Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

For 2024, Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) is led by Albania at 100. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Countries ranked 213
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100AlbaniaAlbania: 100100AlgeriaAlgeria: 100100AndorraAndorra: 100100Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 100100ArgentinaArgentina: 100100ArmeniaArmenia: 100100ArubaAruba: 100100AustraliaAustralia: 100100AustriaAustria: 100100AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 100100Bahamas, TheBahamas, The: 100100BahrainBahrain: 100100
Rank Country Value
201 Congo, Rep. 72
202 Benin 72
203 Burundi 70
204 Niger 69
205 Papua New Guinea 67
206 Guinea-Bissau 66
207 Malawi 60
208 Sierra Leone 56
209 Liberia 56
210 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55
211 Chad 51
212 Central African Republic 39
213 South Sudan 23
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Albania sits at the top of the Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Spain at 100, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits South Sudan (23), and the page currently covers 213 countries.