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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
201 Mali 50
202 Guinea-Bissau 44
203 Papua New Guinea 43
204 Madagascar 43
205 Sierra Leone 39
206 Mozambique 37
207 Liberia 35
208 Burkina Faso 34
209 Congo, Dem. Rep. 23
210 Niger 21
211 Burundi 20
212 Central African Republic 18
213 Malawi 16
214 Chad 13
215 South Sudan 5
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.