Data for 2023

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023

Name: RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023
Creator: World Bank Group (ESMAP)
License: https://data360files.worldbank.org/data360-data/metadata/WB_RISE/WB_RISE_EA_ALL.json

2023, 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, 2023 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Nigeria is highest, at 90.47; Yemen is lowest, at 9.47. The middle country reads 65.67. Against 2022, 38 values changed (32 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2023

HighestNigeria

90.47

LowestYemen

9.47

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

56countries
6measures per country
2023the year it describes
56distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023, as published. ESMAP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
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1	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	90.47	90.5	83	95.2	100	83.3167
2	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	90.20	93.3	100	95.2	100	62.4300
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.91	95.2	100	86.8	72	95.3333
4	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.23	100.0	100	100.0	100	46.1700
5	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.55	100.0	100	86.8	67	69.3333
6	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	82.39	100.0	100	51.9	61	99.0000
7	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	80.76	95.2	100	77.2	72	59.0867
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.99	90.5	83	70.9	56	99.6667
9	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.76	72.4	83	63.5	100	79.6000
10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79.47	57.1	67	73.5	100	99.9987
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	78.75	93.3	50	67.2	100	83.2400
12	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.64	67.6	100	59.3	83	82.9733
13	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.44	81.9	67	83.1	56	99.9953
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	76.91	75.2	100	83.1	56	70.6667
15	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	76.71	93.3	100	73.5	33	83.3333
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.91	79.0	67	60.3	78	95.7400
17	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	73.52	81.9	83	63.5	56	83.3332
18	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	72.26	93.3	33	62.4	89	83.3313
19	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	72.19	95.2	50	77.2	78	60.6667
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	71.14	95.2	33	61.4	83	82.3967
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	71.06	55.2	50	67.7	100	82.3333
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	70.39	92.0	90	30.1	60	79.9189
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.88	88.6	50	83.1	61	66.6667
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	69.26	88.6	67	19.6	72	99.2733
25	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.71	60.0	83	61.4	56	83.3033
26	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	67.03	56.2	17	64.0	100	98.2733
27	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	66.14	33.3	67	64.0	83	83.3263
28	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.84	76.2	100	54.0	33	65.7211
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	65.50	76.2	33	61.4	67	89.9300
30	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	65.25	81.0	50	51.9	61	82.3333
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	64.59	95.2	83	27.0	61	56.2800
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.72	39.0	67	57.7	56	99.6667
33	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.67	67.6	50	57.7	50	83.0433
34	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.84	90.5	17	58.2	56	83.3133
35	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.19	81.9	33	65.1	56	65.0867
36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	55.42	48.6	67	44.4	67	50.7743
37	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.00	44.8	67	31.2	50	82.3333
38	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.81	9.5	17	86.8	78	83.3311
39	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.56	50.5	33	45.5	61	82.3878
40	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.36	54.3	67	25.4	56	59.9067
41	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	50.65	66.7	33	29.1	56	68.6000
42	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	48.61	74.3	33	68.8	50	16.6667
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.03	4.8	67	25.4	50	83.3133
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.68	49.5	67	24.3	6	82.3333
45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43.96	60.0	17	26.5	50	66.6667
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.54	9.5	50	47.1	11	99.9998
47	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.63	64.8	50	20.6	11	66.6666
48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	41.88	77.1	0	43.4	22	66.6667
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.52	43.8	33	26.5	33	65.6667
50	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.28	30.5	33	41.3	50	31.3333
51	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	35.36	59.0	17	21.7	33	46.0633
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.44	55.2	33	31.2	22	10.1833
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.75	30.5	17	26.5	0	65.1333
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.81	38.1	33	25.4	6	31.6667
55	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	26.61	14.3	17	4.8	33	64.0100
56	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.47	28.6	0	13.2	6	0.0000

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Nigeria90.47
2Rwanda90.20
3Tanzania89.91
4Kenya89.23
5Uganda84.55

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 65.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Electrification governance and planning
Highest3 share it
LowestZimbabwe4.8
Middle country: 73.3
Grid electrification framework
Highest10 share it
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 58
Mini-grids framework
HighestKenya100.0
LowestSouth Sudan4.8
Middle country: 58.7
Off-grid systems framework
Highest8 share it
LowestEritrea0
Middle country: 56
Consumer affordability of electricity
HighestMongolia99.9998
LowestYemen0.0000
Middle country: 82.3333

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

+0 / −0countries joined / left
38values changed, of 56 in both
32 · 6rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Uganda30.59 → 84.55+53.97
Pakistan40.60 → 69.26+28.67
Kenya65.13 → 89.23+24.11
South Africa40.68 → 64.59+23.90
Nigeria73.96 → 90.47+16.51

Fell most

Senegal77.08 → 69.88−7.20
Eritrea33.46 → 27.75−5.71
Chad61.14 → 55.42−5.71
Angola78.39 → 77.44−0.95
Philippines80.42 → 79.47−0.95

04Caveats

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How values are stored

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 2023.
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Every one of the 56 countries has every column.

05The files

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

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