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.

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Declined most

Data

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214 countries · # = rank by % of Total Population with Access to Electricity
#
1China100.0%100.0%100.0%
1United States100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Indonesia100.0%100.0%98.2%
1Brazil100.0%100.0%97.3%
1Russia100.0%99.1%100.0%
1Mexico100.0%99.8%100.0%
1Japan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Egypt100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Vietnam100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Iran100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Turkey100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Germany100.0%100.0%100.0%
1United Kingdom100.0%99.9%100.0%
1France100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Italy100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Colombia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1South Korea100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Algeria100.0%100.0%99.3%
1Iraq100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Spain100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Argentina100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Canada100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Ukraine100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Morocco100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Poland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Uzbekistan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Malaysia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Saudi Arabia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Venezuela100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Australia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Sri Lanka100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Kazakhstan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Chile100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Romania100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Netherlands100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Ecuador100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Tunisia100.0%100.0%99.7%
1Belgium100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Jordan100.0%100.0%98.9%
1United Arab Emirates100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Tajikistan100.0%99.0%100.0%
1Cuba100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Sweden100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Czechia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Azerbaijan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Portugal100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Greece100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Israel100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Hungary100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Austria100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Switzerland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Belarus100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Laos100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Turkmenistan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Hong Kong100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Paraguay100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Bulgaria100.0%100.0%99.6%
1Serbia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1El Salvador100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Denmark100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Singapore100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Lebanon100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Palestine100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Oman100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Norway100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Finland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Slovakia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Ireland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1New Zealand100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Costa Rica100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Kuwait100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Croatia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Georgia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Mongolia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Uruguay100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Puerto Rico100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Qatar100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Bosnia and Herzegovina100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Moldova100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Armenia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Jamaica100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Lithuania100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Albania100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Slovenia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Latvia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1North Macedonia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Bahrain100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Trinidad and Tobago100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Cyprus100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Estonia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Mauritius100.0%99.0%100.0%
1Bhutan100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Macau100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Luxembourg100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Montenegro100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Malta100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Maldives100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Brunei100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Bahamas100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Iceland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1New Caledonia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1French Polynesia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Barbados100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Curacao100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Saint Lucia100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Guam100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Seychelles100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Tonga100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Antigua and Barbuda100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Isle of Man100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Andorra100.0%100.0%100.0%
1United States Virgin Islands100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Cayman Islands100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Dominica100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Bermuda100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Faroe Islands100.0%99.9%100.0%
1Greenland100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Saint Kitts and Nevis100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Sint Maarten100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Northern Mariana Islands100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Gibraltar100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Liechtenstein100.0%100.0%100.0%
1British Virgin Islands100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Monaco100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Marshall Islands100.0%96.1%100.0%
1San Marino100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Saint Martin100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Palau100.0%99.9%100.0%
1Nauru100.0%100.0%100.0%
1Tuvalu100.0%100.0%99.1%
132Thailand99.9%100.0%100.0%
132Bolivia99.9%100.0%95.6%
132Aruba99.9%100.0%100.0%
132Turks and Caicos Islands99.9%100.0%100.0%
136Kyrgyzstan99.7%100.0%99.6%
136Timor-Leste99.7%100.0%100.0%
138Bangladesh99.4%100.0%99.3%
139India99.2%100.0%99.3%
140Guatemala99.1%97.7%98.2%
141Suriname99.0%100.0%98.0%
142Belize98.6%98.4%97.1%
143Samoa98.3%100.0%97.9%
144Dominican Republic98.1%98.8%95.0%
145Cape Verde97.1%95.3%96.9%
146Peru96.2%99.0%85.1%
147Pakistan95.0%100.0%93.0%
147Panama95.0%99.0%100.0%
149Philippines94.8%98.0%91.1%
150Honduras94.4%100.0%86.8%
150Kiribati94.4%86.0%94.3%
152Grenada94.2%——
153Gabon93.5%98.5%29.0%
154Guyana93.0%98.0%91.6%
155Cambodia92.3%99.0%88.0%
156Fiji92.0%97.6%86.8%
157Nepal91.3%97.7%93.7%
158Comoros89.9%100.0%82.9%
159Syria89.0%100.0%75.0%
160South Africa86.5%87.1%93.4%
160Nicaragua86.5%100.0%66.3%
162Afghanistan85.3%95.9%81.7%
162Micronesia85.3%98.6%79.4%
164Ghana85.1%95.0%71.6%
165Eswatini82.3%86.1%81.6%
166Sao Tome and Principe78.0%80.0%73.7%
167Kenya76.0%98.0%65.6%
167Yemen76.0%96.1%65.0%
167Solomon Islands76.0%79.0%75.4%
170Botswana75.9%95.5%25.0%
171Myanmar73.7%93.9%62.8%
172Cameroon71.0%94.0%25.0%
173Ivory Coast70.4%95.0%45.3%
174Libya70.0%100.0%0.8%
174Vanuatu70.0%97.0%60.7%
176Senegal67.9%96.6%43.4%
177Equatorial Guinea67.0%89.8%1.4%
178Gambia65.4%82.8%31.2%
179Djibouti65.0%72.8%36.6%
180Sudan63.2%84.0%49.4%
181Nigeria60.5%89.0%27.0%
182Togo57.2%96.5%25.0%
183Benin56.5%71.1%45.5%
184Namibia56.2%74.8%33.2%
185Eritrea55.4%75.5%36.0%
186Ethiopia55.0%94.0%43.0%
187North Korea54.7%——
188Mali53.0%99.7%18.3%
189Rwanda50.6%98.0%38.2%
189Republic of the Congo50.6%67.5%12.4%
191Zimbabwe50.1%89.0%33.7%
192Lesotho50.0%83.6%37.7%
193Haiti49.3%83.0%1.2%
194Mauritania49.0%91.6%0.8%
195Somalia48.9%76.7%30.6%
196Angola48.5%76.2%7.3%
197Zambia47.8%87.0%14.5%
198Guinea47.7%91.0%21.3%
199Uganda47.1%72.0%35.9%
200Tanzania45.8%74.7%36.0%
201Guinea-Bissau37.4%61.0%15.8%
202Madagascar36.1%71.6%10.9%
203Mozambique33.2%79.4%5%
204Liberia31.8%53.7%14.9%
205Sierra Leone29.4%55.3%5%
206DR Congo21.5%45.3%1%
207Niger19.5%66.1%7.7%
207Burkina Faso19.5%60.5%3.4%
209Papua New Guinea19.0%65.1%14.2%
210Central African Republic15.7%34.7%1.6%
211Malawi14.0%54.0%5.6%
212Chad11.7%46.3%1.3%
213Burundi10.3%64.0%1.7%
214South Sudan8.4%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

  1. Access to Electricity (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
    r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 214
    Plot
  2. HousingSocial Progress Index by Country
    r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 172
    Plot
  3. Basic NeedsSocial Progress Index by Country
    r = +0.91 · very strong · n = 172
    Plot
  4. Water & SanitationSocial Progress Index by Country
    r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 172
    Plot
  5. % of Population with Access to Basic WaterCountries Without Clean Water
    r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 212
    Plot
  6. Internet Users (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
    r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 182
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher % of Total Population with Access to Electricity tend to score lower on these

  1. % of Pop. Living on Less Than $3.65 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
    r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 158
    Plot
  2. Global Hunger IndexGlobal Hunger Index by Country
    r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 131
    Plot
  3. Estimated Fertility RateTotal Fertility Rate
    r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 213
    Plot
  4. Fertility Rate - Age 45-49Total Fertility Rate
    r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 214
    Plot
  5. Fertility Rate - Age 40-44Total Fertility Rate
    r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 214
    Plot
  6. Total Fertility Rate (Avg. Births Per Woman) 2015-2020Pronatalist Countries
    r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 184
    Plot

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.

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