Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita by country

Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
214
Highest
1 units per person
Aruba
Lowest
0.054 units per person
South Sudan
Median
1 units per person
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,702

What the numbers show

Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 1 units per person in Aruba; the lowest is 0.054 units per person in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 units per person, and the mean is 0.8873 units per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 271.3%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 1.9%).

Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Albania 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Andorra 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 1 units per person 2024 up 0.3% flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Australia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Austria 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bulgaria 1 units per person 2024 up 4.3% flat
1 Bahrain 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bahamas 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 units per person 2024 up 0.1% flat
1 Belarus 1 units per person 2024 up 3.3% flat
1 Bermuda 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 1 units per person 2024 up 9.4% rising
1 Canada 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 China 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 1 units per person 2024 up 1.3% flat
1 Curacao 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Germany 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 1 units per person 2024 up 4.5% rising
1 Denmark 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Algeria 1 units per person 2024 up 0.7% flat
1 Egypt 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% rising
1 Spain 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Finland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 France 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Faroe Islands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Georgia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 1 units per person 2024 up 0.1% flat
1 Greece 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Greenland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Guam 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Isle of Man 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iran 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 1 units per person 2024 up 0.8% flat
1 Iceland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Italy 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Japan 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 units per person 2024 unchanged rising
1 South Korea 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Lebanon 1 units per person 2024 up 0.3% flat
1 Saint Lucia 1 units per person 2024 up 1.9% rising
1 Liechtenstein 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Sri Lanka 1 units per person 2024 up 7.9% rising
1 Lithuania 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Macao 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saint Martin (French part) 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 1 units per person 2024 up 2.8% rising
1 Monaco 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Maldives 1 units per person 2024 unchanged rising
1 North Macedonia 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Malta 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Montenegro 1 units per person 2024 up 2.4% flat
1 Northern Mariana Islands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 1 units per person 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 Malaysia 1 units per person 2024 up 0.3% flat
1 New Caledonia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Norway 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Nauru 1 units per person 2024 up 0.5% flat
1 New Zealand 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Oman 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Poland 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palestine 1 units per person 2024 up 0.1% flat
1 French Polynesia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Romania 1 units per person 2024 up 1.6% flat
1 Russia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 1 units per person 2024 up 0.3% flat
1 Slovakia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 1 units per person 2024 unchanged rising
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged rising
1 Thailand 1 units per person 2024 up 0.5% rising
1 Turkmenistan 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 1 units per person 2024 up 4.3% rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tunisia 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% rising
1 Turkey 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Tuvalu 1 units per person 2024 up 2.1% rising
1 Ukraine 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 1 units per person 2024 up 0.3% flat
1 United States 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 1 units per person 2024 up 0.2% flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 units per person 2024 up 1.9% rising
1 Venezuela 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 British Virgin Islands 1 units per person 2024 up 0.8% rising
1 United States Virgin Islands 1 units per person 2024 unchanged flat
1 Vietnam 1 units per person 2024 up 0.8% rising
1 Samoa 1 units per person 2024 up 2.1% rising
122 Tajikistan 0.999 units per person 2024 up 0.8% flat
123 Indonesia 0.999 units per person 2024 up 3.0% rising
124 India 0.999 units per person 2024 up 17.4% rising
125 Paraguay 0.998 units per person 2024 up 0.8% rising
126 Brazil 0.998 units per person 2024 up 0.1% rising
126 Costa Rica 0.998 units per person 2024 up 0.4% flat
128 Mexico 0.998 units per person 2024 up 0.6% rising
129 Belize 0.996 units per person 2024 up 8.9% rising
130 Bangladesh 0.995 units per person 2024 up 59.5% volatile
131 Dominican Republic 0.995 units per person 2024 up 1.0% rising
132 Cambodia 0.992 units per person 2024 up 76.8% volatile
133 Mongolia 0.991 units per person 2024 up 15.2% rising
134 Suriname 0.99 units per person 2024 up 4.7% flat
135 Chile 0.99 units per person 2024 down 1.0% rising
136 Colombia 0.989 units per person 2024 up 1.1% rising
137 El Salvador 0.987 units per person 2024 up 3.8% rising
138 Ecuador 0.985 units per person 2024 down 0.5% rising
139 Cape Verde 0.984 units per person 2024 up 15.4% rising
140 Argentina 0.984 units per person 2024 down 1.6% rising
141 Nepal 0.979 units per person 2024 up 15.3% rising
142 Kiribati 0.977 units per person 2024 up 17.1% rising
143 Jamaica 0.977 units per person 2024 up 4.7% rising
144 Marshall Islands 0.972 units per person 2024 up 6.2% rising
145 Bolivia 0.966 units per person 2024 up 7.3% rising
146 Peru 0.965 units per person 2024 up 3.9% rising
147 Laos 0.965 units per person 2024 up 17.0% rising
148 Panama 0.96 units per person 2024 up 5.7% rising
149 Fiji 0.959 units per person 2024 up 3.1% rising
150 Pakistan 0.957 units per person 2024 up 6.2% rising
151 Grenada 0.956 units per person 2024 up 5.1% rising
152 Honduras 0.955 units per person 2024 up 7.7% rising
153 Gabon 0.951 units per person 2024 up 9.2% rising
154 Philippines 0.948 units per person 2024 up 5.6% rising
155 East Timor 0.943 units per person 2024 up 51.1% rising
156 Guyana 0.93 units per person 2024 up 7.0% rising
157 Ghana 0.919 units per person 2024 up 17.4% rising
158 Comoros 0.917 units per person 2024 up 27.7% rising
159 Guatemala 0.909 units per person 2024 up 6.3% rising
160 South Africa 0.902 units per person 2024 up 5.0% rising
161 Eswatini 0.893 units per person 2024 up 37.4% rising
162 Syria 0.893 units per person 2024 down 1.0% falling
163 Micronesia (country) 0.889 units per person 2024 up 24.9% rising
164 Nicaragua 0.887 units per person 2024 up 8.3% rising
165 Afghanistan 0.878 units per person 2024 down 1.9% volatile
166 Yemen 0.863 units per person 2024 up 30.6% rising
167 Senegal 0.829 units per person 2024 up 35.9% rising
168 Solomon Islands 0.815 units per person 2024 up 61.4% volatile
169 Myanmar 0.804 units per person 2024 up 54.6% rising
170 Botswana 0.802 units per person 2024 up 33.7% volatile
171 Sao Tome and Principe 0.777 units per person 2024 up 13.3% rising
172 Libya 0.774 units per person 2024 up 2.5% falling
173 Kenya 0.77 units per person 2024 up 113.9% volatile
174 Cote d'Ivoire 0.729 units per person 2024 up 17.8% rising
175 Cameroon 0.72 units per person 2024 up 26.8% rising
176 Rwanda 0.72 units per person 2024 up 263.6% volatile
177 Djibouti 0.692 units per person 2024 up 17.5% rising
178 Gambia 0.69 units per person 2024 up 30.2% rising
179 Sudan 0.66 units per person 2024 up 47.0% rising
180 Vanuatu 0.655 units per person 2024 up 33.4% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 0.651 units per person 2024 down 1.4% flat
182 Nigeria 0.625 units per person 2024 up 15.3% rising
183 Zimbabwe 0.62 units per person 2024 up 92.0% rising
184 North Korea 0.614 units per person 2024 up 62.4% rising
185 Togo 0.611 units per person 2024 up 33.7% rising
186 Lesotho 0.606 units per person 2024 up 118.0% volatile
187 Namibia 0.593 units per person 2024 up 22.5% rising
188 Benin 0.59 units per person 2024 up 73.0% rising
189 Ethiopia 0.566 units per person 2024 up 108.1% rising
190 Angola 0.555 units per person 2024 up 73.4% rising
191 Eritrea 0.553 units per person 2024 up 24.0% rising
192 Uganda 0.553 units per person 2024 up 171.1% volatile
193 Somalia 0.544 units per person 2024 up 5.8% volatile
194 Haiti 0.539 units per person 2024 up 36.1% rising
195 Guinea 0.538 units per person 2024 up 60.6% rising
196 Zambia 0.536 units per person 2024 up 92.1% rising
197 Congo 0.53 units per person 2024 up 22.1% rising
198 Tanzania 0.524 units per person 2024 up 123.0% volatile
199 Mauritania 0.522 units per person 2024 up 34.5% rising
200 Mali 0.495 units per person 2024 up 44.7% volatile
201 Guinea-Bissau 0.437 units per person 2024 up 154.1% volatile
202 Papua New Guinea 0.433 units per person 2024 up 139.2% rising
203 Madagascar 0.425 units per person 2024 up 84.8% rising
204 Sierra Leone 0.392 units per person 2024 up 108.5% rising
205 Mozambique 0.369 units per person 2024 up 48.8% volatile
206 Liberia 0.349 units per person 2024 up 271.3% volatile
207 Burkina Faso 0.34 units per person 2024 up 77.1% rising
208 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.225 units per person 2024 up 66.7% rising
209 Niger 0.213 units per person 2024 up 35.7% rising
210 Burundi 0.201 units per person 2024 up 187.1% volatile
211 Central African Republic 0.182 units per person 2024 up 51.7% rising
212 Malawi 0.156 units per person 2024 up 31.1% volatile
213 Chad 0.134 units per person 2024 up 59.5% rising
214 South Sudan 0.054 units per person 2024 up 25.6% rising

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Indicator
Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
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Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.