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Countries by share of people with electricity

Andorra had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2016, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 5.3%. The median was 99.7% and the figure for the World was 88.1%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Andorra
Lowest5.3South Sudan
Median99.7214 countries
World88.1History

Top 40 countries, 2016

Andorra: 100 %Andorra100Antigua and Barbuda: 100 %Antigua and Barbuda100Aruba: 100 %Aruba100Australia: 100 %Australia100Austria: 100 %Austria100Azerbaijan: 100 %Azerbaijan100Bahamas: 100 %Bahamas100Bahrain: 100 %Bahrain100Barbados: 100 %Barbados100Belgium: 100 %Belgium100Bermuda: 100 %Bermuda100Bosnia and Herzegovina: 100 %Bosnia and Herzegovina100British Virgin Islands: 100 %British Virgin Islands100Brunei: 100 %Brunei100Canada: 100 %Canada100Cayman Islands: 100 %Cayman Islands100Chile: 100 %Chile100China: 100 %China100Croatia: 100 %Croatia100Curaçao: 100 %Curaçao100Cyprus: 100 %Cyprus100Czechia: 100 %Czechia100Denmark: 100 %Denmark100Egypt: 100 %Egypt100Estonia: 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 %Ireland100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2016 (%)Change on 2015
1Andorra1000 pts
1Antigua and Barbuda1000 pts
1Aruba1000 pts
1Australia1000 pts
1Austria1000 pts
1Azerbaijan1000 pts
1Bahamas1000 pts
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Barbados1000 pts
1Belgium1000 pts
1Bermuda1000 pts
1Bosnia and Herzegovina100+0.3 pts
1British Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Brunei1000 pts
1Canada1000 pts
1Cayman Islands1000 pts
1Chile100+0.3 pts
1China1000 pts
1Croatia1000 pts
1Curaçao1000 pts
1Cyprus1000 pts
1Czechia1000 pts
1Denmark1000 pts
1Egypt100+0.7 pts
1Estonia1000 pts
1Faroe Islands1000 pts
1Finland1000 pts
1France1000 pts
1French Polynesia1000 pts
1Georgia1000 pts
1Germany1000 pts
1Gibraltar1000 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
1Jordan100+0.1 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Maldives100+0.2 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Netherlands1000 pts
1New Caledonia1000 pts
1New Zealand1000 pts
1North Macedonia100+0.1 pts
1Northern Mariana Islands1000 pts
1Norway1000 pts
1Oman1000 pts
1Palau100+0.5 pts
1Palestine100+0.1 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Seychelles1000 pts
1Singapore1000 pts
1Sint Maarten1000 pts
1Slovakia1000 pts
1Slovenia1000 pts
1South Korea1000 pts
1Spain1000 pts
1Sweden1000 pts
1Switzerland1000 pts
1Trinidad and Tobago1000 pts
1Tunisia100+0.1 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
91Albania99.9-0.1 pts
91Argentina99.9+0.2 pts
91Malaysia99.90 pts
91Moldova99.90 pts
91Saudi Arabia99.9-0.1 pts
91Serbia99.90 pts
91Thailand99.9+0.3 pts
91Uzbekistan99.90 pts
99Armenia99.8-0.2 pts
99Lebanon99.8+0.1 pts
99Saint Lucia99.8+0.8 pts
102Brazil99.70 pts
102Iraq99.7+0.3 pts
102Kyrgyzstan99.7+1 pts
102Mauritius99.7+0.1 pts
102Nauru99.7+0.7 pts
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines99.7+0.3 pts
102Uruguay99.70 pts
109Montenegro99.6+0.1 pts
110Costa Rica99.5+0.1 pts
110Mexico99.5+0.5 pts
112Algeria99.40 pts
112Russia99.4+3.9 pts
112Venezuela99.4-0.6 pts
115Bhutan99.3+3.9 pts
115Tajikistan99.3+1.3 pts
117Cuba99.2+0.2 pts
117Vietnam99.2-0.1 pts
119Romania99.1+0.3 pts
120Dominican Republic98.9+0.3 pts
120Samoa98.9+0.7 pts
122Ecuador98.7-0.1 pts
123Colombia98.4+0.2 pts
123Paraguay98.4-0.9 pts
125Belarus98+0.6 pts
126Dominica97.8+1.1 pts
126Morocco97.8+0.5 pts
128Afghanistan97.7+26.2 pts
129Indonesia97.6+0.1 pts
130Sri Lanka97.5+3.2 pts
131Bulgaria97.3+0.7 pts
131Tuvalu97.3-0.8 pts
133Tonga97-3 pts
134Jamaica96.6+1.7 pts
135El Salvador96+0.6 pts
136Suriname95.8+0.8 pts
137Peru94.2+0.3 pts
138Fiji93.4+0.2 pts
139Belize93.3+1.5 pts
140Marshall Islands92.7+0.6 pts
141Kiribati92.6+2 pts
142Panama92.4+0.8 pts
143Philippines92+2.9 pts
144Bolivia91.8+0.3 pts
144Grenada91.8+0.4 pts
144Guatemala91.8+1.3 pts
144Pakistan91.8+0.8 pts
148Honduras91.6+1.6 pts
149Mongolia90.8+2.8 pts
150Nepal90.7+8.7 pts
151Syria89.8-0.2 pts
152India89.6+1.6 pts
153Guyana89+1 pts
153Laos89-0.7 pts
155Gabon88.1+0.8 pts
156Cape Verde87.5+1.1 pts
157Nicaragua83.9+0.7 pts
157South Africa83.9-1.4 pts
159Ghana79.3+5.3 pts
160Timor-Leste76.5+9.2 pts
161Comoros76.4+2.3 pts
162Bangladesh75.9+1.9 pts
163Micronesia74.8+1.8 pts
164Libya72.2-1.6 pts
165São Tomé and Príncipe69.4+2.1 pts
166Yemen68.9+1.5 pts
167Cambodia68.8+6.1 pts
168Equatorial Guinea66.2+0.1 pts
169Senegal64.5+4 pts
170Côte d’Ivoire64.3+1.7 pts
171Botswana64.2+2.1 pts
172Eswatini63.4-0.7 pts
173Cameroon59.8+1.2 pts
173Djibouti59.8+0.7 pts
175Nigeria59.3+6.8 pts
176Solomon Islands58.2+3.1 pts
177Vanuatu57.8+5.5 pts
178Gambia56.4+1.7 pts
179Myanmar55.6-4.9 pts
180Kenya53.1+11.5 pts
181Somalia51.1-0.1 pts
182Sudan50.5+2.5 pts
183Namibia49.7-1.9 pts
184Eritrea46.9+1.1 pts
185Togo46.8+2.1 pts
186Republic of the Congo45.3+1 pts
187Ethiopia42.9+13.9 pts
188Zimbabwe42.5+8.8 pts
189North Korea42.1+2.1 pts
190Angola41.8-0.2 pts
191Mauritania41.2+1.7 pts
192Haiti40.4-0.4 pts
193Mali38.8+1.2 pts
194Benin37+7.4 pts
195Zambia35.4+4.3 pts
196Lesotho35.1+3.3 pts
197Guinea33.5-1.4 pts
198Tanzania32.8+6.6 pts
199Rwanda29.4+6.6 pts
200Uganda26.7+8.2 pts
201Mozambique26.2+2.2 pts
202Guinea-Bissau22.9+2.8 pts
202Madagascar22.9-0.9 pts
204Sierra Leone20.3+0.6 pts
205Liberia17.7+2.5 pts
206Democratic Republic of the Congo17.3+0.7 pts
207Niger17+0.4 pts
208Burkina Faso16.6+0.4 pts
209Papua New Guinea13.5-4.9 pts
210Central African Republic13.4+0.7 pts
211Malawi11+0.2 pts
212Chad9.2+1.5 pts
213Burundi8.5+0.6 pts
214South Sudan5.3+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?

Andorra, with 100% in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 5.3% in 2016.

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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