cv.cm

Access to electricity by country, 2024 (% of population)

Share of each country's people who have electricity at home, for 215 countries and areas, ranked from highest to lowest. Source: World Bank, from household surveys and the IEA.

Key facts

  • World: 91.9% of people have electricity (2024).
  • Highest: Albania (100.0%), Algeria (100.0%) and Andorra (100.0%). Many more countries also have full access.
  • Lowest in the list: South Sudan (5.4%).
Download CSV

215 rows

Access to electricity by country, 2024 (% of population). Select a column heading to sort.
1Albania100.02024
1Algeria100.02024
1Andorra100.02024
1Antigua & Barbuda100.02024
1Armenia100.02024
1Aruba100.02024
1Australia100.02024
1Austria100.02024
1Azerbaijan100.02024
1Bahamas100.02024
1Bahrain100.02024
1Barbados100.02024
1Belarus100.02024
1Belgium100.02024
1Bermuda100.02024
1Bhutan100.02024
1Bosnia & Herzegovina100.02024
1British Virgin Islands100.02024
1Brunei100.02024
1Bulgaria100.02024
1Canada100.02024
1Cayman Islands100.02024
1Channel Islands100.02024
1China100.02024
1Croatia100.02024
1Cuba100.02024
1Curaçao100.02024
1Cyprus100.02024
1Czechia100.02024
1Denmark100.02024
1Dominica100.02024
1Egypt100.02024
1Estonia100.02024
1Faroe Islands100.02024
1Finland100.02024
1France100.02024
1French Polynesia100.02024
1Georgia100.02024
1Germany100.02024
1Gibraltar100.02024
1Greece100.02024
1Greenland100.02024
1Guam100.02024
1Hong Kong SAR China100.02024
1Hungary100.02024
1Iceland100.02024
1Iran100.02024
1Iraq100.02024
1Ireland100.02024
1Isle of Man100.02024
1Israel100.02024
1Italy100.02024
1Japan100.02024
1Jordan100.02024
1Kazakhstan100.02024
1South Korea100.02024
1Kuwait100.02024
1Kyrgyzstan100.02024
1Latvia100.02024
1Lebanon100.02024
1Liechtenstein100.02024
1Lithuania100.02024
1Luxembourg100.02024
1Macao SAR China100.02024
1Malaysia100.02024
1Maldives100.02024
1Malta100.02024
1Mauritius100.02024
1Moldova100.02024
1Monaco100.02024
1Montenegro100.02024
1Morocco100.02024
1Nauru100.02024
1Netherlands100.02024
1New Caledonia100.02024
1New Zealand100.02024
1North Macedonia100.02024
1Northern Mariana Islands100.02024
1Norway100.02024
1Oman100.02024
1Palau100.02024
1Poland100.02024
1Portugal100.02024
1Puerto Rico100.02024
1Qatar100.02024
1Romania100.02024
1Russia100.02024
1Samoa100.02024
1San Marino100.02024
1Saudi Arabia100.02024
1Serbia100.02024
1Seychelles100.02024
1Singapore100.02024
1Sint Maarten100.02024
1Slovakia100.02024
1Slovenia100.02024
1Spain100.02024
1Sri Lanka100.02024
1St. Kitts & Nevis100.02024
1St. Lucia100.02024
1St. Martin100.02024
1St. Vincent & Grenadines100.02024
1Sweden100.02024
1Switzerland100.02024
1Thailand100.02024
1Tonga100.02024
1Trinidad & Tobago100.02024
1Tunisia100.02024
1Türkiye100.02024
1Turkmenistan100.02024
1Turks & Caicos Islands100.02024
1Tuvalu100.02024
1Ukraine100.02024
1United Arab Emirates100.02024
1United Kingdom100.02024
1United States100.02024
1Uruguay100.02024
1Uzbekistan100.02024
1Venezuela100.02024
1Vietnam100.02024
1U.S. Virgin Islands100.02024
1Palestinian Territories100.02024
123India99.92024
123Indonesia99.92024
123Tajikistan99.92024
126Brazil99.82024
126Costa Rica99.82024
126Mexico99.82024
126Paraguay99.82024
130Belize99.62024
131Bangladesh99.52024
131Dominican Republic99.52024
133Cambodia99.22024
134Mongolia99.12024
135Chile99.02024
135Suriname99.02024
137Colombia98.92024
138El Salvador98.72024
139Ecuador98.52024
140Argentina98.42024
140Cape Verde98.42024
142Nepal97.92024
143Jamaica97.72024
143Kiribati97.72024
145Marshall Islands97.22024
146Bolivia96.62024
147Laos96.52024
147Peru96.52024
149Panama96.02024
150Fiji95.92024
151Pakistan95.72024
152Grenada95.62024
153Honduras95.52024
154Gabon95.12024
155Philippines94.82024
156Timor-Leste94.32024
157Guyana93.02024
158Ghana91.92024
159Comoros91.72024
160Guatemala90.92024
161South Africa90.22024
162Eswatini89.32024
162Syria89.32024
164Micronesia88.92024
165Nicaragua88.72024
166Afghanistan87.82024
167Yemen86.32024
168Senegal82.92024
169Solomon Islands81.52024
170Myanmar (Burma)80.42024
171Botswana80.22024
172São Tomé & Príncipe77.72024
173Libya77.42024
174Kenya77.02024
175Côte d’Ivoire72.92024
176Cameroon72.02024
176Rwanda72.02024
178Djibouti69.22024
179Gambia69.02024
180Sudan66.02024
181Vanuatu65.52024
182Equatorial Guinea65.12024
183Nigeria62.52024
184Zimbabwe62.02024
185North Korea61.42024
186Togo61.12024
187Lesotho60.62024
188Namibia59.32024
189Benin59.02024
190Ethiopia56.62024
191Angola55.52024
192Eritrea55.32024
192Uganda55.32024
194Somalia54.42024
195Haiti53.92024
196Guinea53.82024
197Zambia53.62024
198Congo - Brazzaville53.02024
199Tanzania52.42024
200Mauritania52.22024
201Mali49.52024
202Guinea-Bissau43.72024
203Papua New Guinea43.32024
204Madagascar42.52024
205Sierra Leone39.22024
206Mozambique36.92024
207Liberia34.92024
208Burkina Faso34.02024
209Congo - Kinshasa22.52024
210Niger21.32024
211Burundi20.12024
212Central African Republic18.22024
213Malawi15.62024
214Chad13.42024
215South Sudan5.42024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 2026-10-31

About this data

Access counts any household with an electricity connection, from the grid or from solar home systems and mini-grids. It says nothing about how reliable the supply is or how many hours a day it runs.

Most people without electricity live in sub-Saharan Africa, where access in several countries is still below half.

FAQ

Which countries have the highest access to electricity?

Albania (100.0%), Algeria (100.0%) and Andorra (100.0%) lead the list in 2024. Ties share a rank.

What share of the world has electricity?

91.9% of the world's population in 2024.

Which country has the lowest access to electricity?

In this list, South Sudan, where 5.4% of people have electricity.

More data

Related tools

All data