Data for 2019

Access to Electricity, Rural, 2019

Name: Access to Electricity, Rural, 2019
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2019, 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, 2019 covers 203 countries. 107 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; DR Congo is lowest, at 1.0. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2018, 97 values changed (70 up, 27 down), 4 countries joined, 4 left.

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Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 2019

Highest107 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
2019the year it describes
85distinct 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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, Rural, 2019: 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
Argentina`ARG`South America	100.0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	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
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	100.0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	100.0
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	100.0
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	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
Iraq`IRQ`Western 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
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
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	100.0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	100.0
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	100.0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	100.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	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
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	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
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
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	100.0
Türkiye`TUR`Western 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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.9
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.9
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.9
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.9
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.7
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	99.7
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.6
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.5
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	99.5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.4
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.1
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	99.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.9
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.9
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	98.9
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	98.7
Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.7
Brazil`BRA`South America	98.5
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.4
Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.3
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.9
Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.8
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.6
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	97.6
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	97.5
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.1
Colombia`COL`South America	97.1
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	96.9
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	96.3
Suriname`SUR`South America	95.4
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.8
India`IND`Southern Asia	93.8
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.6
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	93.5
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	93.0
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	90.7
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	90.1
Guyana`GUY`South America	89.8
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	88.9
Belize`BLZ`Central America	87.8
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.3
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	86.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	84.9
Peru`PER`South America	82.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.4
Honduras`HND`Central America	80.3
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	77.6
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	76.2
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	75.6
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	72.9
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.0
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.2
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	67.6
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.2
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.7
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.7
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	57.5
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	54.3
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.8
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	42.1
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	40.3
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.3
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	36.0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.6
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	32.5
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.8
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.2
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.3
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.9
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	25.5
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.9
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.6
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.8
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	17.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.0
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.9
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.2
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.3
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.2
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.4
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.7
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.3
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.2
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.1
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.1
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.4
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.0
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.2
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Argentinashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+4 / −4countries joined / left
97values changed, of 199 in both
70 · 27rose · fell
102unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe55.7 → 68.2+12.5
Rwanda28.0 → 38.3+10.3
Kenya51.6 → 61.7+10.1
Laos89.3 → 97.6+8.3
Timor-Leste78.8 → 86.5+7.7

Fell most

Mali25.4 → 15.2−10.2
Malawi11.7 → 4.1−7.6
Nigeria31.0 → 25.5−5.5
Sierra Leone6.4 → 1.5−4.9
Guinea21.4 → 17.0−4.4

+ Kiribati

+ Lesotho

+ Nauru

+ Yemen

− Angola

− Nepal

− Somalia

− Chad

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 2019.
85 distinct values among 203
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 107 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 (2019). Access to Electricity, Rural, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/2019

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