Number of people without access to electricity, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people without access to electricity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
540.01 % change on previous year
Guyana
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Samoa
Median
-25.29 % change on previous year
Years covered
24
2001–2024
Data points
3,108
What the numbers show
Number of people without access to electricity, annual growth rate is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 540.01 % change on previous year in Guyana; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is -25.29 % change on previous year, and the mean is -39.75 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 13,530.9%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 170,454.0%).
Number of people without access to electricity, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 540.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9,247.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Fiji | 488.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3,465.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Philippines | 162.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,051.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Suriname | 152.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 13,530.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Bolivia | 102.77 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 825.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Panama | 35.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 348.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 26.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 608.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 351.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Ecuador | 16.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 133.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Cape Verde | 14.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 14.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,991.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 8 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 117.7% | falling |
| 13 | Honduras | 4.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 14 | South Sudan | 4.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4,203.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Chad | 3.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 2.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 377.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Cameroon | 2.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Malawi | 2.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 702.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Niger | 1.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 22 | Mozambique | 1.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 725.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Belize | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 159.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Laos | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Paraguay | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Sudan | 0.8111 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 260.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6099 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Brazil | 0.4064 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | -0.0216 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Eritrea | -0.1321 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | -0.1439 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 101.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Pakistan | -0.786 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Mauritania | -1.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 193.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Congo | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 236.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Nigeria | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 122.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 115.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Liberia | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 156.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Nicaragua | -2.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 252.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Benin | -2.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 157.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Zambia | -2.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 137.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Togo | -2.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Madagascar | -2.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea | -3.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 692.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | -3.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 309.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Syria | -3.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | -3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | -3.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 657.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Gambia | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,314.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Haiti | -4.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,453.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Somalia | -5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 229.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Tanzania | -5.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | -5.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Angola | -6.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 142.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Lesotho | -6.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6,697.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Peru | -6.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Burundi | -7.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 316.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Vanuatu | -8.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 60 | North Korea | -8.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 217.8% | falling |
| 61 | Djibouti | -10.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,052.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | -13.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 757.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Yemen | -13.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 132.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | -14.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,712.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Afghanistan | -14.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Libya | -14.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 263.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | -14.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 163.5% | falling |
| 68 | Myanmar | -14.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 232.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Gabon | -15.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 693.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Botswana | -16.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 379.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Comoros | -17.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 193.5% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | -19.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 516.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Eswatini | -20.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Rwanda | -20.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 567.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Grenada | -21.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 475.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | -21.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 77 | El Salvador | -23.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,335.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | -27.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,299.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Senegal | -32.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 403.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Mexico | -32.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 226.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Kiribati | -43.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Nepal | -65.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 83 | India | -79.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 644.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | -83.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 526.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Cambodia | -83.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 805.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Albania | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Argentina | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 1,643.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Armenia | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 663.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Antigua and Barbuda | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Bulgaria | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 835.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 195.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Belarus | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,005.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 717.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 999.3% | volatile |
| 86 | China | -100 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 1,423.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Costa Rica | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 424.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 1,004.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Curacao | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 81,774.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Dominica | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 790.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Algeria | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 546.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Egypt | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 243.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Georgia | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Gibraltar | -100 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 6,509.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Guatemala | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,139.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Iran | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 1,423.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Iraq | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,531.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 473.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 203.1% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 121.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -100 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 333.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Lebanon | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 116.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 859.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 783.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Lithuania | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 625.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 202.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Martin (French part) | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 3,945.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 975.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 861.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Marshall Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 1,611.1% | volatile |
| 86 | North Macedonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 15,408.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Montenegro | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 234.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Mongolia | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 412.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Northern Mariana Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 298.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Malaysia | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 1,482.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Nauru | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 143,086.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Palau | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 289.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Poland | -100 % change on previous year | 2009 | down 170,454.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Romania | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 971.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Russia | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 793.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 295.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 13,230.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Seychelles | -100 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 1,505.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Thailand | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 203.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 517.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | East Timor | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,777.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Tonga | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 1,275.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 8,907.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Turkey | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | down 8,087.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Tuvalu | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 349.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Ukraine | -100 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 13,341.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Uruguay | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 354.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 6,670.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 827.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Venezuela | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 385.3% | volatile |
| 86 | British Virgin Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 13,972.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Vietnam | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 117.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Samoa | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,750.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people without access to electricity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people without access to electricity. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.