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Share of the population with access to electricity

% · higher is better · 214 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023
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  1. 1St. Lucia100%
  2. 1Cuba100%
  3. 1Curacao100%
  4. 1Cayman Islands100%
  5. 1Serbia100%
  6. 1Cyprus100%
  7. 1Sint Maarten (Dutch part)100%
  8. 1Czechia100%
  9. 1San Marino100%
  10. 1Germany100%
  11. 1Seychelles100%
  12. 1Dominica100%
  13. 1Denmark100%
  14. 1China100%
  15. 1Chile100%
  16. 1Singapore100%
  17. 1Sweden100%
  18. 1Turks and Caicos Islands100%
  19. 1Algeria100%
  20. 1Switzerland100%
  21. 1Egypt, Arab Rep.100%
  22. 1Spain100%
  23. 1Saudi Arabia100%
  24. 1Canada100%
  25. 1Estonia100%
  26. 1Thailand100%
  27. 1Russian Federation100%
  28. 1Finland100%
  29. 1Tajikistan100%
  30. 1Romania100%
  31. 1France100%
  32. 1Qatar100%
  33. 1Turkmenistan100%
  34. 1Faroe Islands100%
  35. 1Bhutan100%
  36. 1French Polynesia100%
  37. 1Timor-Leste100%
  38. 1United Kingdom100%
  39. 1West Bank and Gaza100%
  40. 1Brunei Darussalam100%
  41. 1Georgia100%
  42. 1Tonga100%
  43. 1Portugal100%
  44. 1Barbados100%
  45. 1Gibraltar100%
  46. 1Puerto Rico (US)100%
  47. 1Poland100%
  48. 1Slovak Republic100%
  49. 1Tunisia100%
  50. 1Costa Rica100%
  51. 1Turkiye100%
  52. 1Greece100%
  53. 1Bermuda100%
  54. 1Palau100%
  55. 1Tuvalu100%
  56. 1Greenland100%
  57. 1Guatemala100%
  58. 1Guam100%
  59. 1Belarus100%
  60. 1Bosnia and Herzegovina100%
  61. 1Hong Kong SAR, China100%
  62. 1Oman100%
  63. 1Bahamas, The100%
  64. 1Croatia100%
  65. 1New Zealand100%
  66. 1Ukraine100%
  67. 1Bahrain100%
  68. 1Hungary100%
  69. 1Naoero100%
  70. 1Bulgaria100%
  71. 1Isle of Man100%
  72. 1Uruguay100%
  73. 1Norway100%
  74. 1Ireland100%
  75. 1Netherlands100%
  76. 1United States100%
  77. 1Iran, Islamic Rep.100%
  78. 1Iraq100%
  79. 1Iceland100%
  80. 1Uzbekistan100%
  81. 1Israel100%
  82. 1Belgium100%
  83. 1Italy100%
  84. 1St. Vincent and the Grenadines100%
  85. 1New Caledonia100%
  86. 1Jordan100%
  87. 1Japan100%
  88. 1Venezuela, RB100%
  89. 1Kazakhstan100%
  90. 1Azerbaijan100%
  91. 1Malaysia100%
  92. 1Austria100%
  93. 1British Virgin Islands100%
  94. 1Kyrgyz Republic100%
  95. 1Mauritius100%
  96. 1Australia100%
  97. 1Virgin Islands (U.S.)100%
  98. 1Antigua and Barbuda100%
  99. 1St. Kitts and Nevis100%
  100. 1Korea, Rep.100%
  101. 1Northern Mariana Islands100%
  102. 1Armenia100%
  103. 1Kuwait100%
  104. 1Mongolia100%
  105. 1Argentina100%
  106. 1Montenegro100%
  107. 1Lebanon100%
  108. 1United Arab Emirates100%
  109. 1Malta100%
  110. 1Samoa100%
  111. 1Andorra100%
  112. 1Albania100%
  113. 1Liechtenstein100%
  114. 1North Macedonia100%
  115. 1Slovenia100%
  116. 1Sri Lanka100%
  117. 1Marshall Islands100%
  118. 1Lithuania100%
  119. 1Luxembourg100%
  120. 1Maldives100%
  121. 1Latvia100%
  122. 1Aruba100%
  123. 1Macao SAR, China100%
  124. 1Moldova100%
  125. 1St. Martin (French part)100%
  126. 1Morocco100%
  127. 1Monaco100%
  128. 2Paraguay99.8%
  129. 2Viet Nam99.8%
  130. 2Bolivia99.8%
  131. 2Brazil99.8%
  132. 3Mexico99.7%
  133. 4Belize99.6%
  134. 4Dominican Republic99.6%
  135. 4Suriname99.6%
  136. 5Bangladesh99.5%
  137. 5India99.5%
  138. 6Indonesia99.4%
  139. 7Fiji99.3%
  140. 8Guyana98.9%
  141. 9Ecuador98.7%
  142. 9Colombia98.7%
  143. 9Trinidad and Tobago98.7%
  144. 10Cabo Verde98.6%
  145. 11El Salvador98.3%
  146. 12Philippines98%
  147. 13Jamaica97.7%
  148. 14Panama97%
  149. 15Lao PDR96.5%
  150. 16Peru96.2%
  151. 17Kiribati95.9%
  152. 18Pakistan95.6%
  153. 18Honduras95.6%
  154. 19Cambodia95%
  155. 20Grenada94.4%
  156. 21Gabon94.1%
  157. 22Nepal94%
  158. 23Comoros89.8%
  159. 24Ghana89.5%
  160. 25Syrian Arab Republic88.4%
  161. 26Nicaragua88.3%
  162. 27South Africa87.7%
  163. 28Micronesia, Fed. Sts.86.9%
  164. 29Eswatini86.4%
  165. 30Afghanistan85.3%
  166. 31Yemen, Rep.83.6%
  167. 32Solomon Islands81.3%
  168. 32Sao Tome and Principe81.3%
  169. 33Myanmar76.8%
  170. 34Kenya76.2%
  171. 35Botswana76%
  172. 36Senegal74.2%
  173. 37Libya73.2%
  174. 38Cote d'Ivoire72.4%
  175. 39Cameroon72%
  176. 40Equatorial Guinea66.9%
  177. 40Gambia, The66.9%
  178. 41Sudan66%
  179. 42Djibouti65.2%
  180. 43Rwanda63.9%
  181. 44Zimbabwe62%
  182. 45Vanuatu61.6%
  183. 46Nigeria61.2%
  184. 47Togo59.2%
  185. 48Korea, Dem. People's Rep.57.5%
  186. 49Lesotho57.3%
  187. 50Benin57%
  188. 51Namibia56.7%
  189. 52Ethiopia55.4%
  190. 53Mali54.5%
  191. 54Eritrea54.4%
  192. 55Uganda51.5%
  193. 56Haiti51.3%
  194. 56Congo, Rep.51.3%
  195. 57Guinea51.1%
  196. 57Zambia51.1%
  197. 57Angola51.1%
  198. 58Somalia, Fed. Rep.50.3%
  199. 58Mauritania50.3%
  200. 59Tanzania48.3%
  201. 60Guinea-Bissau40.5%
  202. 61Madagascar39.4%
  203. 62Mozambique36%
  204. 63Sierra Leone35.5%
  205. 64Liberia32.5%
  206. 65Congo, Dem. Rep.22.1%
  207. 66Burkina Faso21.7%
  208. 67Papua New Guinea20.5%
  209. 68Niger20.1%
  210. 69Central African Republic17.6%
  211. 70Malawi15.6%
  212. 71Chad12%
  213. 72Burundi11.6%
  214. 73South Sudan5.4%

Share of the population with access to electricity