Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) by country
Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
0.7%
South Sudan
Median
100.0%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
7,729
What the numbers show
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 0.7% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 83.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 143.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 3,233.3%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 99.0%).
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100.0% | 2024 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Belarus | 100.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 1 | Curacao | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominica | 100.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Algeria | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Gibraltar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greenland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guam | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Isle of Man | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Iraq | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Jordan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lebanon | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 100.0% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Macao | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Malaysia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Chad | 100.0% | 2024 | up 3,233.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tonga | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 1 | Turkey | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | British Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Vietnam | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 1 | Kosovo | 100.0% | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Channel Islands | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 100.0% | 1999 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | India | 99.9% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 99.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 127 | Indonesia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 99.6% | 2024 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Paraguay | 99.6% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 130 | Belize | 99.5% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 99.4% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 132 | Uruguay | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 133 | Brazil | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 133 | Mexico | 99.2% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 98.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 136 | Cambodia | 98.6% | 2024 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Mongolia | 98.4% | 2024 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 138 | Cape Verde | 97.7% | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 97.1% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 140 | El Salvador | 96.6% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 141 | Marshall Islands | 96.3% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 142 | Ecuador | 95.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 144 | Colombia | 95.2% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 94.3% | 2020 | up 139.3% | rising |
| 146 | Laos | 94.2% | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Nepal | 94.2% | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Pakistan | 94.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 92.5% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 150 | Panama | 92.1% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 150 | East Timor | 92.1% | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Chile | 90.7% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 153 | Guyana | 90.5% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 154 | Honduras | 90.1% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 155 | Bolivia | 88.7% | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 156 | Philippines | 88.5% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 157 | Eswatini | 88.3% | 2024 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 158 | Comoros | 88.2% | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 159 | South Africa | 86.3% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 160 | Micronesia (country) | 86.0% | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 161 | Afghanistan | 84.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Ghana | 82.6% | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Peru | 82.1% | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 81.3% | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 81.1% | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Guatemala | 80.4% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 167 | Argentina | 79.8% | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.1% | 2024 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 169 | Myanmar | 73.9% | 2024 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 72.2% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 171 | Kenya | 67.1% | 2024 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Senegal | 67.1% | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Rwanda | 65.2% | 2024 | up 608.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Syria | 61.6% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 58.5% | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Sudan | 54.2% | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Djibouti | 53.9% | 2024 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 178 | Gabon | 51.3% | 2024 | up 159.1% | rising |
| 179 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.7% | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 180 | Zimbabwe | 46.6% | 2024 | up 505.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Botswana | 45.9% | 2024 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Benin | 45.0% | 2024 | up 177.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 44.8% | 2024 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Uganda | 44.8% | 2024 | up 276.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Eritrea | 43.2% | 2024 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 186 | Cameroon | 42.7% | 2024 | up 127.1% | rising |
| 187 | Lesotho | 41.4% | 2024 | up 165.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Namibia | 41.1% | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 189 | Gambia | 39.2% | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 39.0% | 2024 | up 261.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Togo | 33.9% | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Tanzania | 33.7% | 2024 | up 237.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Mali | 31.4% | 2024 | up 597.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Zambia | 31.3% | 2024 | up 645.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Guinea | 29.4% | 2024 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Madagascar | 26.5% | 2024 | up 1,458.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.9% | 2024 | up 329.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Sierra Leone | 24.9% | 2024 | up 1,283.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Somalia | 24.4% | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Nigeria | 23.5% | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 201 | Congo | 19.4% | 2024 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 202 | Haiti | 15.0% | 2024 | up 581.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 12.7% | 2024 | up 170.2% | volatile |
| 204 | Mozambique | 12.3% | 2024 | up 355.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Niger | 10.8% | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 206 | Liberia | 9.2% | 2024 | up 124.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Malawi | 6.4% | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 208 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.1% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 209 | Burundi | 3.6% | 2024 | up 260.0% | rising |
| 210 | Central African Republic | 2.0% | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 211 | Angola | 1.3% | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 212 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.0% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 213 | Libya | 0.8% | 2012 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Mauritania | 0.8% | 2012 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 215 | South Sudan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 100.0%
- Chagai 100.0%
- Euro area 100.0%
- European Union 100.0%
- North America 100.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 100.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 100.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 100.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 100.0%
- High income 99.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 99.9%
- South Asia 99.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 99.8%
- OECD members 99.6%
- IBRD only 98.6%
- Upper middle income 98.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 97.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 97.2%
- Caribbean Small States 97.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 94.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 93.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 93.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 93.4%
- Other small states 92.8%
- Small states 92.3%
- Middle income 91.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 91.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 90.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 90.8%
- Lower middle income 88.0%
- Arab World 85.0%
- World 84.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 83.9%
- Pacific island small states 83.8%
- Low & middle income 83.6%
- IDA blend 66.7%
- IDA total 57.4%
- IDA only 53.4%
- Least developed countries 49.8%
About this data
Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.