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Access to electricity by country
What share of people have electricity at home?
Of the 215 countries compared in 2024, 122 countries shared the highest reading, 100.0%, and South Sudan had the lowest reading, 5.4%. In the middle country the figure was 100.0%.
Part ofDevelopment & Human Capital
Access to electricity · 2024
Context statistic
122 countries share the highest value, 100.0% — no single country is named first.
012024 · values only
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 215 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
Highest in 2024 · shared
122 countries share the highest reading, 100.0%
No single country is named first: picking one from a shared value would be a choice the data does not make.
Aruba
Albania
Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Armenia
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bahrain
Bahamas
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Bermuda
Barbados
Brunei
Bhutan
Canada
Switzerland- Channel Islands
China
Cuba
Curaçao
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Czechia
Germany
Dominica
Denmark
Algeria
Egypt
Spain
Estonia
Finland
France
Faroe Islands
United Kingdom
Georgia- and 82 more — every one is in the list below
Lowest in 2024
South Sudan5.4%
Chad13.4%
Malawi15.6%
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Access to electricity on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 5.4–77.4%
- 77.7–99.6%
- 99.8–100.0%
- No reading in 2024 (1 measured in an earlier edition)
- Americas
100.0%
the middle country, of 46 measured · 48 members
24 share 100.0%
Haiti53.9%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Asia
100.0%
the middle country, of 50 measured · 52 members
34 share 100.0%
North Korea61.4%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
100.0%
the middle country, of 47 measured · 49 members
47 share 100.0%
47 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
100.0%
the middle country, of 18 measured · 21 members
11 share 100.0%
Papua New Guinea43.3%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Africa
60.9%
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
6 share 100.0%
South Sudan5.4%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Caribbean
100.0%
the middle country, of 22 measured · 24 members
18 share 100.0%
Haiti53.9%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
100.0%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
4 share 100.0%
Tajikistan99.9%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
100.0%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 8 members
5 share 100.0%
North Korea61.4%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Eastern Europe
100.0%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
10 share 100.0%
10 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Micronesia
100.0%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 7 members
4 share 100.0%
Micronesia88.9%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Africa
100.0%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
4 share 100.0%
Sudan66.0%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern Europe
100.0%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 13 members
13 share 100.0%
13 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
100.0%
the middle country, of 15 measured · 17 members
15 share 100.0%
15 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Western Asia
100.0%
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
16 share 100.0%
Yemen86.3%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Western Europe
100.0%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
9 share 100.0%
9 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
99.9%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
5 share 100.0%
Myanmar80.4%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Asia
99.9%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
4 share 100.0%
Afghanistan87.8%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- South America
99.0%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members
2 share 100.0%
Guyana93.0%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Central America
97.4%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
2 share 99.8%
Nicaragua88.7%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Melanesia
81.5%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
New Caledonia100.0%Papua New Guinea43.3%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Southern Africa
80.2%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
South Africa90.2%
Namibia59.3%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Western Africa
56.4%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde98.4%
Niger21.3%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Middle Africa
55.5%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Gabon95.1%Chad13.4%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Eastern Africa
55.3%
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
2 share 100.0%
South Sudan5.4%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
2 share 100.0%
2 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Northern America
4 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, United States.
4 share 100.0%
4 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
4 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu.
4 share 100.0%
4 share 100.0%
Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
215 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 100.0%; a quarter are above 100.0%, and a quarter below 89.8%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 216 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. The table opens with a 122-way tie: 122 of the 215 countries in 2024 report a flat 100% and every one shares position 1, so the column reads 1, 1, 1 … 123. That is the finding rather than a fault. The spread that matters is entirely at the bottom.
Showing 25 of 216 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051990–2024 · 35 reference years
Over time
Each point is one reference year from 1990. Coverage before 2000 is much thinner — 98 countries in 1990 against 215 from 2009 — so the early part of the line describes a smaller world.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 97 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 215 | 100.0% | 89.8% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 215 | 100.0% | 88.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 215 | 100.0% | 86.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 215 | 100.0% | 87.1% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 215 | 100.0% | 86.2% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 215 | 99.9% | 84.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2018 | 215 | 99.8% | 82.9% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 215 | 99.9% | 82.0% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2016 | 215 | 99.7% | 76.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 215 | 99.4% | 73.9% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2014 | 215 | 99.4% | 73.7% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2013 | 215 | 99.2% | 70.1% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 215 | 99.1% | 68.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2011 | 215 | 98.9% | 66.2% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2010 | 215 | 98.8% | 64.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2009 | 215 | 98.4% | 60.6% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2008 | 214 | 98.1% | 60.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2007 | 214 | 97.9% | 57.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2006 | 212 | 98.3% | 59.0% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2005 | 212 | 96.9% | 58.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2004 | 212 | 97.1% | 54.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2003 | 212 | 96.9% | 53.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2002 | 212 | 96.9% | 51.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2001 | 211 | 97.0% | 53.8% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2000 | 211 | 96.7% | 54.3% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1999 | 172 | 99.1% | 69.8% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1998 | 166 | 99.4% | 69.3% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1997 | 160 | 100.0% | 69.4% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1996 | 154 | 100.0% | 70.3% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1995 | 145 | 100.0% | 74.9% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1994 | 138 | 100.0% | 77.8% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1993 | 132 | 100.0% | 81.5% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1992 | 123 | 100.0% | 93.0% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1991 | 109 | 100.0% | 99.1% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1990 | 98 | 100.0% | 100.0% – 100.0% | 100.0% |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after- Papua New Guinea20.5% → 43.3%+22.8
Burkina Faso21.7% → 34.0%+12.3
Senegal74.2% → 82.9%+8.7
Burundi11.6% → 20.1%+8.5
Rwanda63.9% → 72.0%+8.1
Declined most
before → after
Guatemala100.0% → 90.9%−9.1- Guyana98.9% → 93.0%−5.9
Timor-Leste100.0% → 94.3%−5.7
Mali54.5% → 49.5%−5.0
São Tomé and Príncipe81.3% → 77.7%−3.6
215 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024.
07Across every edition
Access to electricity in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
Reached 2896 times by 141 countries — shared, so no holder is named
100.0%
Population with electricity access (%)
Lowest reading on record
0.5%
Population with electricity access (%)
Biggest improvement between editions
+26.8
25.5% → 52.3%
Biggest decline between editions
−18.0
89.5% → 71.5%
Most improved since first measured
+85.2
14.3% → 99.5%
08The measure
About access to electricity
Access to electricity is the share of a country’s population with power at home — SDG indicator 7.1.1, produced by the World Bank’s ESMAP programme. It is one of the few measures here where much of the world has genuinely finished: more than half of all countries now report 100%.
What the number is: Population with electricity access (%).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Development & Human Capital, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where access to electricity is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 169 countries in commonρ 0.86
- GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 101 countries in commonρ 0.85
- Human Development IndexKeyUNDP Human Development Report Office · 193 countries in commonρ 0.83
Moves against
Where access to electricity is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 103 countries in commonρ −0.89
- Working Poverty RateILO · 113 countries in commonρ −0.86
- Coefficient of Human InequalityUNDP Human Development Report Office · 169 countries in commonρ −0.84
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 127 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Access to electricity: questions and answers
Which country has the highest access to electricity?
122 countries share the highest reading, 100.0%, among the 215 compared in 2024, so no single country is named.
Which country has the lowest access to electricity?
South Sudan, at 5.4%, among the 215 countries compared in 2024.
How many countries does the Access to Electricity cover?
215 in 2024, and 216 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 98 to 215 between editions.
What is the world average access to electricity?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 215 compared in 2024, the figure was 100.0%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. World Bank Group publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Access to Electricity published?
This site holds 35 reference years, 1990–2024, all recalculated in World Bank Group’s 2026 report on one method — not 35 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Every edition is available on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Access to Electricity — World Bank Group
Pulled from the World Bank’s indicator API (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS).
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: World Bank. Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report. Washington, DC: World Bank Group (ESMAP).
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-08-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: World Bank Group publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The full note on this data
35 reference years (1990–2024), covering 98 to 215 countries, pulled from the World Bank's indicator API (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) and produced by the Bank's ESMAP programme as the SDG 7.1.1 electrification dataset. The share of the population with electricity at home — one of the few measures here where a large part of the world has genuinely finished: more than half of all countries now report 100%, so the spread that matters is entirely at the bottom of the table. ⚠ Coverage before 2000 is much thinner (98 countries in 1990 against 215 from 2009 on), so the early trend lines describe a different and smaller set of countries. ⚠ These are not 35 published reports — see `restatedByReport`, which names the World Development Indicators release this was pulled from (August 2026). ⚠ ⚠ A statistic, not an index: no rank is published. A POSITION is derived here (2026-09-10) by ordering the score. ⚠ IT OPENS WITH A 122-WAY TIE: 122 of the 215 countries in the 2024 edition report 100% and every one of them shares position 1, so the column reads 1, 1, 1 … 123. That is not a fault in the ordering, it is the finding — for most of the world this measure is finished, and only the tail still separates.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Access to electricity by country: Access to Electricity, data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/electricity-access