List of countries by electrification rate
This list of countries by of electrification rate sorts countries by the share of their inhabitants with access to electricity. Access to electricity is considered one of the prerequisites for a modern life. In 2017, 88.8% of the world population had access to electricity. Worldwide, there are major differences between urban and rural regions in the degree of electrification
Land | Share of population with access to electricity | Year | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
in % (total population)[1] |
in % (urban population)[2] |
in % (rural population)[3] | ||
Albania | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Algeria | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Andorra | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Argentina | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Armenia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Aruba | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Austria | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Australia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Azerbaijan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Bahamas | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Bahrain | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Barbados | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Belarus | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Belgium | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Bermuda | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Brazil | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Brunei | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Bulgaria | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Cayman Islands | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Chile | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
China | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Costa Rica | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Croatia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Cuba | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Curaçao | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Cyprus | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Czech Republic | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Denmark | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Dominica | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Dominican Republic | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Ecuador | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Egypt | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Estonia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Finland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
France | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
French Polynesia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Germany | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Georgia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Gibraltar | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Greece | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Greenland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Guam | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Hong Kong | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Hungary | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Iran | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Iraq | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Ireland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Iceland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Israel | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Italy | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Japan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Jordan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Canada | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Kazakhstan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Kyrgyzstan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Kosovo | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
South Korea | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Kuwait | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Latvia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Lebanon | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Liechtenstein | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Lithuania | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Luxembourg | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Macau | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Malaysia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Malta | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
North Macedonia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Morocco | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Mexico | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Moldova | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Monaco | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Montenegro | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Netherlands | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
New Caledonia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
New Zealand | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Northern Mariana Islands | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Norway | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Oman | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Palestine | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Panama | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Poland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Portugal | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Puerto Rico | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Qatar | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Romania | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Russia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
San Marino | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Saudi Arabia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Samoa | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Serbia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Seychelles | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Singapore | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Slovakia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Slovenia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Spain | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Sri Lanka | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Sweden | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Switzerland | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Syria | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Tajikistan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Thailand | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Turkey | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Turkmenistan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Tunisia | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Ukraine | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
United States | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Uzbekistan | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
United Arab Emirates | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
United Kingdom | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
Uruguay | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Vietnam | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2016 |
Venezuela | 100 % | 100 % | 100 % | 2017 |
India | 99.99 % | 100 % | 99.99 % | 2018 |
Maldives | 99.8 % | 99.7 % | 99.9 % | 2017 |
Colombia | 99.6 % | 100 % | 97.9 % | 2017 |
Tuvalu | 99.4 % | 100 % | 98.5 % | 2016 |
Palau | 99.3 % | 99.6 % | 97.2 % | 2016 |
Nauru | 99.2 % | 99.4 % | 98.7 % | 2016 |
Saint Lucia | 98.8 % | 97.3 % | 99.1 % | 2017 |
Fiji | 98.7 % | 99.2 % | 98.0 % | 2016 |
El Salvador | 98.6 % | 98.6 % | 98.8 % | 2016 |
Libya | 98.5 % | 99.1 % | 96.4 % | 2016 |
Paraguay | 98.4 % | 99.9 % | 96.1 % | 2016 |
Jamaica | 98.2 % | 100 % | 96.0 % | 2016 |
Indonesia | 98.1 % | 100 % | 95.7 % | 2017 |
Mauritius | 98.0 % | 89.6 % | 98.4 % | 2017 |
Bhutan | 97.7 % | 99.1 % | 96.8 % | 2017 |
Tonga | 97.0 % | 98.6 % | 96.6 % | 2016 |
Peru | 96.4 % | 100 % | 83.7 % | 2017 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.7 % | 100 % | 42.7 % | 2016 |
Nepal | 95.5 % | 98.7 % | 94.7 % | 2017 |
Grenada | 94.7 % | 92.8 % | 95.8 % | 2017 |
Laos | 93.6 % | 99.5 % | 90.5 % | 2017 |
Marshall Islands | 93.1 % | 94.6 % | 89.1 % | 2016 |
Philippines | 93.0 % | 96.4 % | 90.0 % | 2017 |
Cape Verde | 92.6 % | 93.0 % | 91.8 % | 2016 |
Belize | 92.2 % | 97.1 % | 88.4 % | 2016 |
Bolivia | 91.8 % | 99.4 % | 74.8 % | 2017 |
Guatemala | 91.8 % | 96.8 % | 86.4 % | 2016 |
Gabon | 91.4 % | 96.7 % | 55.0 % | 2016 |
Cambodia | 89.1 % | 99.1 % | 86.1 % | 2017 |
World | 88.8 % | 97.4 % | 78.6 % | 2017 |
Bangladesh | 88.0 % | 99.5 % | 81.3 % | 2017 |
Honduras | 87.6 % | 100 % | 72.2 % | 2016 |
Suriname | 87.2 % | 96.4 % | 69.3 % | 2016 |
Mongolia | 85.9 % | 99.8 % | 55.7 % | 2017 |
Kiribati | 84.9 % | 88.3 % | 22.2 % | 2016 |
South Africa | 84.4 % | 93.5 % | 66.9 % | 2017 |
Guyana | 84.2 % | 90.2 % | 81.9 % | 2016 |
Afghanistan | 84.1 % | 98.0 % | 79.0 % | 2016 |
Nicaragua | 81.8 % | 99.2 % | 56.6 % | 2016 |
Yemen | 79.2 % | 97.8 % | 68.7 % | 2017 |
Ghana | 79.0 % | 90.0 % | 65.3 % | 2017 |
Comoros | 77.8 % | 92.1 % | 72.2 % | 2016 |
Federated States of Micronesia | 75.4 % | 91.9 % | 70.7 % | 2016 |
Pakistan | 70.8 % | 100 % | 54.1 % | 2017 |
Myanmar | 69.8 % | 92.6 % | 59.9 % | 2017 |
Equatorial Guinea | 67.9 % | 90.8 % | 52.6 % | 2016 |
Republic of the Congo | 66.2 % | 87.4 % | 24.2 % | 2017 |
Eswatini | 65.8 % | 82.8 % | 61.2 % | 2016 |
Ivory Coast | 65.6 % | 94.3 % | 36.6 % | 2017 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 65.4 % | 73.0 % | 51.1 % | 2016 |
Timor-Leste | 63.4 % | 91.7 % | 49.2 % | 2016 |
Kenya | 63.8 % | 81.1 % | 57.6 % | 2017 |
Botswana | 62.8 % | 80.4 % | 24.3 % | 2017 |
Senegal | 61.7 % | 91.7 % | 35.4 % | 2017 |
Cameroon | 61.4 % | 93.2 % | 21.3 % | 2017 |
Djibouti | 60.2 % | 70.0 % | 26.3 % | 2017 |
Vanuatu | 57.8 % | 91.4 % | 46.4 % | 2016 |
Sudan | 56.5 % | 82.5 % | 42.8 % | 2017 |
Nigeria | 54.4 % | 86.8 % | 22.6 % | 2017 |
Namibia | 52.5 % | 76.7 % | 29.3 % | 2017 |
Solomon Islands | 47.9 % | 69.6 % | 41.5 % | 2016 |
Gambia | 47.8 % | 69.0 % | 15.5 % | 2016 |
Togo | 46.9 % | 87.4 % | 19.4 % | 2016 |
Eritrea | 46.7 % | 74.6 % | 39.3 % | 2016 |
Ethiopia | 44.3 % | 96.6 % | 31.0 % | 2017 |
North Korea | 43.9 % | 38.6 % | 52.4 % | 2017 |
Haiti | 43.7 % | 78.2 % | 2.8 % | 2017 |
Mali | 43.1 % | 87.2 % | 11.7 % | 2017 |
Mauritania | 42.9 % | 82.6 % | 0.0 % | 2017 |
Benin | 41.4 % | 70.8 % | 18.0 % | 2016 |
Angola | 41.0 % | 72.7 % | 0.0 % | 2016 |
Zimbabwe | 40.4 % | 85.6 % | 18.9 % | 2017 |
Zambia | 40.3 % | 75.2 % | 14.0 % | 2017 |
Guinea | 35.4 % | 83.2 % | 8.8 % | 2017 |
Rwanda | 34.1 % | 84.8 % | 23.6 % | 2017 |
Tanzania | 32.8 % | 65.3 % | 16.9 % | 2017 |
Central African Republic | 30.0 % | 52.1 % | 14.6 % | 2017 |
Somalia | 29.9 % | 57.2 % | 11.6 % | 2016 |
Lesotho | 29.7 % | 66.0 % | 15.8 % | 2016 |
Uganda | 26.7 % | 57.5 % | 18.0 % | 2016 |
Mozambique | 24.2 % | 64.2 % | 5.0 % | 2016 |
Papua New Guinea | 22.9 % | 72.7 % | 15.5 % | 2016 |
Madagascar | 22.9 % | 67.3 % | 17.3 % | 2016 |
Sierra Leone | 20.3 % | 46.9 % | 2.5 % | 2016 |
Liberia | 19.8 % | 34.0 % | 1.3 % | 2016 |
Burkina Faso | 19.2 % | 60.7 % | 0.8 % | 2016 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.1 % | 49.2 % | 0.0 % | 2017 |
Niger | 16.2 % | 65.4 % | 4.7 % | 2016 |
Guinea-Bissau | 14.7 % | 29.8 % | 4.0 % | 2016 |
Malawi | 12.7 % | 57.5 % | 3.7 % | 2017 |
South Sudan | 9.0 % | 22.0 % | 5.9 % | 2016 |
Chad | 8.8 % | 31.4 % | 2.2 % | 2016 |
Burundi | 7.6 % | 49.7 % | 1.7 % | 2016 |
References
- ^ "Access to electricity (% of population) | Data". Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) | Data". Retrieved 2017-09-21.
- ^ "Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) | Data". Retrieved 2017-09-21.