Energy
Access to electricity (% of population)
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
World Bank code: EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
• Data available for 215 countries • Latest year: 2023
In 2023 ,
Denmark
led Access to electricity (% of population) at 100.00 .
The world median across 215 reporting countries was
100.00 .
What this measures:
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
How "Energy" indicators are measured
Energy indicators come from the IEA, national energy ministries, and utility-level reporting. Conventions vary between primary energy supply, final consumption, and electricity generation, so always check the unit and what stage of the energy chain is being measured. Renewable-energy shares can swing depending on whether traditional biomass (firewood, charcoal) is counted as renewable.
Distribution — 2023
Reporting
215 countries
Median
100.00
Mean
88.18
25th percentile
88.30
75th percentile
100.00
Range
5.40 – 100.00
World at a Glance — 2023
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
East Asia & Pacific Australia: 100.00 AU Brunei Darussalam: 100.00 BN Cambodia: 95.00 KH China: 100.00 CN Fiji: 99.30 FJ French Polynesia: 100.00 PF Guam: 100.00 GU Hong Kong SAR, China: 100.00 HK Indonesia: 99.40 ID Japan: 100.00 JP Kiribati: 95.90 KI Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 57.50 KP Korea, Rep.: 100.00 KR Lao PDR: 96.50 LA Macao SAR, China: 100.00 MO Malaysia: 100.00 MY Marshall Islands: 100.00 MH Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 86.90 FM Mongolia: 100.00 MN Myanmar: 76.80 MM Nauru: 100.00 NR New Caledonia: 100.00 NC New Zealand: 100.00 NZ Northern Mariana Islands: 100.00 MP Palau: 100.00 PW Papua New Guinea: 20.50 PG Philippines: 98.00 PH Samoa: 100.00 WS Singapore: 100.00 SG Solomon Islands: 81.30 SB Thailand: 100.00 TH Timor-Leste: 100.00 TL Tonga: 100.00 TO Tuvalu: 100.00 TV Vanuatu: 61.60 VU Viet Nam: 99.80 VN Europe & Central Asia Albania: 100.00 AL Andorra: 100.00 AD Armenia: 100.00 AM Austria: 100.00 AT Azerbaijan: 100.00 AZ Belarus: 100.00 BY Belgium: 100.00 BE Bosnia and Herzegovina: 100.00 BA Bulgaria: 100.00 BG Channel Islands: 100.00 JG Croatia: 100.00 HR Cyprus: 100.00 CY Czechia: 100.00 CZ Denmark: 100.00 DK Estonia: 100.00 EE Faroe Islands: 100.00 FO Finland: 100.00 FI France: 100.00 FR Georgia: 100.00 GE Germany: 100.00 DE Gibraltar: 100.00 GI Greece: 100.00 GR Greenland: 100.00 GL Hungary: 100.00 HU Iceland: 100.00 IS Ireland: 100.00 IE Isle of Man: 100.00 IM Italy: 100.00 IT Kazakhstan: 100.00 KZ Kyrgyz Republic: 100.00 KG Latvia: 100.00 LV Liechtenstein: 100.00 LI Lithuania: 100.00 LT Luxembourg: 100.00 LU Moldova: 100.00 MD Monaco: 100.00 MC Montenegro: 100.00 ME Netherlands: 100.00 NL North Macedonia: 100.00 MK Norway: 100.00 NO Poland: 100.00 PL Portugal: 100.00 PT Romania: 100.00 RO Russian Federation: 100.00 RU San Marino: 100.00 SM Serbia: 100.00 RS Slovak Republic: 100.00 SK Slovenia: 100.00 SI Spain: 100.00 ES Sweden: 100.00 SE Switzerland: 100.00 CH Tajikistan: 100.00 TJ Turkiye: 100.00 TR Turkmenistan: 100.00 TM Ukraine: 100.00 UA United Kingdom: 100.00 GB Uzbekistan: 100.00 UZ Latin America & Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda: 100.00 AG Argentina: 100.00 AR Aruba: 100.00 AW Bahamas, The: 100.00 BS Barbados: 100.00 BB Belize: 99.60 BZ Bolivia: 99.80 BO Brazil: 99.80 BR British Virgin Islands: 100.00 VG Cayman Islands: 100.00 KY Chile: 100.00 CL Colombia: 98.70 CO Costa Rica: 100.00 CR Cuba: 100.00 CU Curacao: 100.00 CW Dominica: 100.00 DM Dominican Republic: 99.60 DO Ecuador: 98.70 EC El Salvador: 98.30 SV Grenada: 94.40 GD Guatemala: 100.00 GT Guyana: 98.90 GY Haiti: 51.30 HT Honduras: 95.60 HN Jamaica: 97.70 JM Mexico: 99.70 MX Nicaragua: 88.30 NI Panama: 97.00 PA Paraguay: 99.80 PY Peru: 96.20 PE Puerto Rico (US): 100.00 PR Sint Maarten (Dutch part): 100.00 SX St. Kitts and Nevis: 100.00 KN St. Lucia: 100.00 LC St. Martin (French part): 100.00 MF St. Vincent and the Grenadines: 100.00 VC Suriname: 99.60 SR Trinidad and Tobago: 98.70 TT Turks and Caicos Islands: 100.00 TC Uruguay: 100.00 UY Venezuela, RB: 100.00 VE Virgin Islands (U.S.): 100.00 VI Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Afghanistan: 85.30 AF Algeria: 100.00 DZ Bahrain: 100.00 BH Djibouti: 65.20 DJ Egypt, Arab Rep.: 100.00 EG Iran, Islamic Rep.: 100.00 IR Iraq: 100.00 IQ Israel: 100.00 IL Jordan: 100.00 JO Kuwait: 100.00 KW Lebanon: 100.00 LB Libya: 73.20 LY Malta: 100.00 MT Morocco: 100.00 MA Oman: 100.00 OM Pakistan: 95.60 PK Qatar: 100.00 QA Saudi Arabia: 100.00 SA Syrian Arab Republic: 88.40 SY Tunisia: 100.00 TN United Arab Emirates: 100.00 AE West Bank and Gaza: 100.00 PS Yemen, Rep.: 83.60 YE North America Bermuda: 100.00 BM Canada: 100.00 CA United States: 100.00 US South Asia Bangladesh: 99.50 BD Bhutan: 100.00 BT India: 99.50 IN Maldives: 100.00 MV Nepal: 94.00 NP Sri Lanka: 100.00 LK Sub-Saharan Africa Angola: 51.10 AO Benin: 57.00 BJ Botswana: 76.00 BW Burkina Faso: 21.70 BF Burundi: 11.60 BI Cabo Verde: 98.60 CV Cameroon: 72.00 CM Central African Republic: 17.60 CF Chad: 12.00 TD Comoros: 89.80 KM Congo, Dem. Rep.: 22.10 CD Congo, Rep.: 51.30 CG Cote d'Ivoire: 72.40 CI Equatorial Guinea: 66.90 GQ Eritrea: 54.40 ER Eswatini: 86.40 SZ Ethiopia: 55.40 ET Gabon: 94.10 GA Gambia, The: 66.90 GM Ghana: 89.50 GH Guinea: 51.10 GN Guinea-Bissau: 40.50 GW Kenya: 76.20 KE Lesotho: 57.30 LS Liberia: 32.50 LR Madagascar: 39.40 MG Malawi: 15.60 MW Mali: 54.50 ML Mauritania: 50.30 MR Mauritius: 100.00 MU Mozambique: 36.00 MZ Namibia: 56.70 NA Niger: 20.10 NE Nigeria: 61.20 NG Rwanda: 63.90 RW Sao Tome and Principe: 81.30 ST Senegal: 74.20 SN Seychelles: 100.00 SC Sierra Leone: 35.50 SL Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 50.30 SO South Africa: 87.70 ZA South Sudan: 5.40 SS Sudan: 66.00 SD Tanzania: 48.30 TZ Togo: 59.20 TG Uganda: 51.50 UG Zambia: 51.10 ZM Zimbabwe: 62.00 ZW Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
Highest Values — 2023
#
Country
Access to electricity (% of population)
1
Denmark
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
2
Albania
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
3
Algeria
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
100.00
4
Andorra
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
5
Germany
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
6
Gibraltar
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
7
Greece
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
8
Greenland
Europe & Central Asia
100.00
9
Guam
East Asia & Pacific
100.00
10
Guatemala
Latin America & Caribbean
100.00
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Biggest Movers — Year over Year
By Income Group — Average
Income group
Countries
Mean
High income
85
99.94
Upper middle income
53
97.68
Lower middle income
50
80.81
Low income
25
43.66
Not classified
2
77.70
By Region — Average
Region
Countries
Mean
East Asia & Pacific
36
93.57
Europe & Central Asia
57
100.00
Latin America & Caribbean
42
97.90
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
23
95.27
North America
3
100.00
South Asia
6
98.83
Sub-Saharan Africa
48
56.14
Indicator Details
WB Code EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS Category EnergyCountries with data 215Latest year 2023
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS ), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.