Electricity Access by Country (2026)
Algeria has the highest electricity access in the world at 100.0%.
Top 5 Ranked
Algeria
100.0%
Egypt
100.0%
Mauritius
100.0%
Algeria
100.0%
Egypt
100.0%
Mauritius
100.0%
Overview
Most developed countries have universal electricity access, while several Sub-Saharan African nations have rates below 20%. Rural electrification remains a challenge in many low-income countries. Renewable energy is expanding access in off-grid areas. Power outages and unreliable supply affect quality of life and productivity. This ranking highlights the transformative impact of electricity on societies.
Global Rankings
| Rank | Country | Electricity Access (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Algeria
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 2 |
Egypt
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 3 |
Mauritius
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 4 |
Morocco
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 5 |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
|
100.0% | 2021 |
| 6 |
Seychelles
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 7 |
Tunisia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 8 |
Australia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 9 |
French Polynesia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 10 |
Guam
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 11 |
Marshall Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 12 |
Nauru
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 13 |
New Caledonia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 14 |
New Zealand
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 15 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 16 |
Palau
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 17 |
Samoa
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 18 |
Tonga
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 19 |
Tuvalu
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 20 |
Anguilla
|
100.0% | 2020 |
| 21 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 22 |
Aruba
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 23 |
Bahamas
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 24 |
Barbados
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 25 |
British Virgin Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 26 |
Cayman Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 27 |
Costa Rica
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 28 |
Cuba
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 29 |
Dominica
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 30 |
Guatemala
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 31 |
Montserrat
|
100.0% | 2020 |
| 32 |
Puerto Rico
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 33 |
Saint Barthelemy
|
100.0% | 2021 |
| 34 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 35 |
Saint Lucia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 36 |
Saint Martin
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 37 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 38 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 39 |
Virgin Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 40 |
Kazakhstan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 41 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 42 |
Russia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 43 |
Tajikistan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 44 |
Turkmenistan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 45 |
Uzbekistan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 46 |
Brunei
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 47 |
China
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 48 |
Hong Kong
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 49 |
Japan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 50 |
South Korea
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 51 |
Macau
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 52 |
Malaysia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 53 |
Mongolia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 54 |
Singapore
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 55 |
Thailand
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 56 |
Timor-Leste
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 57 |
Albania
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 58 |
Andorra
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 59 |
Austria
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 60 |
Belarus
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 61 |
Belgium
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 62 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 63 |
Bulgaria
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 64 |
Croatia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 65 |
Cyprus
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 66 |
Czech Republic
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 67 |
Denmark
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 68 |
Estonia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 69 |
Faroe Islands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 70 |
Finland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 71 |
France
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 72 |
Germany
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 73 |
Gibraltar
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 74 |
Greece
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 75 |
Guernsey
|
100.0% | 2022 |
| 76 |
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
100.0% | 2021 |
| 77 |
Hungary
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 78 |
Iceland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 79 |
Ireland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 80 |
Isle of Man
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 81 |
Italy
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 82 |
Jersey
|
100.0% | 2022 |
| 83 |
Latvia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 84 |
Liechtenstein
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 85 |
Lithuania
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 86 |
Luxembourg
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 87 |
Macedonia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 88 |
Malta
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 89 |
Moldova
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 90 |
Monaco
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 91 |
Montenegro
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 92 |
Netherlands
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 93 |
Norway
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 94 |
Poland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 95 |
Portugal
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 96 |
Romania
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 97 |
San Marino
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 98 |
Serbia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 99 |
Slovakia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 100 |
Slovenia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 101 |
Spain
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 102 |
Sweden
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 103 |
Switzerland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 104 |
Ukraine
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 105 |
United Kingdom
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 106 |
Armenia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 107 |
Azerbaijan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 108 |
Bahrain
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 109 |
Georgia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 110 |
Iran
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 111 |
Iraq
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 112 |
Israel
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 113 |
Jordan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 114 |
Kuwait
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 115 |
Lebanon
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 116 |
Oman
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 117 |
Qatar
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 118 |
Saudi Arabia
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 119 |
Turkey
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 120 |
United Arab Emirates
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 121 |
Bermuda
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 122 |
Canada
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 123 |
Greenland
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 124 |
United States
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 125 |
Argentina
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 126 |
Chile
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 127 |
Uruguay
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 128 |
Venezuela
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 129 |
Bhutan
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 130 |
Maldives
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 131 |
Sri Lanka
|
100.0% | 2023 |
| 132 |
Vietnam
|
99.8% | 2023 |
| 133 |
Bolivia
|
99.8% | 2023 |
| 134 |
Brazil
|
99.8% | 2023 |
| 135 |
Paraguay
|
99.8% | 2023 |
| 136 |
Mexico
|
99.7% | 2023 |
| 137 |
Belize
|
99.6% | 2023 |
| 138 |
Dominican Republic
|
99.6% | 2023 |
| 139 |
Suriname
|
99.6% | 2023 |
| 140 |
Bangladesh
|
99.5% | 2023 |
| 141 |
India
|
99.5% | 2023 |
| 142 |
Indonesia
|
99.4% | 2023 |
| 143 |
Fiji
|
99.3% | 2023 |
| 144 |
Guyana
|
98.9% | 2023 |
| 145 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
98.7% | 2023 |
| 146 |
Colombia
|
98.7% | 2023 |
| 147 |
Ecuador
|
98.7% | 2023 |
| 148 |
Cabo Verde
|
98.6% | 2023 |
| 149 |
El Salvador
|
98.3% | 2023 |
| 150 |
Philippines
|
98.0% | 2023 |
| 151 |
Jamaica
|
97.7% | 2023 |
| 152 |
Panama
|
97.0% | 2023 |
| 153 |
Laos
|
96.5% | 2023 |
| 154 |
Peru
|
96.2% | 2023 |
| 155 |
Kiribati
|
95.9% | 2023 |
| 156 |
Honduras
|
95.6% | 2023 |
| 157 |
Pakistan
|
95.6% | 2023 |
| 158 |
Cambodia
|
95.0% | 2023 |
| 159 |
Grenada
|
94.4% | 2023 |
| 160 |
Gabon
|
94.1% | 2023 |
| 161 |
Nepal
|
94.0% | 2023 |
| 162 |
Comoros
|
89.8% | 2023 |
| 163 |
Ghana
|
89.5% | 2023 |
| 164 |
Syria
|
88.4% | 2023 |
| 165 |
Nicaragua
|
88.3% | 2023 |
| 166 |
South Africa
|
87.7% | 2023 |
| 167 |
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
86.9% | 2023 |
| 168 |
Swaziland
|
86.4% | 2023 |
| 169 |
Afghanistan
|
85.3% | 2023 |
| 170 |
Yemen
|
83.6% | 2023 |
| 171 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
81.3% | 2023 |
| 172 |
Solomon Islands
|
81.3% | 2023 |
| 173 |
Burma
|
76.8% | 2023 |
| 174 |
Kenya
|
76.2% | 2023 |
| 175 |
Botswana
|
76.0% | 2023 |
| 176 |
Senegal
|
74.2% | 2023 |
| 177 |
Libya
|
73.2% | 2023 |
| 178 |
Cote d'Ivoire
|
72.4% | 2023 |
| 179 |
Cameroon
|
72.0% | 2023 |
| 180 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
66.9% | 2023 |
| 181 |
Gambia
|
66.9% | 2023 |
| 182 |
Sudan
|
66.0% | 2023 |
| 183 |
Djibouti
|
65.2% | 2023 |
| 184 |
Rwanda
|
63.9% | 2023 |
| 185 |
Zimbabwe
|
62.0% | 2023 |
| 186 |
Vanuatu
|
61.6% | 2023 |
| 187 |
Nigeria
|
61.2% | 2023 |
| 188 |
Togo
|
59.2% | 2023 |
| 189 |
American Samoa
|
59.0% | 2020 |
| 190 |
North Korea
|
57.5% | 2023 |
| 191 |
Lesotho
|
57.3% | 2023 |
| 192 |
Benin
|
57.0% | 2023 |
| 193 |
Namibia
|
56.7% | 2023 |
| 194 |
Ethiopia
|
55.4% | 2023 |
| 195 |
Mali
|
54.5% | 2023 |
| 196 |
Eritrea
|
54.4% | 2023 |
| 197 |
Uganda
|
51.5% | 2023 |
| 198 |
Republic of the Congo
|
51.3% | 2023 |
| 199 |
Haiti
|
51.3% | 2023 |
| 200 |
Angola
|
51.1% | 2023 |
| 201 |
Guinea
|
51.1% | 2023 |
| 202 |
Zambia
|
51.1% | 2023 |
| 203 |
Mauritania
|
50.3% | 2023 |
| 204 |
Somalia
|
50.3% | 2023 |
| 205 |
Tanzania
|
48.3% | 2023 |
| 206 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
40.5% | 2023 |
| 207 |
Madagascar
|
39.4% | 2023 |
| 208 |
Mozambique
|
36.0% | 2023 |
| 209 |
Sierra Leone
|
35.5% | 2023 |
| 210 |
Liberia
|
32.5% | 2023 |
| 211 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
22.1% | 2023 |
| 212 |
Burkina Faso
|
21.7% | 2023 |
| 213 |
Papua New Guinea
|
20.5% | 2023 |
| 214 |
Niger
|
20.1% | 2023 |
| 215 |
Central African Republic
|
17.6% | 2023 |
| 216 |
Malawi
|
15.6% | 2023 |
| 217 |
Chad
|
12.0% | 2023 |
| 218 |
Burundi
|
11.6% | 2023 |
Why Electricity Access Transforms Lives
Electricity is essential for modern living, powering homes, schools, and businesses. Lack of access limits education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. Expanding electricity access supports poverty reduction and gender equality. Tracking this statistic helps identify infrastructure gaps and prioritize investment. Universal access to electricity is a cornerstone of sustainable development.
Rankings use each country's most recent figure. Sources: World Bank (2023), The World Factbook (2020–2022). How we calculate this
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