Which country in Oceania has the widest access to electricity?

Australia has the widest access to electricity in Oceania: 100.0% with electricity (2024). Next come Nauru (100.0% with electricity) and New Zealand (100.0% with electricity).

Which country in Oceania has the least access to electricity?

Papua New Guinea, with 43.3% with electricity (2024).

What is the typical access to electricity of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 97.7% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Oceania by access to electricity

The share of people who have electricity at home. 13 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2024

See it on the map

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Highest

100.0%

Australia

Median country

97.7%

half above, half below

Lowest

43.3%

Papua New Guinea

Countries in Oceania by access to electricity, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	% of people	Region
=1	Australia	100.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=1	Nauru	100.0%	Micronesia
=1	New Zealand	100.0%	Australia and New Zealand
=1	Palau	100.0%	Micronesia
=1	Samoa	100.0%	Polynesia
=1	Tonga	100.0%	Polynesia
7	Kiribati	97.7%	Micronesia
8	Marshall Islands	97.2%	Micronesia
9	Fiji	95.9%	Melanesia
10	Micronesia	88.9%	Micronesia
11	Solomon Islands	81.5%	Melanesia
12	Vanuatu	65.5%	Melanesia
13	Papua New Guinea	43.3%	Melanesia

Territories and other places

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

Place	% of people	Status
French Polynesia	100.0%	Territory of France
Guam	100.0%	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	100.0%	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	100.0%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the widest access to electricity?: Australia has the widest access to electricity in Oceania: 100.0% with electricity (2024). Next come Nauru (100.0% with electricity) and New Zealand (100.0% with electricity).
Which country in Oceania has the least access to electricity?: Papua New Guinea, with 43.3% with electricity (2024).
What is the typical access to electricity of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 97.7% 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.