People without electricity country by country
Countries reporting
168
Highest
87.25 million
Nigeria
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
13,209
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,702
What the numbers show
People without electricity country is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 87.25 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 13,209, and the mean is 3.90 million.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 69.6%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 100.0%).
People without electricity country: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 87.25 million | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 84.69 million | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 57.31 million | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 4 | Tanzania | 32.63 million | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 22.36 million | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 21.85 million | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 7 | Niger | 21.27 million | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 8 | Madagascar | 18.38 million | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 18.28 million | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 17.58 million | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 17.15 million | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 12 | Angola | 16.86 million | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 15.54 million | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 12.98 million | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 15 | Mali | 12.36 million | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 16 | South Sudan | 11.30 million | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 17 | Burundi | 11.22 million | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 10.80 million | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 19 | Myanmar | 10.68 million | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 20 | North Korea | 10.23 million | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 21 | Zambia | 9.89 million | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 22 | Somalia | 8.67 million | 2024 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.65 million | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 24 | Cameroon | 8.15 million | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 6.82 million | 2024 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 6.32 million | 2024 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 6.27 million | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 28 | Philippines | 6.02 million | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 6.00 million | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 5.93 million | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 31 | Yemen | 5.56 million | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 32 | Haiti | 5.43 million | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 5.25 million | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 5.20 million | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 4.36 million | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 3.99 million | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 37 | Liberia | 3.65 million | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 38 | Togo | 3.27 million | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 3.16 million | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 2.98 million | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 2.79 million | 2024 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 42 | Syria | 2.64 million | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 43 | Mauritania | 2.47 million | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 1.67 million | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 45 | Libya | 1.67 million | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Eritrea | 1.58 million | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 47 | India | 1.45 million | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.24 million | 2024 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 49 | Namibia | 1.23 million | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | Peru | 1.20 million | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Lesotho | 920,945 | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 867,812 | 2024 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 855,596 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 781,524 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 55 | Argentina | 731,138 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 660,488 | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 622,672 | 2024 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Colombia | 581,749 | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Botswana | 499,186 | 2024 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 60 | Honduras | 487,157 | 2024 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 61 | Brazil | 423,991 | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Bolivia | 422,053 | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Djibouti | 359,966 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 64 | Indonesia | 283,484 | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Ecuador | 272,032 | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Laos | 271,944 | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 261,718 | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Chile | 197,648 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 180,623 | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 70 | Solomon Islands | 151,552 | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 71 | Cambodia | 141,111 | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Eswatini | 132,982 | 2024 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 73 | Gabon | 124,409 | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 74 | Vanuatu | 113,083 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 75 | El Salvador | 82,397 | 2024 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 76 | East Timor | 79,836 | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Comoros | 71,930 | 2024 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 65,301 | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Guyana | 58,176 | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 57,138 | 2024 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52,524 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 82 | Fiji | 38,080 | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 31,723 | 2024 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 13,858 | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Micronesia (country) | 12,561 | 2024 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 10,591 | 2024 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 10,260 | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 8,398 | 2024 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Suriname | 6,344 | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Grenada | 5,157 | 2024 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 91 | Kiribati | 3,094 | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Belize | 1,668 | 2024 | down 94.4% | falling |
| 93 | Marshall Islands | 1,051 | 2024 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Aruba | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Albania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Armenia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Belarus | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Barbados | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | China | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Cuba | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Curacao | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Dominica | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Egypt | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Guam | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Croatia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Hungary | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Iran | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Iraq | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | South Korea | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Lebanon | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Lithuania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Latvia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Macao | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Morocco | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Moldova | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritius | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Nauru | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Oman | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Palau | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Poland | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Palestine | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Russia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Slovakia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Seychelles | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Thailand | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Tonga | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Tunisia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Turkey | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Ukraine | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Uruguay | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Venezuela | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Vietnam | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Samoa | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |