Number of people without access to electricity, per capita by country

Number of people without access to electricity 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
161
Highest
0.946 people per person
South Sudan
Lowest
0 people per person
Samoa
Median
0.01 people per person
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,325

What the numbers show

Number of people without access to electricity, per capita is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 0.946 people per person in South Sudan; the lowest is 0 people per person in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.01 people per person, and the mean is 0.1498 people per person.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 124 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Sudan 0.946 people per person 2024 down 1.1% falling
2 Chad 0.866 people per person 2024 down 5.5% falling
3 Malawi 0.844 people per person 2024 down 4.2% falling
4 Central African Republic 0.818 people per person 2024 down 7.0% falling
5 Burundi 0.799 people per person 2024 down 14.1% falling
6 Niger 0.787 people per person 2024 down 6.6% falling
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.775 people per person 2024 down 10.4% falling
8 Burkina Faso 0.66 people per person 2024 down 18.3% falling
9 Liberia 0.651 people per person 2024 down 28.1% falling
10 Mozambique 0.631 people per person 2024 down 16.1% falling
11 Sierra Leone 0.608 people per person 2024 down 25.1% falling
12 Madagascar 0.575 people per person 2024 down 25.3% falling
13 Papua New Guinea 0.567 people per person 2024 down 30.8% falling
14 Guinea-Bissau 0.563 people per person 2024 down 32.0% falling
15 Mali 0.505 people per person 2024 down 23.3% falling
16 Mauritania 0.478 people per person 2024 down 21.9% falling
17 Tanzania 0.476 people per person 2024 down 37.8% falling
18 Congo 0.47 people per person 2024 down 17.0% falling
19 Zambia 0.464 people per person 2024 down 35.6% falling
20 Guinea 0.462 people per person 2024 down 30.5% falling
21 Haiti 0.461 people per person 2024 down 23.7% falling
22 Somalia 0.456 people per person 2024 down 6.2% falling
23 Eritrea 0.447 people per person 2024 down 19.3% falling
24 Uganda 0.447 people per person 2024 down 43.8% falling
25 Angola 0.445 people per person 2024 down 34.6% falling
26 Ethiopia 0.434 people per person 2024 down 40.4% falling
27 Benin 0.41 people per person 2024 down 37.8% falling
28 Namibia 0.407 people per person 2024 down 21.1% falling
29 Lesotho 0.394 people per person 2024 down 45.4% falling
30 Togo 0.389 people per person 2024 down 28.4% falling
31 North Korea 0.386 people per person 2024 down 37.9% falling
32 Zimbabwe 0.38 people per person 2024 down 43.9% falling
33 Nigeria 0.375 people per person 2024 down 18.1% falling
34 Equatorial Guinea 0.349 people per person 2024 up 2.6% falling
35 Vanuatu 0.345 people per person 2024 down 32.2% falling
36 Sudan 0.34 people per person 2024 down 38.3% falling
37 Gambia 0.31 people per person 2024 down 34.0% falling
38 Djibouti 0.308 people per person 2024 down 25.1% falling
39 Cameroon 0.28 people per person 2024 down 35.2% falling
40 Rwanda 0.28 people per person 2024 down 65.1% falling
41 Cote d'Ivoire 0.271 people per person 2024 down 28.9% falling
42 Kenya 0.23 people per person 2024 down 64.1% falling
43 Libya 0.226 people per person 2024 down 7.8% volatile
44 Sao Tome and Principe 0.223 people per person 2024 down 29.0% falling
45 Botswana 0.198 people per person 2024 down 50.5% falling
46 Myanmar 0.196 people per person 2024 down 59.2% falling
47 Solomon Islands 0.185 people per person 2024 down 62.6% falling
48 Senegal 0.171 people per person 2024 down 56.2% falling
49 Yemen 0.137 people per person 2024 down 59.6% falling
50 Afghanistan 0.122 people per person 2024 up 16.2% volatile
51 Nicaragua 0.113 people per person 2024 down 37.6% falling
52 Micronesia (country) 0.111 people per person 2024 down 61.5% falling
53 Eswatini 0.107 people per person 2024 down 69.4% falling
54 Syria 0.107 people per person 2024 up 9.2% rising
55 South Africa 0.098 people per person 2024 down 30.5% falling
56 Guatemala 0.091 people per person 2024 down 37.2% volatile
57 Comoros 0.083 people per person 2024 down 70.6% falling
58 Ghana 0.081 people per person 2024 down 62.7% falling
59 Guyana 0.07 people per person 2024 down 46.6% falling
60 East Timor 0.057 people per person 2024 down 84.8% volatile
61 Philippines 0.052 people per person 2024 down 49.0% volatile
62 Gabon 0.049 people per person 2024 down 62.0% falling
63 Honduras 0.045 people per person 2024 down 60.2% volatile
64 Grenada 0.044 people per person 2024 down 51.1% falling
65 Pakistan 0.043 people per person 2024 down 56.6% volatile
66 Fiji 0.041 people per person 2024 down 41.4% volatile
67 Panama 0.04 people per person 2024 down 56.5% falling
68 Laos 0.035 people per person 2024 down 80.0% volatile
69 Peru 0.035 people per person 2024 down 50.7% volatile
70 Bolivia 0.034 people per person 2024 down 66.0% volatile
71 Marshall Islands 0.028 people per person 2024 down 67.1% volatile
72 Kiribati 0.023 people per person 2024 down 86.1% volatile
73 Jamaica 0.023 people per person 2024 down 65.7% volatile
74 Nepal 0.021 people per person 2024 down 86.1% volatile
75 Cape Verde 0.016 people per person 2024 down 89.1% volatile
76 Argentina 0.016 people per person 2024 volatile
77 Ecuador 0.015 people per person 2024 up 50.0% volatile
78 El Salvador 0.013 people per person 2024 down 73.5% volatile
79 Colombia 0.011 people per person 2024 down 50.0% volatile
80 Chile 0.01 people per person 2024 volatile
80 Suriname 0.01 people per person 2024 down 81.5% volatile
82 Mongolia 0.009 people per person 2024 down 93.6% volatile
83 Cambodia 0.008 people per person 2024 down 98.2% volatile
84 Bangladesh 0.005 people per person 2024 down 98.7% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 0.005 people per person 2024 down 66.7% volatile
86 Belize 0.004 people per person 2024 down 95.3% volatile
87 Costa Rica 0.002 people per person 2024 down 66.7% volatile
88 Paraguay 0.002 people per person 2024 down 80.0% volatile
89 Mexico 0.002 people per person 2024 down 75.0% volatile
90 Brazil 0.002 people per person 2024 down 33.3% volatile
91 Tajikistan 0.001 people per person 2024 down 88.9% volatile
92 Indonesia 0.001 people per person 2024 down 96.7% volatile
93 India 0.001 people per person 2024 down 99.3% volatile
94 Aruba 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Albania 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Armenia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Antigua and Barbuda 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Azerbaijan 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Bulgaria 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Belarus 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Barbados 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Bhutan 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 China 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Cuba 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Curacao 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Dominica 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Algeria 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Egypt 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Georgia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Gibraltar 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Croatia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Hungary 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Iran 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Iraq 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Jordan 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Kazakhstan 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Kyrgyzstan 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Lebanon 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Saint Lucia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Sri Lanka 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Lithuania 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Latvia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Saint Martin (French part) 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Morocco 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Moldova 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Maldives 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 North Macedonia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Montenegro 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Northern Mariana Islands 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Mauritius 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Malaysia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Nauru 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Oman 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Palau 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Poland 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Palestine 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Romania 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Russia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Saudi Arabia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Serbia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Slovakia 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Seychelles 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Thailand 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Turkmenistan 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Tonga 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Trinidad and Tobago 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Tunisia 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Turkey 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Tuvalu 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Ukraine 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 Uruguay 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Uzbekistan 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Venezuela 0 people per person 2024 volatile
94 British Virgin Islands 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Vietnam 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
94 Samoa 0 people per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Number of people without access to electricity 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 without access to electricity ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
214 places, 5,325 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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