddle 73.3	36	0
Grid electrification frameworkgrid_frameworkPart of the headline	The rules and support for extending the main grid to people without electricity, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	02 share it10010 share itmiddle 58	8	0
Mini-grids frameworkminigrid_frameworkPart of the headline	The rules for mini-grids, such as licensing, tariffs and what happens when the main grid arrives, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	4.8South Sudan100.0Kenyamiddle 58.7	38	0
Off-grid systems frameworkoff_grid_frameworkPart of the headline	The rules and support for stand-alone systems such as solar home kits, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	0Eritrea1008 share itmiddle 56	16	0
Consumer affordability of electricityaffordabilityPart of the headline	How affordable electricity is for the poorest households, as RISE assesses it, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	0.0000Yemen99.9998Mongoliamiddle 82.3333	49	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

The newest 12 of 14 years.

The same 56 countries in every year.

Not in this dataset · 169 places this site covers

ESMAP gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAnguillaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBritish Virgin IslandsBruneiBulgariaCabo VerdeCanadaCayman IslandsChannel IslandsChileChinaColombiaComorosCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzechiaDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEstoniaEswatiniFaroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench PolynesiaGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuamGuinea-BissauGuyanaHong KongHungaryIcelandIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKiribatiKosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLatviaLebanonLesothoLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacauMalaysiaMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritiusMexicoMicronesiaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroMontserratMoroccoNamibiaNauruNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNiueNorth KoreaNorth MacedoniaNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsNorwayOmanPalauPalestinePanamaParaguayPeruPolandPortugalPuerto RicoQatarRomaniaRussiaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSão Tomé and PríncipeSaudi ArabiaSerbiaSeychellesSingaporeSint MaartenSlovakiaSloveniaSomalilandSouth KoreaSpainSurinameSwedenSwitzerlandSyriaTaiwanTajikistanThailandTimor-LesteTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTürkiyeTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States Virgin IslandsUruguayUzbekistanVatican CityVenezuelaVietnam

1. 1 · Publisher

   World Bank Group (ESMAP)

   rise.esmap.org

2. 2 · Their file

   RISE Electricity Access Policy Score 2023

   WB_RISE_WIDEF.csv

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 29, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   14 files, one per year

   Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as rise-electricity-access-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/rise-electricity-access

From World Bank Data360 (RISE), the 2024 edition's annual series. The five parts of the score are stored beside it. RISE's overall score is not used: it averages a different number of pillars for different countries.

• Charted

  RISE Electricity Access Policy Score by country

  Who is highest, the map, the spread, who rose and fell, and the records.

• Subjects

  • Energy

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