Access to electricity
Share of the population with access to electricity. World Bank series for the Sustainable Development Goal 7.1.1 electrification indicator, based mainly on household surveys.
Based mainly on household surveys, so year-to-year changes can reflect new survey rounds rather than new connections.
Key facts
- Access to electricity in the World was 91.9% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Access to electricity in the United States was 100% in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Albania had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2024, at 100%, and South Sudan the lowest, at 5.4%. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 215 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by share of people with electricity, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Solomon Islands
- Ecuador
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Seychelles
- Estonia
- Belgium
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest share of people with electricity? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"access_to_electricity_share","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=access_to_electricity_share&level=country