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Countries by share of people with electricity

Andorra had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2017, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 4.2%. The median was 99.9% and the figure for the World was 88.9%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Andorra
Lowest4.2South Sudan
Median99.9214 countries
World88.9History

Top 40 countries, 2017

Andorra: 100 %Andorra100Antigua and Barbuda: 100 %Antigua and Barbuda100Argentina: 100 %Argentina100Aruba: 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 Islands100China: 100 %China100Croatia: 100 %Croatia100Curaçao: 100 %Curaçao100Cyprus: 100 %Cyprus100Czechia: 100 %Czechia100Denmark: 100 %Denmark100Dominican Republic: 100 %Dominican Republic100Egypt: 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 %Iceland100Ireland: 100 %Ireland100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Andorra1000 pts
1Antigua and Barbuda1000 pts
1Argentina100+0.1 pts
1Aruba1000 pts
1Australia1000 pts
1Austria1000 pts
1Azerbaijan1000 pts
1Bahamas1000 pts
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Barbados1000 pts
1Belgium1000 pts
1Bermuda1000 pts
1Bosnia and Herzegovina1000 pts
1British Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Brunei1000 pts
1Canada1000 pts
1Cayman Islands1000 pts
1China1000 pts
1Croatia1000 pts
1Curaçao1000 pts
1Cyprus1000 pts
1Czechia1000 pts
1Denmark1000 pts
1Dominican Republic100+1.1 pts
1Egypt1000 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
1Ireland1000 pts
1Isle of Man1000 pts
1Israel1000 pts
1Italy1000 pts
1Japan1000 pts
1Jordan1000 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Kyrgyzstan100+0.3 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Malaysia100+0.1 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Mexico100+0.5 pts
1Moldova100+0.1 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Montenegro100+0.4 pts
1Morocco100+2.2 pts
1Netherlands1000 pts
1New Caledonia1000 pts
1New Zealand1000 pts
1North Macedonia1000 pts
1Northern Mariana Islands1000 pts
1Norway1000 pts
1Oman1000 pts
1Palau1000 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Romania100+0.9 pts
1Russia100+0.6 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100+0.3 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Saudi Arabia100+0.1 pts
1Serbia100+0.1 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
1Tunisia1000 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
1Uzbekistan100+0.1 pts
1Vietnam100+0.8 pts
102Albania99.90 pts
102Iran99.9-0.1 pts
102Iraq99.9+0.2 pts
102Lebanon99.9+0.1 pts
102Palestine99.9-0.1 pts
102Saint Lucia99.9+0.1 pts
102Thailand99.90 pts
109Brazil99.8+0.1 pts
109Maldives99.8-0.2 pts
109Nauru99.8+0.1 pts
109Uruguay99.8+0.1 pts
113Armenia99.7-0.1 pts
113Chile99.7-0.3 pts
115Costa Rica99.6+0.1 pts
115Mauritius99.6-0.1 pts
117Algeria99.5+0.1 pts
118Cuba99.4+0.2 pts
119Paraguay99.3+0.9 pts
119Tajikistan99.30 pts
121Ecuador99.2+0.5 pts
121Venezuela99.2-0.2 pts
123Dominica98.9+1.1 pts
124Belarus98.7+0.7 pts
124Tuvalu98.7+1.4 pts
126Colombia98.5+0.1 pts
127Tonga98.2+1.2 pts
128Bulgaria98.1+0.8 pts
128Indonesia98.1+0.5 pts
130Afghanistan97.70 pts
130Bhutan97.7-1.6 pts
132Sri Lanka97.50 pts
133Jamaica97.4+0.8 pts
134El Salvador96.8+0.8 pts
134Samoa96.8-2.1 pts
136Suriname96.6+0.8 pts
137Fiji96+2.6 pts
138Peru94.8+0.6 pts
139Belize94.2+0.9 pts
140Marshall Islands93.8+1.1 pts
141Panama93.7+1.3 pts
142Laos93.6+4.6 pts
142Mongolia93.6+2.8 pts
144Guatemala93.3+1.5 pts
145Philippines93+1 pts
146Pakistan92.7+0.9 pts
147Grenada92.2+0.4 pts
148Bolivia91.80 pts
148India91.8+2.2 pts
150Guyana90+1 pts
151Syria89.6-0.2 pts
152Cambodia89.1+20.3 pts
153Cape Verde88.6+1.1 pts
154Bangladesh88+12.1 pts
155Nepal86.6-4.1 pts
156Honduras86.5-5.1 pts
157Gabon86.3-1.8 pts
158Kiribati85.7-6.9 pts
159Nicaragua84.6+0.7 pts
160South Africa84.4+0.5 pts
161Timor-Leste79.5+3 pts
162Yemen79.2+10.3 pts
163Ghana79-0.3 pts
164Comoros78.7+2.3 pts
165Micronesia76.5+1.7 pts
166São Tomé and Príncipe74.3+4.9 pts
167Eswatini73.5+10.1 pts
168Libya70.6-1.6 pts
169Myanmar69.8+14.2 pts
170Botswana67.4+3.2 pts
171Equatorial Guinea66.4+0.2 pts
172Côte d’Ivoire65.6+1.3 pts
173Solomon Islands62.9+4.7 pts
174Vanuatu62.8+5 pts
175Senegal61.7-2.8 pts
176Cameroon60.9+1.1 pts
177Djibouti60.2+0.4 pts
178Gambia56.2-0.2 pts
179Kenya55.8+2.7 pts
180Nigeria54.4-4.9 pts
181Sudan53+2.5 pts
182Namibia52.5+2.8 pts
183Somalia52.1+1 pts
184Eritrea48+1.1 pts
184Togo48+1.2 pts
186Republic of the Congo46.2+0.9 pts
187Ethiopia44.3+1.4 pts
188North Korea44.2+2.1 pts
189Zimbabwe44+1.5 pts
190Haiti43.3+2.9 pts
191Angola42.9+1.1 pts
191Mauritania42.9+1.7 pts
193Zambia40.3+4.9 pts
194Guinea35.4+1.9 pts
195Mali34.8-4 pts
196Benin34.5-2.5 pts
197Rwanda34.1+4.7 pts
198Lesotho33.7-1.4 pts
199Uganda32.4+5.7 pts
200Tanzania32.1-0.7 pts
201Guinea-Bissau26+3.1 pts
202Mozambique24.3-1.9 pts
203Liberia24.2+6.5 pts
204Madagascar24.1+1.2 pts
205Sierra Leone23.4+3.1 pts
206Papua New Guinea19.2+5.7 pts
207Democratic Republic of the Congo18+0.7 pts
208Niger17.6+0.6 pts
209Burkina Faso17+0.4 pts
210Central African Republic14.1+0.7 pts
211Malawi12.7+1.7 pts
212Chad10.9+1.7 pts
213Burundi9.3+0.8 pts
214South Sudan4.2-1.1 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 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 4.2% in 2017.

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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