List of countries by electrification rate

This list of countries by 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 2021, 91.4% of the world population had access to electricity. Worldwide, there are major differences between urban and rural regions and the degree of electrification.

Region	Share of population with access to electricity			Year
Region	in % (total population)^[1]	in % (urban population)^[2]	in % (rural population)^[3]	Year
North America	100 %	100 %	100 %	2021
European Union	100 %	100 %	100 %	2021
Europe and Central Asia	100 %	100 %	100 %	2021
South Asia	98.8 %	99.9 %	98.3 %	2021
East Asia and Pacific	98.2 %	99.8 %	96.8 %	2021
Latin America and Caribbean	98.1 %	99.5 %	96.5 %	2021
Middle East and North Africa	97.3 %	99.6 %	93.9 %	2021
Sub-Saharan Africa	50.6 %	80.7 %	30.4 %	2021

Country	Share of population with access to electricity in % (total population)^[1]
Country	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Afghanistan				23.0	42.7	71.5	97.7
Albania	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Algeria			99.3	99.6	99.9	100.0	100.0
Angola			24.2	28.2	33.4	42.0	47.0
Argentina	99.4	99.6	99.8	99.9	100.0	100.0	100.0
Armenia			98.9	99.8	99.8	100.0	100.0
Australia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Austria	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Azerbaijan			98.9	99.3	99.9	100.0	100.0
Bangladesh	14.3	19.7	32.0	44.2	55.3	74.0	96.2
Belarus		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Belgium	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Benin			21.4	26.7	34.2	37.7	41.0
Bolivia	56.1	63.9	70.0	68.3	88.0	91.5	97.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Botswana	9.3	16.1	26.5	37.4	52.0	62.1	71.8
Brazil	89.3	91.7	94.4	97.1	99.3	100.0	100.0
Bulgaria	100.0	100.0	88.1	90.6	93.5	96.6	99.7
Burkina Faso	5.9	6.7	9.1	11.4	13.1	16.2	18.5
Burundi			3.0	3.2	5.3	7.9	9.1
Cambodia			16.6	20.5	31.1	62.7	86.4
Cameroon	27.6	36.1	41.0	47.4	53.3	58.6	64.3
Canada	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Central African Republic		3.0	6.0	8.3	9.8	12.7	15.4
Chad			2.7	4.7	6.4	7.7	10.9
Chile	99.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
China			96.9	98.3	99.7	100.0	100.0
Colombia	72.4	77.9	83.3	95.2	96.3	97.8	99.2
Democratic Republic of the Congo			6.7	6.0	13.0	16.6	20.1
Republic of the Congo			29.4	33.8	40.0	44.3	48.7
Costa Rica		98.2	98.7	99.1	99.0	99.4	99.9
Cuba		94.7	97.0	97.0	97.8	99.4	99.9
Czech Republic	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Denmark	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Dominican Republic	76.4	84.8	88.8	90.1	98.1	98.6	100.0
Ecuador		89.8	93.5	95.8	97.5	98.8	98.8
Egypt		95.5	97.7	99.4	99.2	99.3	100.0
El Salvador	65.7	77.0	84.5	87.5	91.6	95.4	99.7
Eritrea		22.9	29.2	34.6	39.8	45.8	51.4
Estonia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ethiopia			12.7	14.0	25.5	29.0	51.1
Finland	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
France	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Gambia		20.0	34.3	30.5	47.3	54.7	62.2
Germany	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ghana		34.2	43.7	54.7	64.2	74.0	85.4
Greece	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Guatemala		60.8	73.3	78.4	84.1	90.5	96.6
Guinea			15.5	20.2	28.1	34.9	44.7
Haiti		31.3	33.7	34.9	37.4	41.0	46.3
Honduras		66.1	67.4	68.9	81.0	90.0	93.1
Hungary	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
India		50.6	59.1	71.2	82.3	91.6	100.0
Indonesia	43.6	66.9	86.3	85.7	94.2	97.5	97.9
Iran			97.9	98.4	99.0	100.0	100.0
Iraq			96.8	97.4	98.4	99.4	100.0
Ireland	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Israel	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Italy	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Ivory Coast	36.7	42.3	47.6	58.9	58.0	62.6	69.9
Jamaica	70.3	80.4	84.4	88.2	92.2	94.9	99.7
Japan	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Jordan	96.8	98.2	98.7	98.9	99.0	99.8	99.9
Kazakhstan		99.9	99.1	99.4	99.5	100.0	100.0
Kenya		4.5	15.4	26.0	19.2	41.6	71.5
South Korea		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Laos		25.0	43.1	57.2	70.6	89.7	99.3
Latvia			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Lebanon				99.6	99.9	100.0	100.0
Liberia					5.3	15.2	27.6
Lithuania		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Madagascar	8.2	11.0	12.6	16.0	12.8	23.8	32.0
Malawi	2.1	2.3	4.8	6.8	8.7	10.8	11.5
Malaysia					99.2	100.0	100.0
Mali			9.4	18.7	27.8	37.6	50.6
Mauritania				18.2	33.7	39.5	45.4
Mexico	92.3	96.3	98.7	99.2	99.4	100.0	100.0
Mongolia			67.3	86.2	78.5	88.0	99.5
Morocco	46.2	56.5	69.7	79.5	91.5	99.6	100.0
Mozambique			6.0	12.1	18.0	24.0	30.6
Myanmar				47.4	48.8	60.5	70.4
Namibia		30.0	36.5	39.8	44.4	51.6	52.3
Nepal			27.7	46.5	68.6	82.0	89.9
Netherlands	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
New Zealand	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Nicaragua		69.3	72.8	73.8	79.1	83.2	86.0
Niger	4.2	6.2	6.5	7.1	12.9	16.6	18.7
Nigeria	27.3	38.4	42.9	47.1	48.0	52.5	55.4
Norway	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Oman	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Pakistan			72.8	78.1	87.1	91.0	94.5
Panama	70.2	76.0	81.4	85.6	86.8	91.6	95.3
Papua New Guinea			8.7	19.1	19.5	18.4	20.5
Paraguay		77.5	89.2	94.7	97.4	99.3	99.7
Peru		67.4	72.5	77.2	88.1	93.9	96.2
Philippines	59.8	69.2	74.8	80.1	85.2	89.1	96.2
Poland	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Portugal	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Romania			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Russia			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rwanda	4.4	0.1	6.2	4.8	9.7	22.8	45.2
Saudi Arabia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Senegal		29.0	37.7	47.1	56.5	60.5	64.3
Serbia		100.0	99.9	99.7	99.7	99.9	100.0
Singapore	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Slovakia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Slovenia	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Somalia			2.1	15.0	21.0	45.3	49.9
South Africa			71.8	80.9	82.9	85.5	90.0
Spain		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Sri Lanka				88.7	95.6	99.6	100.0
Sudan			23.0	30.5	36.0	48.0	59.7
Sweden	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Switzerland	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Tanzania		7.2	8.7	13.8	14.8	26.2	39.9
Thailand			82.1	92.7	99.7	99.6	100.0
Togo			17.0	26.7	30.8	44.7	54.1
Tunisia		88.7	94.8	99.3	99.5	99.9	99.9
Turkey					100.0	100.0	100.0
Uganda		6.8	7.7	8.9	12.1	18.5	42.1
Ukraine			100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
United Arab Emirates	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
United Kingdom	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
United States	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Uruguay		97.9	98.5	98.8	99.1	99.7	100.0
Venezuela		99.0	98.9	98.9	98.9	100.0	100.0
Vietnam			87.2	96.1	98.5	99.8	100.0
Yemen		43.6	50.0	56.1	73.7	71.2	73.9
Zambia		15.6	16.7	22.6	22.0	31.1	44.6
Zimbabwe	25.6	31.9	33.9	35.6	39.8	33.7	52.7

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