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Countries by share of people with electricity

Albania had the highest share of people with electricity of 214 countries in 2021, at 100%. South Sudan had the lowest, at 7.7%. The median was 100% and the figure for the World was 91.3%. Source: the World Bank.

Highest100Albania
Lowest7.7South Sudan
Median100214 countries
World91.3History

Top 40 countries, 2021

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 %China100Colombia: 100 %Colombia100Costa Rica: 100 %Costa Rica100Croatia: 100 %Croatia100Cuba: 100 %Cuba100Curaçao: 100 %Curaçao100Cyprus: 100 %Cyprus100Czechia: 100 %Czechia100Denmark: 100 %Denmark100Dominica: 100 %Dominica100Ecuador: 100 %Ecuador100Egypt: 100 %Egypt100Estonia: 100 %Estonia100Faroe Islands: 100 %Faroe Islands100Finland: 100 %Finland100France: 100 %France100French Polynesia: 100 %French Polynesia100Georgia: 100 %Georgia100
%. Source: World Bank, Access to electricity, % of population (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021 (%)Change on 2020
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
1Colombia100+0.3 pts
1Costa Rica100+0.1 pts
1Croatia1000 pts
1Cuba100+0.1 pts
1Curaçao1000 pts
1Cyprus1000 pts
1Czechia1000 pts
1Denmark1000 pts
1Dominica1000 pts
1Ecuador100+1.2 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
1Jamaica100+0.3 pts
1Japan1000 pts
1Kazakhstan1000 pts
1Kuwait1000 pts
1Laos100+0.7 pts
1Latvia1000 pts
1Lebanon1000 pts
1Liechtenstein1000 pts
1Lithuania1000 pts
1Luxembourg1000 pts
1Macao1000 pts
1Malaysia1000 pts
1Maldives1000 pts
1Malta1000 pts
1Mexico100+0.6 pts
1Moldova1000 pts
1Monaco1000 pts
1Mongolia100+0.5 pts
1Morocco1000 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
1Paraguay100+0.3 pts
1Poland1000 pts
1Portugal1000 pts
1Puerto Rico1000 pts
1Qatar1000 pts
1Romania1000 pts
1Russia100+0.1 pts
1Saint Kitts and Nevis1000 pts
1Saint Lucia1000 pts
1Saint Martin1000 pts
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1000 pts
1San Marino1000 pts
1Saudi Arabia1000 pts
1Serbia1000 pts
1Seychelles1000 pts
1Singapore1000 pts
1Sint Maarten1000 pts
1Slovakia1000 pts
1Slovenia1000 pts
1South Korea1000 pts
1Spain1000 pts
1Sri Lanka1000 pts
1Sweden1000 pts
1Switzerland1000 pts
1Thailand1000 pts
1Timor-Leste100+4 pts
1Tonga100+0.1 pts
1Trinidad and Tobago1000 pts
1Türkiye1000 pts
1Turkmenistan1000 pts
1Turks and Caicos Islands100+0.6 pts
1U.S. Virgin Islands1000 pts
1Ukraine1000 pts
1United Arab Emirates1000 pts
1United Kingdom1000 pts
1United States1000 pts
1Uruguay1000 pts
1Venezuela100+0.1 pts
1Vietnam100+0.2 pts
123Jordan99.90 pts
123Tunisia99.90 pts
123Uzbekistan99.9-0.1 pts
126Algeria99.8+0.1 pts
126Bulgaria99.8+0.1 pts
126Marshall Islands99.8+1.5 pts
126Montenegro99.8-0.1 pts
130Kyrgyzstan99.7-0.2 pts
130Tuvalu99.7+0.3 pts
132India99.6+3.1 pts
132Mauritius99.6+0.1 pts
132Tajikistan99.6+0.1 pts
135Brazil99.5-0.2 pts
136Indonesia99.2+2.2 pts
137Bangladesh99+2.8 pts
138Suriname98.8+0.4 pts
139Bolivia98.6+1.4 pts
140Samoa98.3-1.7 pts
141Dominican Republic98.1-1.9 pts
142El Salvador97.9-1.8 pts
142Guatemala97.9+1.3 pts
144Afghanistan97.70 pts
144Belize97.7+0.9 pts
146Philippines97.5+1.1 pts
147Peru95.6-0.6 pts
148Cape Verde95.5+1.8 pts
149Panama95.30 pts
150Pakistan94.9+0.4 pts
151Honduras94.1+1 pts
152Grenada93.7+0.3 pts
153Guyana92.9+0.6 pts
154Kiribati92.8+1.8 pts
155Fiji92.1-5 pts
156Gabon91.8+0.7 pts
157Nepal89.90 pts
158South Africa89.3-0.7 pts
159Syria88.8-0.2 pts
160Comoros87.9+2.3 pts
161Ghana86.3+0.9 pts
161Nicaragua86.3+0.3 pts
163Micronesia83.6+1.7 pts
164Eswatini82.9+2.9 pts
165Cambodia82.5-3.9 pts
166São Tomé and Príncipe78.5+1.7 pts
167Kenya76.5+5 pts
168Solomon Islands76.3+3.4 pts
169Yemen74.9+1 pts
170Botswana73.7+1.9 pts
171Myanmar72.5+2.1 pts
172Côte d’Ivoire71.1+1.2 pts
173Libya70.2+0.8 pts
174Vanuatu70+2.7 pts
175Senegal68+3.7 pts
176Equatorial Guinea66.8+0.1 pts
177Cameroon65.4+1.1 pts
177Djibouti65.4+0.9 pts
179Gambia63.7+1.5 pts
180Sudan61.8+2.1 pts
181Nigeria59.5+4.1 pts
182Togo55.7+1.6 pts
183Namibia55.2+2.9 pts
184Ethiopia54.2+3.1 pts
185Mali53.4+2.8 pts
186North Korea52.6+2.1 pts
187Eritrea52.5+1.1 pts
188Lesotho50.4+2.9 pts
189Republic of the Congo49.7+1 pts
190Somalia49.3-0.6 pts
191Zimbabwe49-3.7 pts
192Rwanda48.7+3.5 pts
193Angola48.2+1.2 pts
194Mauritania47.7+2.3 pts
195Haiti47.2+0.9 pts
196Guinea46.8+2.1 pts
197Zambia46.7+2.1 pts
198Uganda45.2+3.1 pts
199Tanzania42.7+2.8 pts
200Benin42+1 pts
201Guinea-Bissau35.8+2.4 pts
202Madagascar35.1+3.1 pts
203Mozambique31.5+0.9 pts
204Liberia29.8+2.2 pts
205Sierra Leone27.5+1.2 pts
206Papua New Guinea20.9+0.4 pts
207Democratic Republic of the Congo20.8+0.7 pts
208Burkina Faso19+0.5 pts
209Niger18.6-0.1 pts
210Central African Republic15.7+0.3 pts
211Malawi14.2+2.7 pts
212Chad11.3+0.4 pts
213Burundi10.2+1.1 pts
214South Sudan7.7+0.4 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 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest share of people with electricity?

South Sudan, with 7.7% in 2021.

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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