Data for 2024

Access to Electricity, Rural, 2024

Name: Access to Electricity, Rural, 2024
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2024, 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, 2024 covers 209 countries. 121 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.7. The middle country reads 100.0. Against 2023, 86 values changed (58 up, 28 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 2024

Highest121 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

0.7

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

209countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
81distinct 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, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, Rural, 2024: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.0
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	100.0
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	100.0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	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
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	100.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	100.0
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	100.0
Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	100.0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	100.0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	100.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	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
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
Jordan`JOR`Western 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
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	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
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
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	100.0
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	100.0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	100.0
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	100.0
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	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
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	100.0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	100.0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	100.0
India`IND`Southern Asia	99.9
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.9
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	99.7
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	99.6
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.6
Belize`BLZ`Central America	99.5
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	99.4
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.3
Brazil`BRA`South America	99.2
Mexico`MEX`Central America	99.2
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.7
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	98.6
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	98.4
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	97.7
Suriname`SUR`South America	97.1
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	96.6
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	96.3
Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.9
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.7
Colombia`COL`South America	95.2
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	94.2
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	94.2
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	94.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.5
Panama`PAN`Central America	92.1
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	92.1
Chile`CHL`South America	90.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	90.5
Honduras`HND`Central America	90.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.7
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	88.5
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	88.3
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.2
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86.3
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	86.0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	84.6
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	82.6
Peru`PER`South America	82.1
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	81.3
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.1
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	80.4
Argentina`ARG`South America	79.8
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	75.1
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	73.9
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	72.2
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.1
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.2
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	61.6
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.5
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	54.2
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.9
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.3
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.7
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.6
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.9
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.8
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44.8
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	43.2
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.7
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.4
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.1
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.2
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.0
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.9
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.7
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.4
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.4
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.5
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.9
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.9
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.4
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.5
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.4
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	15.0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.3
Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.8
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.2
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.4
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.1
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.6
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.3
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.0
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.7

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Armeniashared100.0

Lowest

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

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+1 / −1countries joined / left
86values changed, of 208 in both
58 · 28rose · fell
122unchanged

Rose most

Papua New Guinea13.4 → 39.0+25.6
Gabon29.0 → 51.3+22.3
Botswana25.0 → 45.9+20.9
Djibouti37.0 → 53.9+16.9
Cameroon26.0 → 42.7+16.7

Fell most

Argentina100.0 → 79.8−20.2
Guatemala100.0 → 80.4−19.6
Syria72.8 → 61.6−11.2
Bolivia99.6 → 88.7−10.9
Nigeria32.9 → 23.5−9.4

+ Angola

− 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 2024.
81 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 121 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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