Number of people with and without electricity access, per square kilometre by country
Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
214
Highest
20,570 units per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0.1385 units per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
81.92 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,316
What the numbers show
Number of people with and without electricity access, per square kilometre is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 20,570 units per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0.1385 units per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.92 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 441.97 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 185 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 428.8%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 26.5%).
Number of people with and without electricity access, per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 20,570 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 18,693 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 8,242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 7,177 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 3,847 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bahrain | 1,971 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 7 | Maldives | 1,765 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 8 | Malta | 1,727 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1,313 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,257 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bermuda | 1,198 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 12 | Palestine, State of | 857.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 656.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 14 | Mauritius | 625.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Aruba | 596.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Naoero | 593.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 17 | Lebanon | 564.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 564.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 19 | Saint Martin (French part) | 550.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 20 | Netherlands | 530.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 529.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 22 | India | 481.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 455.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 24 | Comoros | 410.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 386.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 377.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 27 | Rwanda | 361.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 428.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 361.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 356.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 30 | Curacao | 348.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Japan | 341.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 32 | Tuvalu | 327.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 33 | Grenada | 325.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 319.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 35 | Guam | 308.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Pakistan | 306.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 37 | Cayman Islands | 304.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 38 | United States Virgin Islands | 299.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 39 | El Salvador | 299.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 293.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 283.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 42 | Kuwait | 272.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 263.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 44 | Seychelles | 260.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 45 | British Virgin Islands | 259.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 258.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 48 | Jamaica | 256.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 49 | Liechtenstein | 249.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 238.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 234.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 52 | Qatar | 231.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Switzerland | 224.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 54 | Haiti | 216.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 215.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 56 | Antigua and Barbuda | 212.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 199.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 195.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 59 | Nepal | 194.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 179.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 61 | Gambia | 178.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Andorra | 172.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 63 | Guatemala | 169.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 64 | Kiribati | 156.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 65 | Nigeria | 153.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 66 | China | 150.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 67 | Denmark | 148.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 68 | Indonesia | 147.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 69 | Isle of Man | 147.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 147.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 71 | Cyprus | 145.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 72 | Tonga | 145.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Czechia | 140.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 74 | Thailand | 140.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 75 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 139.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 76 | Ghana | 132.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Jordan | 128.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 127.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 79 | France | 126.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 80 | North Korea | 126.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 81 | Uganda | 124.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 410.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 122.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 83 | Poland | 119.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 84 | Portugal | 115.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 85 | Egypt | 115.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 86 | Syria | 113.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 87 | Slovakia | 112.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | Türkiye | 110.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 89 | Austria | 110.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 90 | Malaysia | 106.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 106.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 105.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 105.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 94 | Hungary | 105.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 95 | Iraq | 103.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 96 | Costa Rica | 99.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 97 | Northern Mariana Islands | 98.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 98 | Spain | 96.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 99 | Cambodia | 93.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Timor-Leste | 93.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 90.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 102 | Togo | 89.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Dominica | 88.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 88.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 87.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 84.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 107 | Romania | 82.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 108 | French Polynesia | 80.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 80.91 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 110 | Greece | 80.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 111 | Serbia | 78.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 112 | Tunisia | 78.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 113 | Samoa | 77.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 114 | Ireland | 77.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 74.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 116 | Republic of Moldova | 74.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 117 | Kenya | 72.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 72.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 119 | Ecuador | 71.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 120 | Benin | 71.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Côte d'Ivoire | 70.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 122 | Senegal | 69.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 123 | Croatia | 68.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 124 | Mexico | 66.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 65.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 126 | Myanmar | 63.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 63.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Yemen | 62.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 130 | Burundi | 61.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Eswatini | 61.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 59.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 133 | Panama | 58.3 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 134 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.85 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 54.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Georgia | 53.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 137 | Fiji | 50.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 50.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 139 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 140 | Colombia | 46.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 141 | Montenegro | 46.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 142 | Lithuania | 45.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 143 | South Africa | 45.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 144 | Belarus | 45.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho | 43.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 139.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Cameroon | 43.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 148 | Sierra Leone | 41.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 231.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahamas | 39.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 150 | Faroe Islands | 39.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 151 | Palau | 38.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 153 | United States of America | 36.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 154 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 36.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 301.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Malawi | 34.92 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Djibouti | 32.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 157 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 158 | Estonia | 32.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 159 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 32.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 215.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Latvia | 30.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 162 | Guinea | 29.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Chile | 26.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 26.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 165 | Sweden | 25.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 166 | Peru | 25.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 167 | Brazil | 25.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 23.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Madagascar | 21.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 295.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 20.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 171 | New Zealand | 19.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 172 | Algeria | 19.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 173 | Uruguay | 19.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 174 | Liberia | 18.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 307.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Finland | 18.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 18.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Belize | 17.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 178 | Sudan | 17.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 179 | Paraguay | 17.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 180 | Argentina | 16.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 181 | Oman | 16.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 16.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 183 | New Caledonia | 15.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | 15.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 185 | Turkmenistan | 15.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 186 | Eritrea | 15.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 187 | Mozambique | 15.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Norway | 15.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 189 | Angola | 15.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 190 | Somalia | 14.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Zambia | 14.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 193 | Mali | 10.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Congo | 9.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 196 | Gabon | 9.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 197 | Russian Federation | 8.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 198 | Kazakhstan | 7.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 199 | Papua New Guinea | 4.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 200 | Canada | 4.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 4.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Suriname | 3.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 203 | Guyana | 3.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 204 | Iceland | 3.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 205 | Australia | 3.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 206 | Botswana | 3.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Libya | 3.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 208 | Mauritania | 2.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 209 | Mongolia | 2.23 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 210 | Namibia | 2.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 211 | Chad | 1.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 1.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.9% | volatile |
| 213 | South Sudan | 0.9813 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 214 | Greenland | 0.1385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
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
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.