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Reading the signal
Tracks the reach of a foundational service needed for household welfare, education, communications and most productive activity.
Indicator guide · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS
Electricity access
by country
Share of the population with access to electricity. The table keeps each country's reported year visible so stale and current observations are not treated as equivalent.
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Important limits
A connection does not describe reliability, affordability, capacity or energy source. Values near 100% can still coexist with frequent outages.
Measurement
% of population
World Bank indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Values can be revised as national statistical agencies and international datasets update.
Source definition
Access to electricity (% of population)
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023
60-market reference table
Latest reported values
Sorted by value, not by a common year. Check the year column before drawing a direct comparison.
| Position | Country | Region | Value | Year | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | North America | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 2 | Canada | North America | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 3 | United Kingdom | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 4 | Germany | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 5 | France | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 6 | Italy | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 7 | Spain | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 8 | Poland | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 9 | Romania | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 10 | Netherlands | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 11 | Sweden | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 12 | Australia | Oceania | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 13 | New Zealand | Oceania | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 14 | Japan | East Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 15 | South Korea | East Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 16 | China | East Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 17 | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 18 | Thailand | Southeast Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 19 | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 20 | Singapore | Southeast Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 21 | Turkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 24 | Egypt | Middle East & North Africa | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 25 | Switzerland | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 26 | Norway | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 27 | Denmark | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 28 | Finland | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 29 | Belgium | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 30 | Austria | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 31 | Ireland | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 32 | Portugal | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 33 | Czechia | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 34 | Hungary | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 35 | Greece | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 36 | Ukraine | Europe | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 37 | Israel | Middle East | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 38 | Qatar | Middle East | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 39 | Kuwait | Middle East | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 40 | Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 41 | Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 42 | Uruguay | Latin America | 100.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 43 | India | South Asia | 99.90% | 2024 | Compare |
| 44 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | 99.90% | 2024 | Compare |
| 45 | Mexico | Latin America | 99.80% | 2024 | Compare |
| 46 | Brazil | Latin America | 99.80% | 2024 | Compare |
| 47 | Costa Rica | Latin America | 99.80% | 2024 | Compare |
| 48 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 99.50% | 2024 | Compare |
| 49 | Chile | Latin America | 99.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 50 | Colombia | Latin America | 98.90% | 2024 | Compare |
| 51 | Ecuador | Latin America | 98.50% | 2024 | Compare |
| 52 | Argentina | Latin America | 98.40% | 2024 | Compare |
| 53 | Peru | Latin America | 96.50% | 2024 | Compare |
| 54 | Pakistan | South Asia | 95.70% | 2024 | Compare |
| 55 | Philippines | Southeast Asia | 94.80% | 2024 | Compare |
| 56 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 91.90% | 2024 | Compare |
| 57 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 90.20% | 2024 | Compare |
| 58 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 77.00% | 2024 | Compare |
| 59 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.50% | 2024 | Compare |
| 60 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 56.60% | 2024 | Compare |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source indicator.
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