Data for 2010
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2010
2010, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
The RISE electricity access score rates the laws, plans and regulations a country has for bringing electricity to people who lack it — national electrification planning, rules for the grid, for mini-grids and for solar home systems, and measures to keep power affordable — on a scale of 0 to 100. It is published by the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2010 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Ghana is highest, at 51.81467; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.00000. The middle country reads 15.49918.
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2010
HighestGhana
51.81467
LowestSierra Leone
0.00000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2010, as published. ESMAP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 56 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 51.81467 | 51 | 67 | 28.6 | 17 | 95.7400 |
| 2 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 43.20842 | 10 | 33 | 40.2 | 67 | 66.3067 |
| 3 |  MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | 38.72095 | 23 | 67 | 21.7 | 17 | 65.7211 |
| 4 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 38.30688 | 19 | 50 | 39.2 | 17 | 66.6667 |
| 5 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 38.06455 | 40 | 17 | 29.1 | 22 | 82.3333 |
| 6 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 35.40317 | 19 | 50 | 9.5 | 44 | 54.0000 |
| 7 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 31.68568 | 28 | 17 | 20.6 | 11 | 82.3967 |
| 8 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 31.31711 | 24 | 37 | 16.2 | 13 | 66.5855 |
| 9 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 27.29817 | 5 | 33 | 8.5 | 0 | 89.9300 |
| 10 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 26.86455 | 14 | 50 | 3.7 | 0 | 66.3333 |
| 11 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 24.13862 | 5 | 0 | 28.0 | 6 | 82.3333 |
| 12 |  EritreaERIEastern Africa | 23.40762 | 35 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 65.1333 |
| 13 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 22.12804 | 19 | 17 | 3.7 | 6 | 65.6667 |
| 14 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 20.05286 | 5 | 17 | 12.2 | 0 | 66.6664 |
| 15 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 19.99997 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6665 |
| 16 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 19.85291 | 0 | 50 | 16.9 | 0 | 32.3333 |
| 17 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 19.78696 | 29 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 66.6597 |
| 18 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 18.37319 | 0 | 17 | 3.7 | 6 | 65.9400 |
| 19 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 18.35953 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 83.3320 |
| 20 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 18.00000 | 7 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6667 |
| 21 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 17.20741 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 82.3333 |
| 22 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 16.71150 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 66.5734 |
| 23 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 16.66623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 83.3311 |
| 24 |  Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 16.53160 | 14 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 59.9067 |
| 25 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | 16.46667 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 65.6667 |
| 26 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 16.15661 | 5 | 0 | 8.5 | 6 | 62.0000 |
| 27 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 15.92000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 79.6000 |
| 28 |  SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 15.76120 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 66.6367 |
| 29 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 15.23716 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 66.6620 |
| 30 |  VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 14.67238 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 68.6000 |
| 31 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 14.28171 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 66.6467 |
| =32 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | 13.33333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6667 |
| =32 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 13.33333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6667 |
| 34 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 13.33331 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6666 |
| 35 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 13.33293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6647 |
| 36 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 13.33000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6500 |
| 37 |  LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | 13.32933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.6467 |
| 38 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 13.27533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.3767 |
| 39 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 13.26667 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 66.3333 |
| 40 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 13.14423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 65.7211 |
| 41 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 12.98800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 64.9400 |
| 42 |  South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 12.80200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 64.0100 |
| 43 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 12.59891 | 5 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 46.0633 |
| 44 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 11.37180 | 10 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 34.1077 |
| 45 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 10.53333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 52.6667 |
| 46 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 10.08995 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 6 | 31.6667 |
| 47 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 9.75238 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 44.0000 |
| 48 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 9.68400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 48.4200 |
| 49 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 8.48400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 42.4200 |
| 50 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 8.17143 | 10 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.6667 |
| 51 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 6.77171 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 29.0967 |
| 52 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 6.45503 | 29 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0000 |
| 53 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 5.70044 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 22.9467 |
| 54 |  Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | 3.94143 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.1833 |
| 55 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 2.56733 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.8367 |
| 56 | Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | 0.00000 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0000 |
02In 2010
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 56Sierra Leone0.00000
- 55Kenya2.56733
- 54Solomon Islands3.94143
- 53South Africa5.70044
- 52Yemen6.45503
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.49918. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Electrification governance and planning
Highest
Ghana51Lowest32 share it
Middle country: 0
Grid electrification framework
Highest2 share it
Lowest37 share it
Middle country: 0
Mini-grids framework
Highest
Cambodia40.2Lowest26 share it
Middle country: 3.7
Off-grid systems framework
Highest
Cambodia67Lowest41 share it
Middle country: 0
Consumer affordability of electricity
Highest
Ghana95.7400Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 66.3333
03Caveats
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One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from ESMAP’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2010.
55 distinct values among 56
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 13.33333. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 56 countries has every column.
04The files
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World Bank Group (ESMAP) (2010). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2010
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