Data for 2020

Access to Electricity, Rural, 2020

Name: Access to Electricity, Rural, 2020
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2020, 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, 2020 covers 206 countries. 114 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Burundi is lowest, at 0.9. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2019, 91 values changed (69 up, 22 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.

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Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 2020

Highest114 countries share it

100.0

LowestBurundi

0.9

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

206countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
82distinct 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, Rural, 2020: 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
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	100.0
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	100.0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	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
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	100.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	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
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	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
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	100.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	100.0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	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
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.9
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	99.8
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.8
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.7
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.7
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.7
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	99.7
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	99.7
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.5
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.5
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.4
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.4
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.3
Venezuela`VEN`South America	99.3
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	99.1
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	99.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	98.7
Colombia`COL`South America	98.5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.5
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.4
Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.7
Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.4
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	97.1
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.9
Suriname`SUR`South America	96.5
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	95.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.5
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	95.2
India`IND`Southern Asia	95.2
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.7
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.3
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	94.2
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93.5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	92.7
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	91.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.9
Guyana`GUY`South America	90.5
Peru`PER`South America	86.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	85.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	83.4
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.9
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	80.1
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	77.5
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	76.1
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	75.4
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.1
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.5
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	71.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.9
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.7
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.1
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.1
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.5
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.9
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.7
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.4
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.6
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.1
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.8
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.2
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.9
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	34.1
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.8
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	32.3
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.2
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.7
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.6
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	24.3
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	24.2
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	22.0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	19.3
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.4
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16.8
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.1
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.6
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.7
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.1
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.7
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.4
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.6
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.5
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.9
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	1.8
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.6
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.9

02In 2020

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.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+5 / −2countries joined / left
91values changed, of 201 in both
69 · 22rose · fell
110unchanged

Rose most

South Africa80.4 → 95.5+15.1
Zimbabwe28.3 → 37.1+8.8
Belize87.8 → 95.5+7.7
Timor-Leste86.5 → 94.2+7.7
El Salvador93.6 → 100.0+6.4

Fell most

Senegal47.8 → 38.6−9.2
Madagascar13.0 → 6.7−6.3
Djibouti40.3 → 35.8−4.5
Indonesia97.5 → 93.5−4.0
Papua New Guinea17.1 → 13.6−3.5

+ Dominica

+ Gambia

+ Panama

+ Somalia

+ Chad

− Haiti

− Namibia

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 2020.
82 distinct values among 206
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 114 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 206 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2020). Access to Electricity, Rural, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/2020

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