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.
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
How this figure is calculated
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.
Number of people with and without electricity access ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people with and without electricity access Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.