Countries by access to electricity

Countries by access to electricity, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	% of people	Region
=1	Albania	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Algeria	100.0%	Northern Africa
=1	Andorra	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Antigua and Barbuda	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Armenia	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Australia	100.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=1	Austria	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Azerbaijan	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Bahamas	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Bahrain	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Barbados	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Belarus	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Belgium	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Bhutan	100.0%	Southern Asia
=1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Brunei	100.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=1	Bulgaria	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Canada	100.0%	Northern America
=1	China	100.0%	Eastern Asia
=1	Croatia	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Cuba	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Cyprus	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Czechia	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Denmark	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Dominica	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Egypt	100.0%	Northern Africa
=1	Estonia	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Finland	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	France	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Georgia	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Germany	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Greece	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Hungary	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Iceland	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Iran	100.0%	Southern Asia
=1	Iraq	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Ireland	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Israel	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Italy	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Japan	100.0%	Eastern Asia
=1	Jordan	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Kazakhstan	100.0%	Central Asia
=1	Kuwait	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Kyrgyzstan	100.0%	Central Asia
=1	Latvia	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Lebanon	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Liechtenstein	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Lithuania	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Luxembourg	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Malaysia	100.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=1	Maldives	100.0%	Southern Asia
=1	Malta	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Mauritius	100.0%	Eastern Africa
=1	Moldova	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Monaco	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Montenegro	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Morocco	100.0%	Northern Africa
=1	Nauru	100.0%	Micronesia
=1	Netherlands	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	New Zealand	100.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=1	North Macedonia	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Norway	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Oman	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Palau	100.0%	Micronesia
=1	Poland	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Portugal	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Qatar	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Romania	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Russia	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Saint Lucia	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Samoa	100.0%	Polynesia
=1	San Marino	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Saudi Arabia	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Serbia	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Seychelles	100.0%	Eastern Africa
=1	Singapore	100.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=1	Slovakia	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	Slovenia	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	South Korea	100.0%	Eastern Asia
=1	Spain	100.0%	Southern Europe
=1	Sri Lanka	100.0%	Southern Asia
=1	Sweden	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	Switzerland	100.0%	Western Europe
=1	Thailand	100.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=1	Tonga	100.0%	Polynesia
=1	Trinidad and Tobago	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Tunisia	100.0%	Northern Africa
=1	Turkey	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	Turkmenistan	100.0%	Central Asia
=1	Ukraine	100.0%	Eastern Europe
=1	United Arab Emirates	100.0%	Western Asia
=1	United Kingdom	100.0%	Northern Europe
=1	United States	100.0%	Northern America
=1	Uruguay	100.0%	South America
=1	Uzbekistan	100.0%	Central Asia
=1	Venezuela	100.0%	South America
=1	Vietnam	100.0%	South-Eastern Asia
=100	India	99.9%	Southern Asia
=100	Indonesia	99.9%	South-Eastern Asia
=100	Tajikistan	99.9%	Central Asia
=103	Brazil	99.8%	South America
=103	Costa Rica	99.8%	Central America
=103	Mexico	99.8%	Central America
=103	Paraguay	99.8%	South America
107	Belize	99.6%	Central America
=108	Bangladesh	99.5%	Southern Asia
=108	Dominican Republic	99.5%	Caribbean
110	Cambodia	99.2%	South-Eastern Asia
111	Mongolia	99.1%	Eastern Asia
=112	Chile	99.0%	South America
=112	Suriname	99.0%	South America
114	Colombia	98.9%	South America
115	El Salvador	98.7%	Central America
116	Ecuador	98.5%	South America
=117	Argentina	98.4%	South America
=117	Cabo Verde	98.4%	Western Africa
119	Nepal	97.9%	Southern Asia
=120	Jamaica	97.7%	Caribbean
=120	Kiribati	97.7%	Micronesia
122	Marshall Islands	97.2%	Micronesia
123	Bolivia	96.6%	South America
=124	Laos	96.5%	South-Eastern Asia
=124	Peru	96.5%	South America
126	Panama	96.0%	Central America
127	Fiji	95.9%	Melanesia
128	Pakistan	95.7%	Southern Asia
129	Grenada	95.6%	Caribbean
130	Honduras	95.5%	Central America
131	Gabon	95.1%	Middle Africa
132	Philippines	94.8%	South-Eastern Asia
133	Timor-Leste	94.3%	South-Eastern Asia
134	Guyana	93.0%	South America
135	Ghana	91.9%	Western Africa
136	Comoros	91.7%	Eastern Africa
137	Guatemala	90.9%	Central America
138	South Africa	90.2%	Southern Africa
=139	Eswatini	89.3%	Southern Africa
=139	Syria	89.3%	Western Asia
141	Micronesia	88.9%	Micronesia
142	Nicaragua	88.7%	Central America
143	Afghanistan	87.8%	Southern Asia
144	Yemen	86.3%	Western Asia
145	Senegal	82.9%	Western Africa
146	Solomon Islands	81.5%	Melanesia
147	Myanmar	80.4%	South-Eastern Asia
148	Botswana	80.2%	Southern Africa
149	São Tomé and Principe	77.7%	Middle Africa
150	Libya	77.4%	Northern Africa
151	Kenya	77.0%	Eastern Africa
152	Côte d'Ivoire	72.9%	Western Africa
=153	Cameroon	72.0%	Middle Africa
=153	Rwanda	72.0%	Eastern Africa
155	Djibouti	69.2%	Eastern Africa
156	Gambia	69.0%	Western Africa
157	Sudan	66.0%	Northern Africa
158	Vanuatu	65.5%	Melanesia
159	Equatorial Guinea	65.1%	Middle Africa
160	Nigeria	62.5%	Western Africa
161	Zimbabwe	62.0%	Eastern Africa
162	North Korea	61.4%	Eastern Asia
163	Togo	61.1%	Western Africa
164	Lesotho	60.6%	Southern Africa
165	Namibia	59.3%	Southern Africa
166	Benin	59.0%	Western Africa
167	Ethiopia	56.6%	Eastern Africa
168	Angola	55.5%	Middle Africa
=169	Eritrea	55.3%	Eastern Africa
=169	Uganda	55.3%	Eastern Africa
171	Somalia	54.4%	Eastern Africa
172	Haiti	53.9%	Caribbean
173	Guinea	53.8%	Western Africa
174	Zambia	53.6%	Eastern Africa
175	Congo	53.0%	Middle Africa
176	Tanzania	52.4%	Eastern Africa
177	Mauritania	52.2%	Western Africa
178	Mali	49.5%	Western Africa
179	Guinea-Bissau	43.7%	Western Africa
180	Papua New Guinea	43.3%	Melanesia
181	Madagascar	42.5%	Eastern Africa
182	Sierra Leone	39.2%	Western Africa
183	Mozambique	36.9%	Eastern Africa
184	Liberia	34.9%	Western Africa
185	Burkina Faso	34.0%	Western Africa
186	DR Congo	22.5%	Middle Africa
187	Niger	21.3%	Western Africa
188	Burundi	20.1%	Eastern Africa
189	Central African Republic	18.2%	Middle Africa
190	Malawi	15.6%	Eastern Africa
191	Chad	13.4%	Middle Africa
192	South Sudan	5.4%	Eastern Africa

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	% of people	Status
Aruba	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Faroe Islands	100.0%	Territory of Denmark
French Polynesia	100.0%	Territory of France
Greenland	100.0%	Territory of Denmark
Guam	100.0%	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	100.0%	Territory of China
Isle of Man	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Macao	100.0%	Territory of China
New Caledonia	100.0%	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	100.0%	Territory of United States of America
Palestine	100.0%	Status disputed
Puerto Rico	100.0%	Territory of United States of America
Saint Martin	100.0%	Territory of France
Sint Maarten	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	100.0%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country has the widest access to electricity?

Albania has the widest access to electricity: 100.0% with electricity (2024). Next come Algeria (100.0% with electricity) and Andorra (100.0% with electricity).

Which country has the least access to electricity?

The South Sudan, with 5.4% with electricity (2024).

What is the typical access to electricity of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 100.0% with electricity: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of people who have electricity at home. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.