Austria vs Cuba: Access to electricity in urban vs. rural areas

Austria
100.0%
in 2024
Cuba
100.0%
in 2024
Austria rank
1st
Cuba rank
1st

Access to electricity in urban vs. rural areas over time

  • Austria
  • Cuba
020406080100199020072024

How they compare

Austria currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Cuba, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cuba ahead.

Austria ranks 1st and Cuba ranks 1st of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Access to electricity in urban vs. rural areas
Unit
% of urban population
Source
SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,652 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The definition used in international statistics adopts a very low cutoff for what it means to ‘have access to electricity’. It is defined as having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.