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Number of people without access to electricity

Name: Number of people without access to electricity by country, 2023
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people · higher is better · 214 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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214 countries · 2023

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Number of people without access to electricity league table
#	Country	people	Region	Income
1	Nigeria	88.42M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Congo, Dem. Rep.	82.41M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Ethiopia	57.4M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Tanzania	34.44M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
5	Uganda	23.6M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Mozambique	21.53M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Niger	20.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Madagascar	18.9M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Burkina Faso	18.03M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Angola	17.97M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
11	Malawi	17.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Sudan	17.01M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
13	Chad	17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Kenya	13.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Myanmar	12.56M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
16	Burundi	12.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	11.23M	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
18	Pakistan	10.89M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
19	South Sudan	10.86M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Mali	10.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Zambia	10.13M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.12M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Cote d'Ivoire	8.6M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Papua New Guinea	8.26M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
25	Cameroon	7.94M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	South Africa	7.78M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
27	India	7.19M	South Asia	Lower middle income
28	Guinea	7.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Yemen, Rep.	6.46M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
30	Zimbabwe	6.21M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Afghanistan	6.09M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
32	Benin	6.07M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Haiti	5.67M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
34	Sierra Leone	5.46M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Rwanda	5.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Senegal	4.66M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Central African Republic	4.25M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Liberia	3.71M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Ghana	3.55M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Togo	3.36M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Congo, Rep.	3.01M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Syrian Arab Republic	2.74M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
43	Mauritania	2.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Philippines	2.3M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Libya	1.96M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
46	Nepal	1.78M	South Asia	Lower middle income
47	Indonesia	1.69M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Eritrea	1.58M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Peru	1.29M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Namibia	1.28M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Guinea-Bissau	1.28M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	Lesotho	986,998.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Gambia, The	892,986.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Cambodia	871,194	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Bangladesh	857,334.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
56	Nicaragua	798,362.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
57	Colombia	680,176.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Equatorial Guinea	611,538.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Botswana	595,258.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
60	Honduras	468,373.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61	Brazil	422,275	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Djibouti	401,224.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
63	Mexico	389,223.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Lao PDR	268,274.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
65	Ecuador	233,741.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Viet Nam	200,701.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
67	Eswatini	167,348.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Solomon Islands	149,600.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
69	Gabon	146,602.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Panama	133,762.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Vanuatu	123,037.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
72	El Salvador	107,263.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Comoros	86,739.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Jamaica	65,315.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Dominican Republic	45,325.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Sao Tome and Principe	43,172.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	Bolivia	24,487.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Trinidad and Tobago	17,777.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
79	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	14,754.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
80	Paraguay	13,688.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Guyana	9,089.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
82	Cabo Verde	7,312.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
83	Grenada	6,556.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Fiji	6,469	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Kiribati	5,433.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
86	Suriname	2,515.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Belize	1,644.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
89	Greece	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Germany	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Guatemala	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Czechia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
94	Guam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
95	Cyprus	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Cayman Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Hong Kong SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
99	Curacao	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Croatia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Hungary	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Australia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
103	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
104	Aruba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Uzbekistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
106	Sweden	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Isle of Man	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Ireland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Samoa	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
110	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	Iraq	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	United States	0	North America	High income
113	Iceland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
114	Israel	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
115	Italy	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Jordan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
117	Japan	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
118	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Uruguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
121	Antigua and Barbuda	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
123	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Ukraine	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
125	Korea, Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	Kuwait	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
127	Lebanon	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
129	Liechtenstein	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Sri Lanka	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
131	Armenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Lithuania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	China	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
134	Luxembourg	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Latvia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Chile	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
137	Macao SAR, China	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
138	St. Martin (French part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Morocco	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
140	Switzerland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Monaco	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Moldova	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
143	Maldives	0	South Asia	Upper middle income
144	Canada	0	North America	High income
145	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
146	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
147	Belgium	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Argentina	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
149	North Macedonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Malta	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
151	Turkiye	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Montenegro	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Mongolia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
155	Northern Mariana Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
156	Mauritius	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
157	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
158	Tunisia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
159	Malaysia	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
160	Brunei Darussalam	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
161	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
162	New Caledonia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
163	Barbados	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Netherlands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Norway	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
167	Costa Rica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
169	Spain	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Estonia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Finland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
173	Algeria	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
174	France	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Denmark	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	United Kingdom	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
179	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
181	Georgia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
182	Gibraltar	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Austria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	New Zealand	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Tonga	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Bermuda	0	North America	High income
187	Oman	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
188	Andorra	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
190	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
191	Poland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Puerto Rico (US)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
194	Portugal	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
196	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
197	Bahamas, The	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
198	West Bank and Gaza	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
199	French Polynesia	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
200	Qatar	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
201	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
202	Romania	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	Russian Federation	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
205	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
206	Albania	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
207	Singapore	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
208	Thailand	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
209	San Marino	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
210	Serbia	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
211	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
212	Bulgaria	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
213	Slovak Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
214	Slovenia	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Number of people without access to electricity