Data for 2018

Access to Electricity, Rural, 2018

Name: Access to Electricity, Rural, 2018
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2018, 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, 2018 covers 203 countries. 102 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; DR Congo is lowest, at 1.0. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2017, 99 values changed (66 up, 33 down), 5 countries joined, 4 left.

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Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 2018

Highest102 countries share it

100.0

LowestDR Congo

1.0

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

203countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
86distinct 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, Rural, 2018: 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
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	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
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	100.0
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	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
Chile`CHL`South America	100.0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	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
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	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
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern 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
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	100.0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	100.0
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	100.0
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	100.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.0
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	100.0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern 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
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	100.0
Palestine`PSE`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
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	100.0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	100.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	100.0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	100.0
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	100.0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	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
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	100.0
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	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
Uruguay`URY`South America	100.0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Argentina`ARG`South America	99.9
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.9
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	99.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	99.9
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.9
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.8
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	99.8
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.7
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.6
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.5
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.3
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.1
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.9
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.9
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.9
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	98.4
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.3
Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.3
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.4
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	97.4
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.4
Ecuador`ECU`South America	96.9
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	96.8
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	96.1
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.9
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.9
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	95.8
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	94.6
Suriname`SUR`South America	94.3
India`IND`Southern Asia	93.9
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	93.5
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.7
Colombia`COL`South America	92.6
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	91.6
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	91.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	91.2
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	90.1
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	88.9
Belize`BLZ`Central America	86.5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	84.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	81.9
Peru`PER`South America	81.8
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	81.3
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.7
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	78.8
Bolivia`BOL`South America	77.6
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	75.1
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	73.7
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	69.5
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.3
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.4
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	63.6
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.7
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.6
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.6
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	50.9
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.7
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	40.4
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	35.3
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.6
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.5
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.5
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	31.0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.2
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	29.1
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.4
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	26.3
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.3
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.4
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.4
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.3
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	18.1
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.3
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.0
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.3
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.4
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.8
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.7
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.7
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.5
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	7.7
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.3
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.4
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.8
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.9
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.3
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.2
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.0
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0

02In 2018

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 100.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+5 / −4countries joined / left
99values changed, of 198 in both
66 · 33rose · fell
99unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia81.7 → 94.6+12.9
Guinea8.6 → 21.4+12.8
Honduras71.8 → 81.9+10.1
Uganda23.0 → 32.5+9.5
Nepal84.6 → 93.5+8.9

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe76.2 → 55.7−20.5
Cambodia86.1 → 75.0−11.1
Syria77.7 → 69.5−8.2
Afghanistan97.1 → 91.6−5.5
Myanmar59.9 → 54.6−5.3

+ Angola

+ Djibouti

+ Gabon

+ Madagascar

+ Mali

− Gambia

− Lesotho

− Panama

− Yemen

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 2018.
86 distinct values among 203
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 102 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 203 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2018). Access to Electricity, Rural, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/2018

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