Data for 2007

Access to Electricity, Rural, 2007

Name: Access to Electricity, Rural, 2007
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2007, 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, 2007 covers 202 countries. 71 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.6. The middle country reads 94.3. Against 2006, 117 values changed (81 up, 36 down), 4 countries joined, 3 left.

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Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 2007

Highest71 countries share it

100.0

Lowest2 countries share it

0.6

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

202countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
112distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, Rural, 2007, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, Rural, 2007: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.0
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.0
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	100.0
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	100.0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.0
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	100.0
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.0
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	100.0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.0
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	100.0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.0
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	100.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	100.0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	100.0
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	100.0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.0
France`FRA`Western Europe	100.0
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	100.0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	100.0
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.0
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	100.0
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	100.0
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	100.0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	100.0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	100.0
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	100.0
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	100.0
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	100.0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.0
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	100.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	100.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	100.0
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	100.0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	100.0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	100.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	100.0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	100.0
United States`USA`Northern America	100.0
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	100.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.8
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.8
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.6
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.5
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.5
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.3
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	99.2
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.2
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.9
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.8
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	98.8
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	98.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.3
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.1
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.9
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.9
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.7
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	97.7
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	97.6
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.6
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	97.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.3
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.5
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	96.4
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	95.9
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	95.4
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	95.3
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	94.7
Argentina`ARG`South America	93.8
Mexico`MEX`Central America	93.3
Paraguay`PRY`South America	93.1
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	93.1
Venezuela`VEN`South America	93.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.2
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	91.0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	90.9
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.6
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	90.6
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	90.5
Brazil`BRA`South America	89.8
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	89.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	89.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	88.8
Chile`CHL`South America	88.5
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	88.4
Uruguay`URY`South America	88.2
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	86.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	86.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	85.0
Colombia`COL`South America	85.0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	84.7
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.8
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	83.8
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	83.6
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	81.5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.6
Belize`BLZ`Central America	76.0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	75.9
Guyana`GUY`South America	74.9
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73.1
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.2
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	72.2
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.3
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	65.4
India`IND`Southern Asia	63.5
Panama`PAN`Central America	63.5
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	58.9
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	52.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.4
Honduras`HND`Central America	49.6
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	48.7
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.5
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.8
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.9
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.5
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	41.4
Peru`PER`South America	38.7
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.2
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.1
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.5
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.4
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.3
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.3
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	24.5
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	22.4
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.4
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21.5
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.3
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19.9
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.7
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.6
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	17.8
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	16.4
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	12.7
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.8
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	10.8
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.7
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.2
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.2
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.7
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.4
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.9
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.5
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.2
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.1
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.8
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.1
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.6
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.9
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.8
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.5
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.4
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.3
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.2
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.6
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.6

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+4 / −3countries joined / left
117values changed, of 198 in both
81 · 36rose · fell
81unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan42.0 → 58.9+16.9
Fiji71.2 → 83.6+12.4
Djibouti32.6 → 42.6+10.0
Dominican Republic80.7 → 90.5+9.8
Somalia1.7 → 10.8+9.1

Fell most

Morocco93.0 → 65.4−27.6
Marshall Islands42.5 → 22.4−20.1
Cameroon25.8 → 6.4−19.4
Syria99.2 → 81.5−17.7
Lebanon98.8 → 86.7−12.1

+ Central African Republic

+ DR Congo

+ Malawi

+ Sierra Leone

− Angola

− Guinea-Bissau

− Solomon Islands

04Caveats

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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 2007.
112 distinct values among 202
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 71 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 202 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2007). Access to Electricity, Rural, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/2007

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