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Access to electricity around the world

Access to electricity, 2024: highest in Iraq, at 100%, and lowest in South Sudan, at 5.4%, of 213 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity around the worldAccess to electricity, 2024: highest in Iraq, at 100%, and lowest in South Sudan, at 5.4%, of 213 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
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Every country, by its latest figure

% of people · World Bank

#CountryLatestYear
1Iraq1002024
2Saudi Arabia1002024
3Iran1002024
4Cyprus1002024
5Armenia1002024
6Seychelles1002024
7Jordan1002024
8Lebanon1002024
9Kuwait1002024
10Oman1002024
11Qatar1002024
12Bahrain1002024
13United Arab Emirates1002024
14Israel1002024
15Türkiye1002024
16Egypt1002024
17Greece1002024
18Estonia1002024
19Latvia1002024
20Azerbaijan1002024
21Lithuania1002024
22Georgia1002024
23Moldova1002024
24Belarus1002024
25Finland1002024
26Ukraine1002024
27North Macedonia1002024
28Hungary1002024
29Bulgaria1002024
30Albania1002024
31Poland1002024
32Romania1002024
33Kosovo1001999
34Mauritius1002024
35Turkmenistan1002024
36Sri Lanka1002024
37Bhutan1002024
38Maldives1002024
39Uzbekistan1002024
40Kazakhstan1002024
41Kyrgyzstan1002024
42Palau1002024
43Vietnam1002024
44Thailand1002024
45Malaysia1002024
46China1002024
47Hong Kong SAR China1002024
48Brunei1002024
49Macao SAR China1002024
50South Korea1002024
51Japan1002024
52Singapore1002024
53Russia1002024
54Australia1002024
55Tuvalu1002024
56Nauru1002024
57New Caledonia1002024
58New Zealand1002024
59Portugal1002024
60Tunisia1002024
61Spain1002024
62Morocco1002024
63Malta1002024
64Algeria1002024
65Faroe Islands1002024
66Denmark1002024
67Iceland1002024
68United Kingdom1002024
69Switzerland1002024
70Sweden1002024
71Netherlands1002024
72Austria1002024
73Belgium1002024
74Germany1002024
75Luxembourg1002024
76Ireland1002024
77Monaco1002024
78France1002024
79Andorra1002024
80Liechtenstein1002024
81Isle of Man1002024
82Slovakia1002024
83Czechia1002024
84Norway1002024
85San Marino1002024
86Italy1002024
87Slovenia1002024
88Montenegro1002024
89Croatia1002024
90Bosnia & Herzegovina1002024
91Barbados1002024
92Greenland1002024
93Uruguay1002024
94Cuba1002024
95Bahamas1002024
96Bermuda1002024
97Trinidad & Tobago1002024
98St. Kitts & Nevis1002024
99Dominica1002024
100Antigua & Barbuda1002024
101St. Lucia1002024
102Turks & Caicos Islands1002024
103Aruba1002024
104British Virgin Islands1002024
105St. Vincent & Grenadines1002024
106St. Martin1002024
107Cayman Islands1002024
108Venezuela1002024
109French Polynesia1002024
110Tonga1002024
111Samoa1002024
112Northern Mariana Islands1002024
113Guam1002024
114Puerto Rico1002024
115U.S. Virgin Islands1002024
116Canada1002024
117United States1002024
118Palestinian Territories1002024
119Serbia1002024
120Sint Maarten1002024
121Curaçao1002024
122Tajikistan99.92024
123India99.92024
124Indonesia99.92024
125Paraguay99.82024
126Brazil99.82024
127Costa Rica99.82024
128Mexico99.82024
129Belize99.62024
130Bangladesh99.52024
131Dominican Republic99.52024
132Cambodia99.22024
133Mongolia99.12024
134Suriname992024
135Chile992024
136Colombia98.92024
137El Salvador98.72024
138Ecuador98.52024
139Cape Verde98.42024
140Argentina98.42024
141Nepal97.92024
142Jamaica97.72024
143Kiribati97.72024
144Marshall Islands97.22024
145Bolivia96.62024
146Laos96.52024
147Peru96.52024
148Panama962024
149Fiji95.92024
150Pakistan95.72024
151Grenada95.62024
152Honduras95.52024
153Gabon95.12024
154Philippines94.82024
155Timor-Leste94.32024
156Guyana932024
157Ghana91.92024
158Comoros91.72024
159Guatemala90.92024
160South Africa90.22024
161Syria89.32024
162Eswatini89.32024
163Micronesia88.92024
164Nicaragua88.72024
165Afghanistan87.82024
166Yemen86.32024
167Senegal82.92024
168Solomon Islands81.52024
169Myanmar (Burma)80.42024
170Botswana80.22024
171São Tomé & Príncipe77.72024
172Libya77.42024
173Kenya772024
174Côte d’Ivoire72.92024
175Rwanda722024
176Cameroon722024
177Djibouti69.22024
178Gambia692024
179Sudan662024
180Vanuatu65.52024
181Equatorial Guinea65.12024
182Nigeria62.52024
183Zimbabwe622024
184North Korea61.42024
185Togo61.12024
186Lesotho60.62024
187Namibia59.32024
188Benin592024
189Ethiopia56.62024
190Angola55.52024
191Uganda55.32024
192Eritrea55.32024
193Somalia54.42024
194Haiti53.92024
195Guinea53.82024
196Zambia53.62024
197Congo - Brazzaville532024
198Tanzania52.42024
199Mauritania52.22024
200Mali49.52024
201Guinea-Bissau43.72024
202Papua New Guinea43.32024
203Madagascar42.52024
204Sierra Leone39.22024
205Mozambique36.92024
206Liberia34.92024
207Burkina Faso342024
208Congo - Kinshasa22.52024
209Niger21.32024
210Burundi20.12024
211Central African Republic18.22024
212Malawi15.62024
213Chad13.42024
214South Sudan5.42024

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Good to know

  • The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
  • Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time