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Countries by share of people with electricity

Albania had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2020, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 7.3%. The median was 100% and the figure for the World was 90.4%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Albania
Lowest7.3South Sudan
Median100214 countries
World90.4History

Top 40 countries, 2020

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 %Denmark100Dominica: 100 %Dominica100Dominican 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 %Greece100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020 (%)Change on 2019
1Albania1000 pts
1Andorra1000 pts
1Antigua and Barbuda1000 pts
1Argentina1000 pts
1Armenia1000 pts
1Aruba1000 pts
1Australia1000 pts
1Austria1000 pts
1Azerbaijan1000 pts
1Bahamas1000 pts
1Bahrain1000 pts
1Barbados1000 pts
1Belarus1000 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
1Dominica100+0.1 pts
1Dominican Republic100+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
1Iran1000 pts
1Iraq1000 pts
1Ireland1000 pts
1Isle of Man1000 pts
1Israel1000 pts
1Italy1000 pts
1Japan1000 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Lebanon1000 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Malaysia1000 pts
1Maldives1000 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Moldova1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Morocco100+0.4 pts
1Nauru1000 pts
1Netherlands1000 pts
1New Caledonia1000 pts
1New Zealand1000 pts
1North Macedonia1000 pts
1Northern Mariana Islands1000 pts
1Norway1000 pts
1Oman1000 pts
1Palau1000 pts
1Palestine1000 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Romania1000 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Lucia1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1000 pts
1Samoa100+0.8 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Saudi Arabia1000 pts
1Serbia100+0.2 pts
1Seychelles1000 pts
1Singapore1000 pts
1Sint Maarten1000 pts
1Slovakia1000 pts
1Slovenia1000 pts
1South Korea1000 pts
1Spain1000 pts
1Sri Lanka100+0.2 pts
1Sweden1000 pts
1Switzerland1000 pts
1Thailand100+0.1 pts
1Trinidad and Tobago1000 pts
1Türkiye1000 pts
1Turkmenistan100+0.1 pts
1U.S. Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Ukraine1000 pts
1United Arab Emirates1000 pts
1United Kingdom1000 pts
1United States1000 pts
1Uruguay100+0.1 pts
1Uzbekistan1000 pts
111Costa Rica99.9+0.2 pts
111Cuba99.9+0.1 pts
111Jordan99.90 pts
111Kyrgyzstan99.90 pts
111Montenegro99.9-0.1 pts
111Russia99.9+0.1 pts
111Tonga99.9+1.5 pts
111Tunisia99.9-0.1 pts
111Venezuela99.9+0.1 pts
120Vietnam99.8+0.4 pts
121Algeria99.7+0.2 pts
121Brazil99.7-0.1 pts
121Bulgaria99.7+0.5 pts
121Colombia99.7+0.3 pts
121El Salvador99.7+2.3 pts
121Jamaica99.7+0.8 pts
121Paraguay99.70 pts
128Mauritius99.5-0.5 pts
128Mongolia99.5+0.6 pts
128Tajikistan99.5+0.1 pts
131Mexico99.4-0.2 pts
131Turks and Caicos Islands99.4-0.6 pts
131Tuvalu99.4-0.3 pts
134Laos99.3+0.9 pts
135Ecuador98.8-0.3 pts
136Suriname98.4+0.5 pts
137Marshall Islands98.3+1.5 pts
138Afghanistan97.70 pts
139Bolivia97.2+2.1 pts
140Fiji97.1+1 pts
141Indonesia97-1.8 pts
142Belize96.8+4.1 pts
143Guatemala96.6+1.2 pts
144India96.5+0.6 pts
145Philippines96.4+1.1 pts
146Bangladesh96.2+4 pts
146Peru96.2+0.6 pts
148Timor-Leste96+5.4 pts
149Panama95.3+1.4 pts
150Pakistan94.5+0.6 pts
151Cape Verde93.7+2.3 pts
152Grenada93.4+0.4 pts
153Honduras93.1+2 pts
154Guyana92.3+0.7 pts
155Gabon91.1+0.8 pts
156Kiribati91+1.7 pts
157South Africa90+5 pts
158Nepal89.90 pts
159Syria89-0.2 pts
160Cambodia86.4+2.4 pts
161Nicaragua86+0.3 pts
162Comoros85.6+2.3 pts
163Ghana85.4+1.9 pts
164Micronesia81.9+1.8 pts
165Eswatini80+3 pts
166São Tomé and Príncipe76.8+1.7 pts
167Yemen73.9+1.1 pts
168Solomon Islands72.9+3.5 pts
169Botswana71.8+1.7 pts
170Kenya71.5+1.8 pts
171Myanmar70.4+2.1 pts
172Côte d’Ivoire69.9+1.3 pts
173Libya69.4+0.9 pts
174Vanuatu67.3+2.8 pts
175Equatorial Guinea66.7+0.1 pts
176Djibouti64.5-0.2 pts
177Cameroon64.3+1.1 pts
177Senegal64.3-6.1 pts
179Gambia62.2+0.1 pts
180Sudan59.7+2.1 pts
181Nigeria55.40 pts
182Togo54.1+1.6 pts
183Zimbabwe52.7+6 pts
184Namibia52.3-1 pts
185Eritrea51.4+1.1 pts
186Ethiopia51.1+3.1 pts
187Mali50.6+2.7 pts
188North Korea50.5+2.1 pts
189Somalia49.9+0.7 pts
190Republic of the Congo48.7+1 pts
191Lesotho47.5+2.9 pts
192Angola47+1.4 pts
193Haiti46.3+0.9 pts
194Mauritania45.4+0.5 pts
195Rwanda45.2-1.4 pts
196Guinea44.7+2.5 pts
197Zambia44.6+1.6 pts
198Uganda42.1+0.8 pts
199Benin41+1 pts
200Tanzania39.9+2.2 pts
201Guinea-Bissau33.4+2.5 pts
202Madagascar32+1 pts
203Mozambique30.6+0.9 pts
204Liberia27.6+4.5 pts
205Sierra Leone26.3+3.6 pts
206Papua New Guinea20.5-3.1 pts
207Democratic Republic of the Congo20.1+1 pts
208Niger18.7+0.2 pts
209Burkina Faso18.5+0.9 pts
210Central African Republic15.4+1.1 pts
211Malawi11.5+0.3 pts
212Chad10.9+2.5 pts
213Burundi9.1-0.7 pts
214South Sudan7.3+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?

Albania, with 100% in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 7.3% in 2020.

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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