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Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

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

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

In , Denmark led Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) at 100.00.

The world median across 213 reporting countries was 100.00.

What this measures: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban 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
213 countries
Median
100.00
Mean
94.87
25th percentile
97.70
75th percentile
100.00
Range
19.10 – 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: 99.50KHChina: 100.00CNFiji: 100.00FJFrench Polynesia: 100.00PFGuam: 100.00GUHong Kong SAR, China: 100.00HKIndonesia: 100.00IDJapan: 100.00JPKiribati: 88.90KIKorea, Rep.: 100.00KRLao PDR: 98.60LAMacao SAR, China: 100.00MOMalaysia: 100.00MYMarshall Islands: 100.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 97.30FMMongolia: 100.00MNMyanmar: 94.60MMNauru: 100.00NRNew Caledonia: 100.00NCNew Zealand: 100.00NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 100.00MPPalau: 100.00PWPapua New Guinea: 65.20PGPhilippines: 98.40PHSamoa: 100.00WSSingapore: 100.00SGSolomon Islands: 81.20SBThailand: 100.00THTimor-Leste: 100.00TLTonga: 100.00TOTuvalu: 100.00TVVanuatu: 87.50VUViet Nam: 100.00VNEurope & 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: 99.80BZBolivia: 99.90BOBrazil: 99.90BRBritish Virgin Islands: 100.00VGCayman Islands: 100.00KYChile: 100.00CLColombia: 100.00COCosta Rica: 100.00CRCuba: 100.00CUCuracao: 100.00CWDominica: 100.00DMDominican Republic: 100.00DOEcuador: 100.00ECEl Salvador: 99.40SVGuatemala: 100.00GTGuyana: 98.90GYHaiti: 84.00HTHonduras: 100.00HNJamaica: 98.60JMMexico: 100.00MXNicaragua: 100.00NIPanama: 100.00PAParaguay: 100.00PYPeru: 99.00PEPuerto 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: 100.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 99.30TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 100.00TCUruguay: 100.00UYVenezuela, RB: 100.00VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 100.00VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 96.00AFAlgeria: 100.00DZBahrain: 100.00BHDjibouti: 74.60DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 100.00EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 100.00IRIraq: 100.00IQIsrael: 100.00ILJordan: 100.00JOKuwait: 100.00KWLebanon: 100.00LBLibya: 100.00LYMalta: 100.00MTMorocco: 100.00MAOman: 100.00OMPakistan: 100.00PKQatar: 100.00QASaudi Arabia: 100.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 100.00SYTunisia: 100.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 100.00AEWest Bank and Gaza: 100.00PSYemen, Rep.: 96.10YENorth AmericaBermuda: 100.00BMCanada: 100.00CAUnited States: 100.00USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 99.50BDBhutan: 100.00BTIndia: 100.00INMaldives: 100.00MVNepal: 96.00NPSri Lanka: 100.00LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 77.90AOBenin: 70.30BJBotswana: 97.70BWBurkina Faso: 62.60BFBurundi: 65.00BICabo Verde: 96.50CVCameroon: 95.80CMCentral African Republic: 37.40CFChad: 48.10TDComoros: 98.30KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 55.60CDCongo, Rep.: 69.40CGCote d'Ivoire: 93.90CIEquatorial Guinea: 89.00GQEritrea: 77.10EREswatini: 91.00SZEthiopia: 94.70ETGabon: 99.20GAGambia, The: 85.30GMGhana: 97.50GHGuinea: 92.50GNGuinea-Bissau: 64.30GWKenya: 96.00KELesotho: 85.00LSLiberia: 52.70LRMadagascar: 75.60MGMalawi: 57.80MWMali: 91.50MLMauritania: 93.50MRMauritius: 100.00MUMozambique: 78.90MZNamibia: 75.00NANiger: 67.40NENigeria: 85.00NGRwanda: 99.90RWSao Tome and Principe: 81.90STSenegal: 96.10SNSeychelles: 100.00SCSierra Leone: 56.30SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 79.00SOSouth Africa: 90.90ZASouth Sudan: 19.10SSSudan: 87.00SDTanzania: 82.40TZTogo: 95.00TGUganda: 76.40UGZambia: 89.90ZMZimbabwe: 84.00ZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2023

# Country Access to electricity, urban (% of urban 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 Macao SAR, China East Asia & Pacific 100.00
6 Malaysia East Asia & Pacific 100.00
7 Maldives South Asia 100.00
8 Malta Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 100.00
9 Marshall Islands East Asia & Pacific 100.00
10 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 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 99.98
Upper middle income 52 99.42
Lower middle income 50 92.41
Low income 24 71.84
Not classified 2 97.35

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 35 97.46
Europe & Central Asia 57 100.00
Latin America & Caribbean 41 99.48
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 98.55
North America 3 100.00
South Asia 6 99.25
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 80.32

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
1 South Sudan 19.10
2 Central African Republic 37.40
3 Chad 48.10
4 Liberia 52.70
5 Congo, Dem. Rep. 55.60
6 Sierra Leone 56.30
7 Malawi 57.80
8 Burkina Faso 62.60
9 Guinea-Bissau 64.30
10 Burundi 65.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.