People without electricity country, per square kilometre by country
People without electricity country 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
165
Highest
471.24 units per square kilometre
Burundi
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Samoa
Median
0.0505 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,316
What the numbers show
People without electricity country, per square kilometre is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 471.24 units per square kilometre in Burundi; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0505 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 16.29 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 46.2%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
People without electricity country, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 471.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 2 | Haiti | 205.64 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 204.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 4 | Malawi | 188.93 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 117.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 97.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 7 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 93.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 8 | Gambia | 88.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 75.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 65.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 11 | Togo | 61.69 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 12 | Benin | 53.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 50.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 14 | Comoros | 46.61 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 38.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 18 | Liberia | 38.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 19 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 36.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 20 | Lesotho | 32.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 21 | Madagascar | 32.49 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea | 28.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 23 | Mozambique | 27.37 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 25 | Senegal | 24.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 22.67 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 28 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 29 | Grenada | 19.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 19.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 31 | Papua New Guinea | 18.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 32 | Djibouti | 17.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 17.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Cameroon | 16.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 16.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 16.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 15.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 39 | Somalia | 14.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 40 | Angola | 14.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 41 | Pakistan | 14.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 42 | Zambia | 13.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 43 | Chad | 13.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 44 | Eritrea | 13.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 12.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Yemen | 12.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 10.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 48 | Eswatini | 9.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 9.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Sudan | 9.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 51 | Mali | 8.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 52 | Congo | 8.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 53 | Philippines | 7.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.0% | falling |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 6.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 55 | Kiribati | 6.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 6.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 6.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 58 | South Africa | 6.41 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 59 | Jamaica | 6.03 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 5.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 61 | El Salvador | 5.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Cambodia | 4.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.3% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 4.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritania | 2.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | India | 2.42 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 1.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 1.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 69 | Namibia | 1.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 70 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Libya | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 1.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 73 | Peru | 1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Ecuador | 0.9411 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 0.9404 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.8915 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 0.6403 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.613 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 0.569 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 80 | Fiji | 0.3541 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 0.2002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Belize | 0.0721 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.6% | falling |
| 83 | Brazil | 0.0505 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Guyana | 0.0431 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.9% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 0.0346 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0226 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Suriname | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Aruba | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Albania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Argentina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Armenia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Bahrain | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Belarus | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Barbados | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Bhutan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Chile | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | China | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Cuba | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Cayman Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Dominica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Algeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 88 | Egypt | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Georgia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Gibraltar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Guatemala | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 88 | Guam | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Croatia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Hungary | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Iraq | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Jordan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Korea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Lebanon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Lithuania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Latvia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Macau, China | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Republic of Moldova | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Maldives | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Marshall Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Montenegro | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritius | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 88 | Malaysia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Naoero | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Palau | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Poland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Palestine, State of | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Romania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Russian Federation | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovakia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Seychelles | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Thailand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Timor-Leste | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Tonga | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Türkiye | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Tuvalu | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Ukraine | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Uruguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | British Virgin Islands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Samoa | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
People without electricity country 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.
People without electricity country ÷ Land area (sq. km)
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
- 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
People without electricity country 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.