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Access to electricity

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91.9%

% of population·2024

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World2024 · 91.9%
022.9845.9668.9491.931960199320251998: 73.2%1999: 74.5%2000: 78.2%2001: 78.7%2002: 79.1%2003: 80%2004: 80%2005: 80.7%2006: 81.4%2007: 82%2008: 82.7%2009: 82.9%2010: 83.5%2011: 84.5%2012: 84.9%2013: 85.7%2014: 86.2%2015: 86.9%2016: 88.1%2017: 88.9%2018: 89.8%2019: 90.1%2020: 90.4%2021: 91.3%2022: 91.3%2023: 91.6%2024: 91.9%

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

216 countries & areas with dataLatest available · years shown in the table
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Access to electricity around the world.

% of population · Latest available per country; reporting years may differ.

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216 with data · 217 countries & areas
RankCountry / areaRegionYear
1AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
2AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
3AndorraEurope & Central Asia100%2024
4Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
5ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
6ArubaLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
7AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
8AustriaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
9AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia100%2024
10Bahamas, TheLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
11BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
12BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
13BelarusEurope & Central Asia100%2024
14BelgiumEurope & Central Asia100%2024
15BermudaNorth America100%2024
16BhutanSouth Asia100%2024
17Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
18British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
19Brunei DarussalamEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
20BulgariaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
21CanadaNorth America100%2024
22Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
23Channel IslandsEurope & Central Asia100%2024
24ChinaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
25CroatiaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
26CubaLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
27CuracaoLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
28CyprusEurope & Central Asia100%2024
29CzechiaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
30DenmarkEurope & Central Asia100%2024
31DominicaLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
32Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
33EstoniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
34Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia100%2024
35FinlandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
36FranceEurope & Central Asia100%2024
37French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
38GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
39GermanyEurope & Central Asia100%2024
40GibraltarEurope & Central Asia100%2024
41GreeceEurope & Central Asia100%2024
42GreenlandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
43GuamEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
44Hong Kong SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
45HungaryEurope & Central Asia100%2024
46IcelandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
47Iran, Islamic Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
48IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
49IrelandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
50Isle of ManEurope & Central Asia100%2024
51IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
52ItalyEurope & Central Asia100%2024
53JapanEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
54JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
55KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia100%2024
56Korea, Rep.East Asia & Pacific100%2024
57KosovoEurope & Central Asia100%1999
58KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
59Kyrgyz RepublicEurope & Central Asia100%2024
60LatviaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
61LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
62LiechtensteinEurope & Central Asia100%2024
63LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
64LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia100%2024
65Macao SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
66MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
67MaldivesSouth Asia100%2024
68MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
69MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa 100%2024
70MoldovaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
71MonacoEurope & Central Asia100%2024
72MontenegroEurope & Central Asia100%2024
73MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
74NaoeroEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
75NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia100%2024
76New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
77New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
78North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
79Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
80NorwayEurope & Central Asia100%2024
81OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
82PalauEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
83PolandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
84PortugalEurope & Central Asia100%2024
85Puerto Rico (US)Latin America & Caribbean 100%2024
86QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
87RomaniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
88Russian FederationEurope & Central Asia100%2024
89SamoaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
90San MarinoEurope & Central Asia100%2024
91Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
92SerbiaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
93SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa 100%2024
94SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
95Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Latin America & Caribbean 100%2024
96Slovak RepublicEurope & Central Asia100%2024
97SloveniaEurope & Central Asia100%2024
98SpainEurope & Central Asia100%2024
99Sri LankaSouth Asia100%2024
100St. Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
101St. LuciaLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
102St. Martin (French part)Latin America & Caribbean 100%2024
103St. Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
104SwedenEurope & Central Asia100%2024
105SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia100%2024
106ThailandEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
107TongaEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
108Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
109TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
110TurkiyeEurope & Central Asia100%2024
111TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia100%2024
112Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
113TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
114UkraineEurope & Central Asia100%2024
115United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
116United KingdomEurope & Central Asia100%2024
117United StatesNorth America100%2024
118UruguayLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
119UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia100%2024
120Venezuela, RBLatin America & Caribbean 100%2024
121Viet NamEast Asia & Pacific100%2024
122Virgin Islands (U.S.)Latin America & Caribbean 100%2024
123West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan100%2024
124IndiaSouth Asia99.9%2024
125IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific99.9%2024
126TajikistanEurope & Central Asia99.9%2024
127BrazilLatin America & Caribbean 99.8%2024
128Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean 99.8%2024
129MexicoLatin America & Caribbean 99.8%2024
130ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean 99.8%2024
131BelizeLatin America & Caribbean 99.6%2024
132BangladeshSouth Asia99.5%2024
133Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean 99.5%2024
134CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific99.2%2024
135MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific99.1%2024
136ChileLatin America & Caribbean 99%2024
137SurinameLatin America & Caribbean 99%2024
138ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean 98.9%2024
139El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean 98.7%2024
140EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean 98.5%2024
141ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean 98.4%2024
142Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa 98.4%2024
143NepalSouth Asia97.9%2024
144JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean 97.7%2024
145KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific97.7%2024
146Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific97.2%2024
147BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean 96.6%2024
148Lao PDREast Asia & Pacific96.5%2024
149PeruLatin America & Caribbean 96.5%2024
150PanamaLatin America & Caribbean 96%2024
151FijiEast Asia & Pacific95.9%2024
152PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan95.7%2024
153GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean 95.6%2024
154HondurasLatin America & Caribbean 95.5%2024
155GabonSub-Saharan Africa 95.1%2024
156PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific94.8%2024
157Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific94.3%2024
158GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean 93%2024
159GhanaSub-Saharan Africa 91.9%2024
160ComorosSub-Saharan Africa 91.7%2024
161GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean 90.9%2024
162South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa 90.2%2024
163EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa 89.3%2024
164Syrian Arab RepublicMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan89.3%2024
165Micronesia, Fed. Sts.East Asia & Pacific88.9%2024
166NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean 88.7%2024
167AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan87.8%2024
168Yemen, Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan86.3%2024
169SenegalSub-Saharan Africa 82.9%2024
170Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific81.5%2024
171MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific80.4%2024
172BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa 80.2%2024
173Sao Tome and PrincipeSub-Saharan Africa 77.7%2024
174LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan77.4%2024
175KenyaSub-Saharan Africa 77%2024
176Cote d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa 72.9%2024
177CameroonSub-Saharan Africa 72%2024
178RwandaSub-Saharan Africa 72%2024
179DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan69.2%2024
180Gambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa 69%2024
181SudanSub-Saharan Africa 66%2024
182VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific65.5%2024
183Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa 65.1%2024
184NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa 62.5%2024
185ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa 62%2024
186Korea, Dem. People's Rep.East Asia & Pacific61.4%2024
187TogoSub-Saharan Africa 61.1%2024
188LesothoSub-Saharan Africa 60.6%2024
189NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa 59.3%2024
190BeninSub-Saharan Africa 59%2024
191EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa 56.6%2024
192AngolaSub-Saharan Africa 55.5%2024
193EritreaSub-Saharan Africa 55.3%2024
194UgandaSub-Saharan Africa 55.3%2024
195Somalia, Fed. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 54.4%2024
196HaitiLatin America & Caribbean 53.9%2024
197GuineaSub-Saharan Africa 53.8%2024
198ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa 53.6%2024
199Congo, Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 53%2024
200TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa 52.4%2024
201MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa 52.2%2024
202MaliSub-Saharan Africa 49.5%2024
203Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa 43.7%2024
204Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific43.3%2024
205MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa 42.5%2024
206Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa 39.2%2024
207MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa 36.9%2024
208LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa 34.9%2024
209Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa 34%2024
210Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 22.5%2024
211NigerSub-Saharan Africa 21.3%2024
212BurundiSub-Saharan Africa 20.1%2024
213Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa 18.2%2024
214MalawiSub-Saharan Africa 15.6%2024
215ChadSub-Saharan Africa 13.4%2024
216South SudanSub-Saharan Africa 5.4%2024
American SamoaEast Asia & PacificNo data