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Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

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

World Bank code: EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS • Data available for 213 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Poland led Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) at 100.00.

The world median across 209 reporting countries was 100.00.

What this measures: Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

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
209 countries
Median
100.00
Mean
83.45
25th percentile
85.10
75th percentile
100.00
Range
0.40 – 100.00

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 100.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 100.00BNCambodia: 93.40KHChina: 100.00CNFiji: 98.30FJFrench Polynesia: 100.00PFGuam: 100.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 100.00HKIndonesia: 98.60IDJapan: 100.00JPKorea, Rep.: 100.00KRLao PDR: 95.20LAMacao SAR, China: 100.00MOMalaysia: 100.00MYMarshall Islands: 100.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 83.70FMMongolia: 100.00MNMyanmar: 68.80MMNauru: 100.00NRNew Caledonia: 100.00NCNew Zealand: 100.00NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 100.00MPPalau: 100.00PWPapua New Guinea: 13.40PGPhilippines: 97.60PHSamoa: 100.00WSSingapore: 100.00SGSolomon Islands: 81.30SBThailand: 100.00THTimor-Leste: 100.00TLTonga: 100.00TOTuvalu: 100.00TVVanuatu: 54.00VUViet Nam: 99.80VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 100.00ALAndorra: 100.00ADArmenia: 100.00AMAustria: 100.00ATAzerbaijan: 100.00AZBelarus: 100.00BYBelgium: 100.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 100.00BABulgaria: 100.00BGChannel Islands: 100.00JGCroatia: 100.00HRCyprus: 100.00CYCzechia: 100.00CZDenmark: 100.00DKEstonia: 100.00EEFaroe Islands: 100.00FOFinland: 100.00FIFrance: 100.00FRGeorgia: 100.00GEGermany: 100.00DEGibraltar: 100.00GIGreece: 100.00GRGreenland: 100.00GLHungary: 100.00HUIceland: 100.00ISIreland: 100.00IEIsle of Man: 100.00IMItaly: 100.00ITKazakhstan: 100.00KZKyrgyz Republic: 100.00KGLatvia: 100.00LVLiechtenstein: 100.00LILithuania: 100.00LTLuxembourg: 100.00LUMoldova: 100.00MDMonaco: 100.00MCMontenegro: 100.00MENetherlands: 100.00NLNorth Macedonia: 100.00MKNorway: 100.00NOPoland: 100.00PLPortugal: 100.00PTRomania: 100.00RORussian Federation: 100.00RUSan Marino: 100.00SMSerbia: 100.00RSSlovak Republic: 100.00SKSlovenia: 100.00SISpain: 100.00ESSweden: 100.00SESwitzerland: 100.00CHTajikistan: 100.00TJTurkiye: 100.00TRTurkmenistan: 100.00TMUkraine: 100.00UAUnited Kingdom: 100.00GBUzbekistan: 100.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 100.00AGArgentina: 100.00ARAruba: 100.00AWBahamas, The: 100.00BSBarbados: 100.00BBBelize: 99.40BZBolivia: 99.60BOBrazil: 99.00BRBritish Virgin Islands: 100.00VGCayman Islands: 100.00KYChile: 100.00CLColombia: 94.80COCosta Rica: 100.00CRCuba: 100.00CUCuracao: 100.00CWDominica: 100.00DMDominican Republic: 98.20DOEcuador: 95.50ECEl Salvador: 96.60SVGuatemala: 100.00GTGuyana: 91.60GYHaiti: 2.90HTHonduras: 88.80HNJamaica: 96.50JMMexico: 99.10MXNicaragua: 71.00NIPanama: 90.70PAParaguay: 99.50PYPeru: 85.10PEPuerto Rico (US): 100.00PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 100.00SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 100.00KNSt. Lucia: 100.00LCSt. Martin (French part): 100.00MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 100.00VCSuriname: 98.80SRTrinidad and Tobago: 98.00TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 100.00TCUruguay: 100.00UYVenezuela, RB: 100.00VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 100.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 81.40AFAlgeria: 100.00DZBahrain: 100.00BHDjibouti: 37.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 100.00EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 100.00IRIraq: 100.00IQIsrael: 100.00ILJordan: 100.00JOKuwait: 100.00KWLebanon: 100.00LBMalta: 100.00MTMorocco: 100.00MAOman: 100.00OMPakistan: 92.80PKQatar: 100.00QASaudi Arabia: 100.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 72.80SYTunisia: 100.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 100.00AEWest Bank and Gaza: 100.00PSYemen, Rep.: 75.30YENorth AmericaBermuda: 100.00BMCanada: 100.00CAUnited States: 100.00USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 99.60BDBhutan: 100.00BTIndia: 99.20INMaldives: 100.00MVNepal: 93.40NPSri Lanka: 100.00LKSub-Saharan AfricaBenin: 43.70BJBotswana: 25.00BWBurkina Faso: 2.00BFBurundi: 2.30BICabo Verde: 96.90CVCameroon: 26.00CMCentral African Republic: 2.30CFChad: 0.40TDComoros: 86.10KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 1.00CDCongo, Rep.: 10.80CGCote d'Ivoire: 48.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 2.40GQEritrea: 37.10EREswatini: 84.90SZEthiopia: 43.60ETGabon: 29.00GAGambia, The: 35.30GMGhana: 77.80GHGuinea: 25.70GNGuinea-Bissau: 20.70GWKenya: 67.90KELesotho: 45.20LSLiberia: 9.30LRMadagascar: 14.60MGMalawi: 6.10MWMali: 22.70MLMauritius: 100.00MUMozambique: 8.90MZNamibia: 34.10NANiger: 10.40NENigeria: 32.90NGRwanda: 57.90RWSao Tome and Principe: 69.60STSenegal: 56.50SNSeychelles: 100.00SCSierra Leone: 19.00SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 23.90SOSouth Africa: 94.00ZASouth Sudan: 1.80SSSudan: 54.00SDTanzania: 27.90TZTogo: 30.50TGUganda: 42.40UGZambia: 17.60ZMZimbabwe: 51.40ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
1 Poland Europe & Central Asia 100.00
2 Puerto Rico (US) Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
3 Algeria Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 100.00
4 Andorra Europe & Central Asia 100.00
5 Antigua and Barbuda Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
6 Argentina Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
7 Armenia Europe & Central Asia 100.00
8 Aruba Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
9 Australia East Asia & Pacific 100.00
10 Austria Europe & Central Asia 100.00

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 85 99.77
Upper middle income 51 94.25
Lower middle income 47 71.86
Low income 24 26.34
Not classified 2 71.80

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 34 93.65
Europe & Central Asia 57 100.00
Latin America & Caribbean 41 95.25
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 22 93.60
North America 3 100.00
South Asia 6 98.70
Sub-Saharan Africa 46 36.95

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
1 Chad 0.40
2 Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.00
3 South Sudan 1.80
4 Burkina Faso 2.00
5 Central African Republic 2.30
6 Burundi 2.30
7 Equatorial Guinea 2.40
8 Haiti 2.90
9 Malawi 6.10
10 Mozambique 8.90
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.