Data for 1993
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1993
1993, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Rural access to electricity is the share of people in the countryside who have power at home — the part of SDG indicator 7.1.1 where the remaining gap is concentrated. The national figure averages town and country together; this one shows the half that is usually behind.
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1993 covers 122 countries. 72 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 2.12. The middle country reads 100.00. Against 1992, 42 values changed (33 up, 9 down), 11 countries joined, 3 left.
Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 1993
Highest72 countries share it
100.00
LowestBurkina Faso
2.12Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, Rural, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 122 countries · select a heading to sort
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 AndorraANDSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 100.00 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 BahamasBHSCaribbean | 100.00 |
 BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 100.00 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 BermudaBMUNorthern America | 100.00 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 100.00 |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 100.00 |
 Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean | 100.00 |
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 CuraçaoCUWCaribbean | 100.00 |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia | 100.00 |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 GreenlandGRLNorthern America | 100.00 |
 Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 100.00 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 100.00 |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 MonacoMCOWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 100.00 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 100.00 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 100.00 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 United StatesUSANorthern America | 100.00 |
 United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean | 100.00 |
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 99.98 |
 Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia | 99.91 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 99.88 |
 New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 99.86 |
 GuamGUMMicronesia | 99.38 |
 ArubaABWCaribbean | 98.50 |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 98.46 |
 British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 94.70 |
 Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 94.33 |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 93.47 |
 PalauPLWMicronesia | 92.67 |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 92.62 |
 VenezuelaVENSouth America | 90.60 |
 Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 88.79 |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 85.81 |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 80.33 |
 SamoaWSMPolynesia | 78.37 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 76.67 |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 74.06 |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 73.27 |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 70.35 |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 67.59 |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 64.90 |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 64.30 |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean | 63.42 |
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 61.94 |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 56.93 |
 BelizeBLZCentral America | 54.21 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 49.35 |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 47.74 |
 NicaraguaNICCentral America | 46.94 |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 39.58 |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 38.72 |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 36.06 |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia | 25.90 |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 22.65 |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 17.97 |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 15.69 |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 13.37 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 10.61 |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 9.18 |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 7.62 |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 6.81 |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 4.87 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 4.13 |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 3.26 |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 2.89 |
 PeruPERSouth America | 2.77 |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 2.62 |
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 2.12 |
02In 1993
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Albaniashared100.00
- Andorrashared100.00
- United Arab Emiratesshared100.00
- Australiashared100.00
- Austriashared100.00
Lowest
- Burkina Faso2.12
- Gambia2.62
- Peru2.77
- Ghana2.89
- Botswana3.26
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031992 → 1993
Since 1992
- +11 / −3countries joined / left
- 42values changed, of 111 in both
- 33 · 9rose · fell
- 69unchanged
Rose most
+ Burkina Faso+ Cayman Islands+ Ghana+ Gambia+ Guyana+ India+ Kenya+ Laos+ Nicaragua+ Philippines+ Senegal
− Malawi
− Tanzania
− Zambia04Caveats
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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 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 1993.
51 distinct values among 122
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 72 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 122 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (1993). Access to Electricity, Rural, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/1993
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