Share with access to electricity vs. per capita energy use by country
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Countries reporting
210
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
5.4%
South Sudan
Median
100.0%
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,488
What the numbers show
Share with access to electricity vs. per capita energy use is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 5.4% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 87.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 320.4%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 5.1%).
Share with access to electricity vs. per capita energy use: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100.0% | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 1 | Curacao | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 100.0% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 1 | Guam | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Iraq | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French part) | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | East Timor | 100.0% | 2023 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 128 | Bolivia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 128 | Brazil | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 128 | Paraguay | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 128 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 132 | Mexico | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 99.6% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 133 | Dominican Republic | 99.6% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 133 | Suriname | 99.6% | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 99.5% | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 136 | India | 99.5% | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 138 | Indonesia | 99.4% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 139 | Fiji | 99.3% | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 140 | Guyana | 98.9% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 141 | Colombia | 98.7% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 141 | Ecuador | 98.7% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.7% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 144 | Cape Verde | 98.6% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 145 | El Salvador | 98.3% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 146 | Philippines | 98.0% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 147 | Jamaica | 97.7% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 148 | Panama | 97.0% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 149 | Laos | 96.5% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 150 | Peru | 96.2% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 95.9% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 152 | Honduras | 95.6% | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 152 | Pakistan | 95.6% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 95.0% | 2023 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Grenada | 94.4% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 94.1% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 157 | Nepal | 94.0% | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 158 | Comoros | 89.8% | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 159 | Ghana | 89.5% | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 160 | Syria | 88.4% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 161 | Nicaragua | 88.3% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 162 | South Africa | 87.7% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 163 | Micronesia (country) | 86.9% | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini | 86.4% | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 85.3% | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Yemen | 83.6% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 81.3% | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 81.3% | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 169 | Myanmar | 76.8% | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 170 | Kenya | 76.2% | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Botswana | 76.0% | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Senegal | 74.2% | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 173 | Libya | 73.2% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 174 | Cote d'Ivoire | 72.4% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 175 | Cameroon | 72.0% | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 176 | Gambia | 66.9% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 66.9% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 178 | Sudan | 66.0% | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 179 | Djibouti | 65.2% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 180 | Rwanda | 63.9% | 2023 | up 320.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 62.0% | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 61.6% | 2023 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 183 | Nigeria | 61.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 184 | Togo | 59.2% | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 185 | North Korea | 57.5% | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 186 | Lesotho | 57.3% | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Benin | 57.0% | 2023 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 188 | Namibia | 56.7% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 189 | Ethiopia | 55.4% | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 54.5% | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Eritrea | 54.4% | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 192 | Uganda | 51.5% | 2023 | up 270.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Congo | 51.3% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 193 | Haiti | 51.3% | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 195 | Angola | 51.1% | 2023 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 195 | Guinea | 51.1% | 2023 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 195 | Zambia | 51.1% | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 198 | Mauritania | 50.3% | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 198 | Somalia | 50.3% | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Tanzania | 48.3% | 2023 | up 194.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.5% | 2023 | up 148.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Madagascar | 39.4% | 2023 | up 205.4% | rising |
| 203 | Mozambique | 36.0% | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 35.5% | 2023 | up 163.0% | rising |
| 205 | Liberia | 32.5% | 2023 | up 231.6% | volatile |
| 206 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 22.1% | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 207 | Burkina Faso | 21.7% | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 208 | Papua New Guinea | 20.5% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 209 | Niger | 20.1% | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 210 | Central African Republic | 17.6% | 2023 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 211 | Malawi | 15.6% | 2023 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Chad | 12.0% | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 213 | Burundi | 11.6% | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 214 | South Sudan | 5.4% | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
About this data
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.