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Access to electricity (% of population)

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

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Countries ranked 215
Snapshot year 2024
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0.025.050.075.0100AlbaniaAlbania: 100100AlgeriaAlgeria: 100100AndorraAndorra: 100100Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda: 100100ArmeniaArmenia: 100100ArubaAruba: 100100AustraliaAustralia: 100100AustriaAustria: 100100AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 100100Bahamas, TheBahamas, The: 100100BahrainBahrain: 100100BarbadosBarbados: 100100
Rank Country Value
151 Pakistan 96
152 Grenada 96
153 Honduras 96
154 Gabon 95
155 Philippines 95
156 Timor-Leste 94
157 Guyana 93
158 Ghana 92
159 Comoros 92
160 Guatemala 91
161 South Africa 90
162 Eswatini 89
163 Syrian Arab Republic 89
164 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 89
165 Nicaragua 89
166 Afghanistan 88
167 Yemen, Rep. 86
168 Senegal 83
169 Solomon Islands 82
170 Myanmar 80
171 Botswana 80
172 Sao Tome and Principe 78
173 Libya 77
174 Kenya 77
175 Cote d'Ivoire 73
176 Cameroon 72
177 Rwanda 72
178 Djibouti 69
179 Gambia, The 69
180 Sudan 66
181 Vanuatu 66
182 Equatorial Guinea 65
183 Nigeria 63
184 Zimbabwe 62
185 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 61
186 Togo 61
187 Lesotho 61
188 Namibia 59
189 Benin 59
190 Ethiopia 57
191 Angola 56
192 Eritrea 55
193 Uganda 55
194 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 54
195 Haiti 54
196 Guinea 54
197 Zambia 54
198 Congo, Rep. 53
199 Tanzania 52
200 Mauritania 52
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 (% of population) distribution in 2024 at 100, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Tunisia 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 (5), and the page currently covers 215 countries.