Country rankings
Countries without Electricity
China has the highest % of Total Population with Access to Electricity in 2022 (100.0%), followed by United States (100.0%) and Indonesia (100.0%). South Sudan has the lowest (8.4%).
214 of 235 countries
% of Total Population with Access to Electricity, 2022
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 214 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
100.0%
Middle half 86.5% – 100.0%
Average
87.4%
214 countries
Highest
100.0%
China
Lowest
8.4%
South Sudan
Biggest changes · 2021 → 2022
210 countries have a value in both years.
Improved most
Declined most
Data
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214 countries · # = rank by % of Total Population with Access to Electricity
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  United States | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Indonesia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.2% |
| 1 |  Brazil | 100.0% | 100.0% | 97.3% |
| 1 |  Russia | 100.0% | 99.1% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Mexico | 100.0% | 99.8% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Japan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Egypt | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Vietnam | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Iran | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Turkey | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Germany | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  United Kingdom | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  France | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Italy | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Colombia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  South Korea | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Algeria | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.3% |
| 1 |  Iraq | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Spain | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Argentina | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Canada | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Ukraine | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Morocco | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Poland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Malaysia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Venezuela | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Australia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Chile | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Romania | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Netherlands | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Ecuador | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Tunisia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.7% |
| 1 |  Belgium | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Jordan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.9% |
| 1 |  United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Tajikistan | 100.0% | 99.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Cuba | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Sweden | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Czechia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Portugal | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Greece | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Israel | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Hungary | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Austria | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Switzerland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Belarus | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Laos | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Hong Kong | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Paraguay | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bulgaria | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.6% |
| 1 |  Serbia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  El Salvador | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Denmark | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Singapore | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Lebanon | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Palestine | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Oman | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Norway | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Finland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Slovakia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Ireland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  New Zealand | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Costa Rica | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Kuwait | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Croatia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Georgia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Mongolia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Uruguay | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Puerto Rico | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Qatar | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Moldova | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Armenia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Jamaica | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Lithuania | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Albania | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Slovenia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Latvia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  North Macedonia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bahrain | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Cyprus | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Estonia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Mauritius | 100.0% | 99.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bhutan | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Macau | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Luxembourg | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Montenegro | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Malta | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Maldives | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Brunei | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bahamas | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Iceland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  New Caledonia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  French Polynesia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Barbados | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Curacao | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Guam | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Seychelles | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Tonga | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Isle of Man | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Andorra | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  United States Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Dominica | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Bermuda | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Greenland | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Sint Maarten | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Gibraltar | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Monaco | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Marshall Islands | 100.0% | 96.1% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  San Marino | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Saint Martin | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Palau | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Nauru | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 1 |  Tuvalu | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.1% |
| 132 |  Thailand | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 132 |  Bolivia | 99.9% | 100.0% | 95.6% |
| 132 |  Aruba | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 132 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 136 |  Kyrgyzstan | 99.7% | 100.0% | 99.6% |
| 136 |  Timor-Leste | 99.7% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 138 |  Bangladesh | 99.4% | 100.0% | 99.3% |
| 139 |  India | 99.2% | 100.0% | 99.3% |
| 140 |  Guatemala | 99.1% | 97.7% | 98.2% |
| 141 |  Suriname | 99.0% | 100.0% | 98.0% |
| 142 |  Belize | 98.6% | 98.4% | 97.1% |
| 143 |  Samoa | 98.3% | 100.0% | 97.9% |
| 144 |  Dominican Republic | 98.1% | 98.8% | 95.0% |
| 145 |  Cape Verde | 97.1% | 95.3% | 96.9% |
| 146 |  Peru | 96.2% | 99.0% | 85.1% |
| 147 |  Pakistan | 95.0% | 100.0% | 93.0% |
| 147 |  Panama | 95.0% | 99.0% | 100.0% |
| 149 |  Philippines | 94.8% | 98.0% | 91.1% |
| 150 |  Honduras | 94.4% | 100.0% | 86.8% |
| 150 |  Kiribati | 94.4% | 86.0% | 94.3% |
| 152 |  Grenada | 94.2% | — | — |
| 153 |  Gabon | 93.5% | 98.5% | 29.0% |
| 154 |  Guyana | 93.0% | 98.0% | 91.6% |
| 155 |  Cambodia | 92.3% | 99.0% | 88.0% |
| 156 |  Fiji | 92.0% | 97.6% | 86.8% |
| 157 |  Nepal | 91.3% | 97.7% | 93.7% |
| 158 |  Comoros | 89.9% | 100.0% | 82.9% |
| 159 |  Syria | 89.0% | 100.0% | 75.0% |
| 160 |  South Africa | 86.5% | 87.1% | 93.4% |
| 160 |  Nicaragua | 86.5% | 100.0% | 66.3% |
| 162 |  Afghanistan | 85.3% | 95.9% | 81.7% |
| 162 |  Micronesia | 85.3% | 98.6% | 79.4% |
| 164 |  Ghana | 85.1% | 95.0% | 71.6% |
| 165 |  Eswatini | 82.3% | 86.1% | 81.6% |
| 166 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 78.0% | 80.0% | 73.7% |
| 167 |  Kenya | 76.0% | 98.0% | 65.6% |
| 167 |  Yemen | 76.0% | 96.1% | 65.0% |
| 167 |  Solomon Islands | 76.0% | 79.0% | 75.4% |
| 170 |  Botswana | 75.9% | 95.5% | 25.0% |
| 171 |  Myanmar | 73.7% | 93.9% | 62.8% |
| 172 |  Cameroon | 71.0% | 94.0% | 25.0% |
| 173 |  Ivory Coast | 70.4% | 95.0% | 45.3% |
| 174 |  Libya | 70.0% | 100.0% | 0.8% |
| 174 |  Vanuatu | 70.0% | 97.0% | 60.7% |
| 176 |  Senegal | 67.9% | 96.6% | 43.4% |
| 177 |  Equatorial Guinea | 67.0% | 89.8% | 1.4% |
| 178 |  Gambia | 65.4% | 82.8% | 31.2% |
| 179 |  Djibouti | 65.0% | 72.8% | 36.6% |
| 180 |  Sudan | 63.2% | 84.0% | 49.4% |
| 181 |  Nigeria | 60.5% | 89.0% | 27.0% |
| 182 |  Togo | 57.2% | 96.5% | 25.0% |
| 183 |  Benin | 56.5% | 71.1% | 45.5% |
| 184 |  Namibia | 56.2% | 74.8% | 33.2% |
| 185 |  Eritrea | 55.4% | 75.5% | 36.0% |
| 186 |  Ethiopia | 55.0% | 94.0% | 43.0% |
| 187 |  North Korea | 54.7% | — | — |
| 188 |  Mali | 53.0% | 99.7% | 18.3% |
| 189 |  Rwanda | 50.6% | 98.0% | 38.2% |
| 189 |  Republic of the Congo | 50.6% | 67.5% | 12.4% |
| 191 |  Zimbabwe | 50.1% | 89.0% | 33.7% |
| 192 |  Lesotho | 50.0% | 83.6% | 37.7% |
| 193 |  Haiti | 49.3% | 83.0% | 1.2% |
| 194 |  Mauritania | 49.0% | 91.6% | 0.8% |
| 195 |  Somalia | 48.9% | 76.7% | 30.6% |
| 196 |  Angola | 48.5% | 76.2% | 7.3% |
| 197 |  Zambia | 47.8% | 87.0% | 14.5% |
| 198 |  Guinea | 47.7% | 91.0% | 21.3% |
| 199 |  Uganda | 47.1% | 72.0% | 35.9% |
| 200 |  Tanzania | 45.8% | 74.7% | 36.0% |
| 201 |  Guinea-Bissau | 37.4% | 61.0% | 15.8% |
| 202 |  Madagascar | 36.1% | 71.6% | 10.9% |
| 203 |  Mozambique | 33.2% | 79.4% | 5% |
| 204 |  Liberia | 31.8% | 53.7% | 14.9% |
| 205 |  Sierra Leone | 29.4% | 55.3% | 5% |
| 206 |  DR Congo | 21.5% | 45.3% | 1% |
| 207 |  Niger | 19.5% | 66.1% | 7.7% |
| 207 |  Burkina Faso | 19.5% | 60.5% | 3.4% |
| 209 |  Papua New Guinea | 19.0% | 65.1% | 14.2% |
| 210 |  Central African Republic | 15.7% | 34.7% | 1.6% |
| 211 |  Malawi | 14.0% | 54.0% | 5.6% |
| 212 |  Chad | 11.7% | 46.3% | 1.3% |
| 213 |  Burundi | 10.3% | 64.0% | 1.7% |
| 214 |  South Sudan | 8.4% | 15.0% | 1.7% |
What correlates with % of Total Population with Access to Electricity (2022)?
Pearson r against 1,336 other country metrics sharing at least 129 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher % of Total Population with Access to Electricity tend to score higher on these
- Access to Electricity (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)Plotr = +0.99 · very strong · n = 214
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- % of Population with Access to Basic WaterCountries Without Clean WaterPlotr = +0.89 · very strong · n = 212
- Internet Users (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)Plotr = +0.86 · very strong · n = 182
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher % of Total Population with Access to Electricity tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest % of Total Population with Access to Electricity?
- China has the highest % of Total Population with Access to Electricity in 2022, at 100.0%, followed by United States (100.0%) and Indonesia (100.0%).
- Which country has the lowest % of Total Population with Access to Electricity?
- South Sudan has the lowest % of Total Population with Access to Electricity in 2022, at 8.4%.
- What is the median % of Total Population with Access to Electricity across countries?
- The median is 100.0% across the 214 countries with data in 2022.
- Where does this countries without electricity data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Access to electricity (% of population) - World Bank; Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) - World Bank; Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) - World Bank.