B BullDozer

Access to Electricity

Share of the population with access to electricity. Our World in Data, 2017–2024.

Source: Our World in Data Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

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Avg (2024)
88.7%
+0.60pp vs 2023
Improving
51
of 214 tracked
Declining
15
period over period
Stable
148
±0.5pp band

Access to Electricity

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2017–2024.

47.2%61.4%75.6%89.7%103.9% 20172018201920202021202220232024
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 43.3% +22.8pp
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 34% +12.3pp
🇸🇳 Senegal 82.9% +8.7pp
🇧🇮 Burundi 20.1% +8.5pp
🇷🇼 Rwanda 72% +8.1pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇬🇹 Guatemala 90.9% -9.1pp
🇬🇾 Guyana 93% -5.9pp
🇹🇱 East Timor 94.3% -5.7pp
🇲🇱 Mali 49.5% -5.0pp
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 77.7% -3.6pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Africa +2.0pp
Asia +0.60pp
Europe 0.00pp
Americas -0.40pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe 52 100% 0.00pp
Americas 45 97.7% -0.40pp
Asia 63 96.1% +0.60pp
Africa 54 61.9% +2.0pp

Access to Electricity — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

214 entities, 2024, change vs 2023. Highest first.
#EntityAccess to ElectricityChange
1🇦🇱 Albania100%0.00pp
2🇩🇿 Algeria100%0.00pp
3🇦🇩 Andorra100%0.00pp
4🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda100%0.00pp
5🇦🇲 Armenia100%0.00pp
6🇦🇼 Aruba100%0.00pp
7🇦🇺 Australia100%0.00pp
8🇦🇹 Austria100%0.00pp
9🇦🇿 Azerbaijan100%0.00pp
10🇧🇸 Bahamas100%0.00pp
11🇧🇭 Bahrain100%0.00pp
12🇧🇧 Barbados100%0.00pp
13🇧🇾 Belarus100%0.00pp
14🇧🇪 Belgium100%0.00pp
15🇧🇲 Bermuda100%0.00pp
16🇧🇹 Bhutan100%0.00pp
17🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina100%0.00pp
18🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands100%0.00pp
19🇧🇳 Brunei100%0.00pp
20🇧🇬 Bulgaria100%0.00pp
21🇨🇦 Canada100%0.00pp
22🇰🇾 Cayman Islands100%0.00pp
23🇨🇳 China100%0.00pp
24🇭🇷 Croatia100%0.00pp
25🇨🇺 Cuba100%0.00pp
26🇨🇼 Curacao100%0.00pp
27🇨🇾 Cyprus100%0.00pp
28🇨🇿 Czechia100%0.00pp
29🇩🇰 Denmark100%0.00pp
30🇩🇲 Dominica100%0.00pp
31🇪🇬 Egypt100%0.00pp
32🇪🇪 Estonia100%0.00pp
33🇫🇴 Faroe Islands100%0.00pp
34🇫🇮 Finland100%0.00pp
35🇫🇷 France100%0.00pp
36🇵🇫 French Polynesia100%0.00pp
37🇬🇪 Georgia100%0.00pp
38🇩🇪 Germany100%0.00pp
39🇬🇮 Gibraltar100%0.00pp
40🇬🇷 Greece100%0.00pp
41🇬🇱 Greenland100%0.00pp
42🇬🇺 Guam100%0.00pp
43🇭🇰 Hong Kong100%0.00pp
44🇭🇺 Hungary100%0.00pp
45🇮🇸 Iceland100%0.00pp
46🇮🇷 Iran100%0.00pp
47🇮🇶 Iraq100%0.00pp
48🇮🇪 Ireland100%0.00pp
49🇮🇲 Isle of Man100%0.00pp
50🇮🇱 Israel100%0.00pp
51🇮🇹 Italy100%0.00pp
52🇯🇵 Japan100%0.00pp
53🇯🇴 Jordan100%0.00pp
54🇰🇿 Kazakhstan100%0.00pp
55🇰🇼 Kuwait100%0.00pp
56🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan100%0.00pp
57🇱🇻 Latvia100%0.00pp
58🇱🇧 Lebanon100%0.00pp
59🇱🇮 Liechtenstein100%0.00pp
60🇱🇹 Lithuania100%0.00pp
61🇱🇺 Luxembourg100%0.00pp
62🇲🇴 Macao100%0.00pp
63🇲🇾 Malaysia100%0.00pp
64🇲🇻 Maldives100%0.00pp
65🇲🇹 Malta100%0.00pp
66🇲🇺 Mauritius100%0.00pp
67🇲🇩 Moldova100%0.00pp
68🇲🇨 Monaco100%0.00pp
69🇲🇪 Montenegro100%0.00pp
70🇲🇦 Morocco100%0.00pp
71🇳🇷 Nauru100%0.00pp
72🇳🇱 Netherlands100%0.00pp
73🇳🇨 New Caledonia100%0.00pp
74🇳🇿 New Zealand100%0.00pp
75🇲🇰 North Macedonia100%0.00pp
76🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands100%0.00pp
77🇳🇴 Norway100%0.00pp
78🇴🇲 Oman100%0.00pp
79🇵🇼 Palau100%0.00pp
80🇵🇸 Palestine100%0.00pp
81🇵🇱 Poland100%0.00pp
82🇵🇹 Portugal100%0.00pp
83🇵🇷 Puerto Rico100%0.00pp
84🇶🇦 Qatar100%0.00pp
85🇷🇴 Romania100%0.00pp
86🇷🇺 Russia100%0.00pp
87🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis100%0.00pp
88🇱🇨 Saint Lucia100%0.00pp
89🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part)100%0.00pp
90🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100%0.00pp
91🇼🇸 Samoa100%0.00pp
92🇸🇲 San Marino100%0.00pp
93🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia100%0.00pp
94🇷🇸 Serbia100%0.00pp
95🇸🇨 Seychelles100%0.00pp
96🇸🇬 Singapore100%0.00pp
97🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part)100%0.00pp
98🇸🇰 Slovakia100%0.00pp
99🇸🇮 Slovenia100%0.00pp
100🇰🇷 South Korea100%0.00pp
101🇪🇸 Spain100%0.00pp
102🇱🇰 Sri Lanka100%0.00pp
103🇸🇪 Sweden100%0.00pp
104🇨🇭 Switzerland100%0.00pp
105🇹🇭 Thailand100%0.00pp
106🇹🇴 Tonga100%0.00pp
107🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago100%+1.3pp
108🇹🇳 Tunisia100%0.00pp
109🇹🇷 Turkey100%0.00pp
110🇹🇲 Turkmenistan100%0.00pp
111🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands100%0.00pp
112🇹🇻 Tuvalu100%0.00pp
113🇺🇦 Ukraine100%0.00pp
114🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates100%0.00pp
115🇬🇧 United Kingdom100%0.00pp
116🇺🇸 United States100%0.00pp
117🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands100%0.00pp
118🇺🇾 Uruguay100%0.00pp
119🇺🇿 Uzbekistan100%0.00pp
120🇻🇪 Venezuela100%0.00pp
121🇻🇳 Vietnam100%+0.20pp
122🇮🇳 India99.9%+0.40pp
123🇮🇩 Indonesia99.9%+0.50pp
124🇹🇯 Tajikistan99.9%-0.10pp
125🇧🇷 Brazil99.8%0.00pp
126🇨🇷 Costa Rica99.8%-0.20pp
127🇲🇽 Mexico99.8%+0.10pp
128🇵🇾 Paraguay99.8%0.00pp
129🇧🇿 Belize99.6%0.00pp
130🇧🇩 Bangladesh99.5%0.00pp
131🇩🇴 Dominican Republic99.5%-0.10pp
132🇰🇭 Cambodia99.2%+4.2pp
133🇲🇳 Mongolia99.1%-0.90pp
134🇨🇱 Chile99%-1.0pp
135🇸🇷 Suriname99%-0.60pp
136🇨🇴 Colombia98.9%+0.20pp
137🇸🇻 El Salvador98.7%+0.40pp
138🇪🇨 Ecuador98.5%-0.20pp
139🇦🇷 Argentina98.4%-1.6pp
140🇨🇻 Cape Verde98.4%-0.20pp
141🇳🇵 Nepal97.9%+3.9pp
142🇯🇲 Jamaica97.7%0.00pp
143🇰🇮 Kiribati97.7%+1.8pp
144🇲🇭 Marshall Islands97.2%-2.8pp
145🇧🇴 Bolivia96.6%-3.2pp
146🇱🇦 Laos96.5%0.00pp
147🇵🇪 Peru96.5%+0.30pp
148🇵🇦 Panama96%-1.0pp
149🇫🇯 Fiji95.9%-3.4pp
150🇵🇰 Pakistan95.7%+0.10pp
151🇬🇩 Grenada95.6%+1.2pp
152🇭🇳 Honduras95.5%-0.10pp
153🇬🇦 Gabon95.1%+1.0pp
154🇵🇭 Philippines94.8%-3.2pp
155🇹🇱 East Timor94.3%-5.7pp
156🇬🇾 Guyana93%-5.9pp
157🇬🇭 Ghana91.9%+2.4pp
158🇰🇲 Comoros91.7%+1.9pp
159🇬🇹 Guatemala90.9%-9.1pp
160🇿🇦 South Africa90.2%+2.5pp
161🇸🇿 Eswatini89.3%+2.9pp
162🇸🇾 Syria89.3%+0.90pp
163🇫🇲 Micronesia (country)88.9%+2.0pp
164🇳🇮 Nicaragua88.7%+0.40pp
165🇦🇫 Afghanistan87.8%+2.5pp
166🇾🇪 Yemen86.3%+2.7pp
167🇸🇳 Senegal82.9%+8.7pp
168🇸🇧 Solomon Islands81.5%+0.20pp
169🇲🇲 Myanmar80.4%+3.6pp
170🇧🇼 Botswana80.2%+4.2pp
171🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe77.7%-3.6pp
172🇱🇾 Libya77.4%+4.2pp
173🇰🇪 Kenya77%+0.80pp
174🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire72.9%+0.50pp
175🇨🇲 Cameroon72%0.00pp
176🇷🇼 Rwanda72%+8.1pp
177🇩🇯 Djibouti69.2%+4.0pp
178🇬🇲 Gambia69%+2.1pp
179🇸🇩 Sudan66%0.00pp
180🇻🇺 Vanuatu65.5%+3.9pp
181🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea65.1%-1.8pp
182🇳🇬 Nigeria62.5%+1.3pp
183🇿🇼 Zimbabwe62%0.00pp
184🇰🇵 North Korea61.4%+3.9pp
185🇹🇬 Togo61.1%+1.9pp
186🇱🇸 Lesotho60.6%+3.3pp
187🇳🇦 Namibia59.3%+2.6pp
188🇧🇯 Benin59%+2.0pp
189🇪🇹 Ethiopia56.6%+1.2pp
190🇦🇴 Angola55.5%+4.4pp
191🇪🇷 Eritrea55.3%+0.90pp
192🇺🇬 Uganda55.3%+3.8pp
193🇸🇴 Somalia54.4%+4.1pp
194🇭🇹 Haiti53.9%+2.6pp
195🇬🇳 Guinea53.8%+2.7pp
196🇿🇲 Zambia53.6%+2.5pp
197🇨🇬 Congo53%+1.7pp
198🇹🇿 Tanzania52.4%+4.1pp
199🇲🇷 Mauritania52.2%+1.9pp
200🇲🇱 Mali49.5%-5.0pp
201🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau43.7%+3.2pp
202🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea43.3%+22.8pp
203🇲🇬 Madagascar42.5%+3.1pp
204🇸🇱 Sierra Leone39.2%+3.7pp
205🇲🇿 Mozambique36.9%+0.90pp
206🇱🇷 Liberia34.9%+2.4pp
207🇧🇫 Burkina Faso34%+12.3pp
208🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo22.5%+0.40pp
209🇳🇪 Niger21.3%+1.2pp
210🇧🇮 Burundi20.1%+8.5pp
211🇨🇫 Central African Republic18.2%+0.60pp
212🇲🇼 Malawi15.6%0.00pp
213🇹🇩 Chad13.4%+1.4pp
214🇸🇸 South Sudan5.4%0.00pp

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