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Countries by share of people with electricity

Albania had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2015, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 4.8%. The median was 99.4% and the figure for the World was 86.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Albania
Lowest4.8South Sudan
Median99.4214 countries
World86.9History

Top 40 countries, 2015

Albania: 100 %Albania100Andorra: 100 %Andorra100Antigua and Barbuda: 100 %Antigua and Barbuda100Armenia: 100 %Armenia100Aruba: 100 %Aruba100Australia: 100 %Australia100Austria: 100 %Austria100Azerbaijan: 100 %Azerbaijan100Bahamas: 100 %Bahamas100Bahrain: 100 %Bahrain100Barbados: 100 %Barbados100Belgium: 100 %Belgium100Bermuda: 100 %Bermuda100British Virgin Islands: 100 %British Virgin Islands100Brunei: 100 %Brunei100Canada: 100 %Canada100Cayman Islands: 100 %Cayman Islands100China: 100 %China100Croatia: 100 %Croatia100Curaçao: 100 %Curaçao100Cyprus: 100 %Cyprus100Czechia: 100 %Czechia100Denmark: 100 %Denmark100Estonia: 100 %Estonia100Faroe Islands: 100 %Faroe Islands100Finland: 100 %Finland100France: 100 %France100French Polynesia: 100 %French Polynesia100Georgia: 100 %Georgia100Germany: 100 %Germany100Gibraltar: 100 %Gibraltar100Greece: 100 %Greece100Greenland: 100 %Greenland100Guam: 100 %Guam100Hong Kong: 100 %Hong Kong100Hungary: 100 %Hungary100Iceland: 100 %Iceland100Iran: 100 %Iran100Ireland: 100 %Ireland100Isle of Man: 100 %Isle of Man100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Albania1000 pts
1Andorra1000 pts
1Antigua and Barbuda1000 pts
1Armenia100+0.3 pts
1Aruba1000 pts
1Australia1000 pts
1Austria1000 pts
1Azerbaijan1000 pts
1Bahamas1000 pts
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Barbados1000 pts
1Belgium1000 pts
1Bermuda1000 pts
1British Virgin Islands100+0.8 pts
1Brunei1000 pts
1Canada1000 pts
1Cayman Islands1000 pts
1China1000 pts
1Croatia1000 pts
1Curaçao1000 pts
1Cyprus1000 pts
1Czechia1000 pts
1Denmark1000 pts
1Estonia1000 pts
1Faroe Islands1000 pts
1Finland1000 pts
1France1000 pts
1French Polynesia1000 pts
1Georgia1000 pts
1Germany1000 pts
1Gibraltar100+0.1 pts
1Greece1000 pts
1Greenland1000 pts
1Guam1000 pts
1Hong Kong1000 pts
1Hungary1000 pts
1Iceland1000 pts
1Iran1000 pts
1Ireland1000 pts
1Isle of Man1000 pts
1Israel1000 pts
1Italy1000 pts
1Japan1000 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Netherlands1000 pts
1New Caledonia1000 pts
1New Zealand1000 pts
1Northern Mariana Islands1000 pts
1Norway1000 pts
1Oman1000 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Saudi Arabia1000 pts
1Seychelles1000 pts
1Singapore1000 pts
1Sint Maarten1000 pts
1Slovakia1000 pts
1Slovenia1000 pts
1South Korea1000 pts
1Spain1000 pts
1Sweden1000 pts
1Switzerland1000 pts
1Tonga100+4.1 pts
1Trinidad and Tobago1000 pts
1Türkiye1000 pts
1Turkmenistan1000 pts
1Turks and Caicos Islands1000 pts
1U.S. Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Ukraine1000 pts
1United Arab Emirates1000 pts
1United Kingdom1000 pts
1United States1000 pts
1Venezuela1000 pts
87Jordan99.9+0.1 pts
87Malaysia99.9+0.2 pts
87Moldova99.9+0.1 pts
87North Macedonia99.9+0.1 pts
87Palestine99.90 pts
87Serbia99.9+0.2 pts
87Tunisia99.9+0.1 pts
87Uzbekistan99.9+0.1 pts
95Maldives99.8-0.2 pts
96Argentina99.7-0.3 pts
96Bosnia and Herzegovina99.7-0.2 pts
96Brazil99.70 pts
96Chile99.7-0.3 pts
96Lebanon99.70 pts
96Uruguay99.70 pts
102Mauritius99.6+0.1 pts
102Thailand99.6+0.1 pts
104Montenegro99.5+1.8 pts
104Palau99.5-0.3 pts
106Algeria99.4+0.1 pts
106Costa Rica99.40 pts
106Iraq99.4+0.2 pts
106Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99.4+1.3 pts
110Egypt99.3-0.5 pts
110Paraguay99.3+0.3 pts
110Vietnam99.3+0.1 pts
113Cuba99+0.3 pts
113Mexico99-0.2 pts
113Nauru99-0.5 pts
113Saint Lucia99+0.9 pts
117Ecuador98.8-0.2 pts
117Romania98.8+0.4 pts
119Kyrgyzstan98.7-1.1 pts
120Dominican Republic98.6+0.1 pts
121Colombia98.2+0.4 pts
121Samoa98.2+0.3 pts
123Tuvalu98.1+0.2 pts
124Tajikistan98-1.1 pts
125Indonesia97.5+0.5 pts
126Belarus97.4+0.6 pts
127Morocco97.30 pts
128Dominica96.7+1 pts
129Bulgaria96.6+0.7 pts
130Russia95.5-4.5 pts
131Bhutan95.4+4 pts
131El Salvador95.4+0.3 pts
133Suriname95+0.4 pts
134Jamaica94.9+1.6 pts
135Sri Lanka94.3+1.6 pts
136Peru93.9+1 pts
137Fiji93.2+0.2 pts
138Marshall Islands92.1+0.6 pts
139Belize91.8+0.3 pts
140Panama91.6+0.8 pts
141Bolivia91.5+1.5 pts
142Grenada91.4+0.4 pts
143Pakistan91+0.9 pts
144Kiribati90.6+7.2 pts
145Guatemala90.5+5 pts
146Honduras90+1.3 pts
146Syria90-0.2 pts
148Laos89.7+7.2 pts
149Philippines89.1-0.7 pts
150Guyana88+1.1 pts
150India88+2.9 pts
150Mongolia88+2 pts
153Gabon87.3+0.2 pts
154Cape Verde86.4+1.1 pts
155South Africa85.3-0.6 pts
156Nicaragua83.2+1.3 pts
157Nepal82-2.9 pts
158Comoros74.1+2.3 pts
159Bangladesh74+11.6 pts
159Ghana74-4.3 pts
161Libya73.8-1.7 pts
162Micronesia73+1.8 pts
163Afghanistan71.5-18 pts
164Yemen67.4+1.3 pts
165São Tomé and Príncipe67.3-1.3 pts
165Timor-Leste67.3+4.9 pts
167Equatorial Guinea66.1+0.1 pts
168Eswatini64.1-0.9 pts
169Cambodia62.7+6.6 pts
170Côte d’Ivoire62.6+0.7 pts
171Botswana62.1+2.1 pts
172Myanmar60.5+8.5 pts
172Senegal60.5-0.5 pts
174Djibouti59.1+0.2 pts
175Cameroon58.6+1.8 pts
176Solomon Islands55.1+4.6 pts
177Gambia54.7+1.7 pts
178Nigeria52.5-1.7 pts
179Vanuatu52.3+3.2 pts
180Namibia51.6+3.2 pts
181Somalia51.2-0.2 pts
182Sudan48+3.1 pts
183Eritrea45.8+1.2 pts
184Togo44.7-1 pts
185Republic of the Congo44.3+0.9 pts
186Angola42+10 pts
187Kenya41.6+5.6 pts
188Haiti40.8+1.2 pts
189North Korea40+2.2 pts
190Mauritania39.5+0.7 pts
191Mali37.6+3.4 pts
192Guinea34.9+1.4 pts
193Zimbabwe33.7+1.4 pts
194Lesotho31.8+4 pts
195Zambia31.1+3.2 pts
196Benin29.6-4.5 pts
197Ethiopia29+1.8 pts
198Tanzania26.2+2.7 pts
199Mozambique24-0.8 pts
200Madagascar23.8+0.8 pts
201Rwanda22.8+3 pts
202Guinea-Bissau20.1+2.9 pts
203Sierra Leone19.7+0.9 pts
204Uganda18.5-1.9 pts
205Papua New Guinea18.4+0.3 pts
206Democratic Republic of the Congo16.6+3.1 pts
206Niger16.6+0.9 pts
208Burkina Faso16.2-3 pts
209Liberia15.2+5.8 pts
210Central African Republic12.7+0.7 pts
211Malawi10.8-1.1 pts
212Burundi7.9+0.9 pts
213Chad7.7-0.7 pts
214South Sudan4.8+0.5 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest share of people with electricity?

Albania, with 100% in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 4.8% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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