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Countries by share of people with electricity

Albania had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2019, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 6.8%. The median was 99.9% and the figure for the World was 90.1%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Albania
Lowest6.8South Sudan
Median99.9214 countries
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Top 40 countries, 2019

Albania: 100 %Albania100Andorra: 100 %Andorra100Antigua and Barbuda: 100 %Antigua and Barbuda100Argentina: 100 %Argentina100Armenia: 100 %Armenia100Aruba: 100 %Aruba100Australia: 100 %Australia100Austria: 100 %Austria100Azerbaijan: 100 %Azerbaijan100Bahamas: 100 %Bahamas100Bahrain: 100 %Bahrain100Barbados: 100 %Barbados100Belarus: 100 %Belarus100Belgium: 100 %Belgium100Bermuda: 100 %Bermuda100Bhutan: 100 %Bhutan100Bosnia 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 %Guam100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019 (%)Change on 2018
1Albania1000 pts
1Andorra1000 pts
1Antigua and Barbuda1000 pts
1Argentina1000 pts
1Armenia100+0.1 pts
1Aruba1000 pts
1Australia1000 pts
1Austria1000 pts
1Azerbaijan1000 pts
1Bahamas1000 pts
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Barbados1000 pts
1Belarus100+0.7 pts
1Belgium1000 pts
1Bermuda1000 pts
1Bhutan1000 pts
1Bosnia and Herzegovina1000 pts
1British Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Brunei1000 pts
1Canada1000 pts
1Cayman Islands1000 pts
1Chile1000 pts
1China1000 pts
1Croatia1000 pts
1Curaçao1000 pts
1Cyprus1000 pts
1Czechia1000 pts
1Denmark1000 pts
1Egypt1000 pts
1Estonia1000 pts
1Faroe Islands1000 pts
1Finland1000 pts
1France1000 pts
1French Polynesia1000 pts
1Georgia100+0.1 pts
1Germany1000 pts
1Gibraltar1000 pts
1Greece1000 pts
1Greenland1000 pts
1Guam1000 pts
1Hong Kong1000 pts
1Hungary1000 pts
1Iceland1000 pts
1Iran1000 pts
1Iraq100+0.1 pts
1Ireland1000 pts
1Isle of Man1000 pts
1Israel1000 pts
1Italy1000 pts
1Japan1000 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Lebanon100+0.3 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Malaysia1000 pts
1Maldives1000 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Mauritius100+0.2 pts
1Moldova1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Montenegro1000 pts
1Nauru100+0.1 pts
1Netherlands1000 pts
1New Caledonia1000 pts
1New Zealand1000 pts
1North Macedonia100+0.2 pts
1Northern Mariana Islands1000 pts
1Norway1000 pts
1Oman1000 pts
1Palau1000 pts
1Palestine1000 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Romania100+0.2 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Lucia1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1000 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Saudi Arabia100+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
1Tunisia100+0.2 pts
1Türkiye1000 pts
1Turks and Caicos Islands1000 pts
1U.S. Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Ukraine1000 pts
1United Arab Emirates1000 pts
1United Kingdom1000 pts
1United States1000 pts
1Uzbekistan1000 pts
106Dominica99.9+0.3 pts
106Jordan99.90 pts
106Kyrgyzstan99.9-0.1 pts
106Thailand99.9+0.1 pts
106Turkmenistan99.9-0.1 pts
106Uruguay99.9+0.1 pts
112Brazil99.8+0.1 pts
112Cuba99.8+0.2 pts
112Russia99.8-0.2 pts
112Serbia99.8-0.2 pts
112Sri Lanka99.8+0.2 pts
112Venezuela99.8-0.1 pts
118Costa Rica99.70 pts
118Paraguay99.7+0.1 pts
118Tuvalu99.7+0.7 pts
121Mexico99.6+0.1 pts
121Morocco99.6+1.5 pts
123Algeria99.5-0.1 pts
124Colombia99.4+0.9 pts
124Tajikistan99.4+0.1 pts
124Vietnam99.4-0.6 pts
127Bulgaria99.2+0.5 pts
127Samoa99.2-0.6 pts
129Ecuador99.1+0.4 pts
130Dominican Republic99+0.1 pts
131Jamaica98.9+0.7 pts
131Mongolia98.9+0.8 pts
133Indonesia98.8+0.3 pts
134Laos98.4+5.5 pts
134Tonga98.4-0.6 pts
136Suriname97.9+0.5 pts
137Afghanistan97.7+4.3 pts
138El Salvador97.4+0.4 pts
139Marshall Islands96.8+1.5 pts
140Fiji96.1+1 pts
141India95.9+0.2 pts
142Peru95.6+0.4 pts
143Guatemala95.4+1.2 pts
144Philippines95.3+1.1 pts
145Bolivia95.1+2.3 pts
146Pakistan93.9+0.5 pts
146Panama93.9+0.1 pts
148Grenada93+0.7 pts
149Belize92.7+1 pts
150Bangladesh92.2+5.3 pts
151Guyana91.6+0.7 pts
152Cape Verde91.4+1.2 pts
153Honduras91.1-0.5 pts
154Timor-Leste90.6+5.4 pts
155Gabon90.3+0.7 pts
156Nepal89.9-4 pts
157Kiribati89.3+1.8 pts
158Syria89.2+3.2 pts
159Nicaragua85.7+0.5 pts
160South Africa85+0.3 pts
161Cambodia84+3.3 pts
162Ghana83.5+3.1 pts
163Comoros83.3+2.3 pts
164Micronesia80.1+1.8 pts
165Eswatini77+3 pts
166São Tomé and Príncipe75.1+4.1 pts
167Yemen72.8+10.8 pts
168Senegal70.4+4.4 pts
169Botswana70.1+1.8 pts
170Kenya69.7+8.5 pts
171Solomon Islands69.4+3.6 pts
172Côte d’Ivoire68.6+1.5 pts
173Libya68.5+1.5 pts
174Myanmar68.3+2.2 pts
175Equatorial Guinea66.6+0.1 pts
176Djibouti64.7+2.3 pts
177Vanuatu64.5+2.9 pts
178Cameroon63.2+1 pts
179Gambia62.1+1.8 pts
180Sudan57.6+2.3 pts
181Nigeria55.4-1.1 pts
182Namibia53.3+1 pts
183Togo52.5+2.5 pts
184Eritrea50.3+1.2 pts
185Somalia49.2-1.5 pts
186North Korea48.4+2.1 pts
187Ethiopia48+3.2 pts
188Mali47.9-3 pts
189Republic of the Congo47.7+0.7 pts
190Zimbabwe46.7+1.3 pts
191Rwanda46.6+8.6 pts
192Angola45.6+0.3 pts
193Haiti45.4+1 pts
194Mauritania44.9+1.3 pts
195Lesotho44.6-2.4 pts
196Zambia43+2.8 pts
197Guinea42.2-2.8 pts
198Uganda41.3-0.6 pts
199Benin40+1 pts
200Tanzania37.7+2.8 pts
201Madagascar31-5.5 pts
202Guinea-Bissau30.9+2.5 pts
203Mozambique29.7-1.4 pts
204Papua New Guinea23.6+7 pts
205Liberia23.1+0.3 pts
206Sierra Leone22.7-3.4 pts
207Democratic Republic of the Congo19.1+0.4 pts
208Niger18.5+0.9 pts
209Burkina Faso17.6+3.2 pts
210Central African Republic14.3-0.3 pts
211Malawi11.2-6.8 pts
212Burundi9.8+0.3 pts
213Chad8.4-1.7 pts
214South Sudan6.8+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 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 6.8% in 2019.

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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