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Field Listing :: Electricity access
This entry provides information on access to electricity. Electrification data – collected from industry reports, national surveys, and international sources – consists of four subfields. Population without electricity provides an estimate of the number of citizens that do not have access to electricity. Electrification – total population is the percent of a country’s total population with access to electricity, electrification – urban areas is the percent of a country’s urban population with access to electricity, while electrification – rural areas is the percent of a country’s rural population with access to electricity. Due to differences in definitions and methodology from different sources, data quality may vary from country to country.
By Country Listing of the values for the Electricity access field
Country Electricity access
Afghanistan
population without electricity: 18,999,254 (2012)
electrification - total population: 84.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 98% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 79% (2016)
Albania
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Algeria
population without electricity: 400,000 (2016)
electrification - total population: 99.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 99% (2016)
American Samoa
population without electricity: 22,219 (2012)
electrification - total population: 59% (2012)
electrification - urban areas: 60% (2012)
electrification - rural areas: 45% (2012)
Andorra
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Angola
population without electricity: 15 million (2013)
electrification - total population: 40.5% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 70.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 16% (2016)
Antigua and Barbuda
population without electricity: 9,358 (2012)
electrification - total population: 97.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96.5% (2016)
Argentina
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Armenia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Aruba
population without electricity: 11,364 (2012)
electrification - total population: 95.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 92.5% (2016)
Australia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Austria
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Azerbaijan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bahamas, The
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bahrain
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bangladesh
population without electricity: 60.3 million (2013)
electrification - total population: 75.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 94% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 68.9% (2016)
Barbados
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Belarus
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Belgium
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Belize
electrification - total population: 92.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 97.1% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 88.4% (2016)
Benin
population without electricity: 8 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 41.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 70.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 18% (2016)
Bermuda
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bhutan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bolivia
population without electricity: 1.2 million (2013)
electrification - total population: 93% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.3% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 79.1% (2016)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Botswana
electrification - total population: 60.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 77.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 37.5% (2016)
Brazil
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Brunei
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Bulgaria
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Burkina Faso
electrification - total population: 19.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 60.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 0.8% (2016)
Burma
electrification - total population: 57% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 89.5% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 39.8% (2016)
Burundi
population without electricity: 10 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 7.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 49.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 1.7% (2016)
Cabo Verde
electrification - total population: 92.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 93% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 91.8% (2016)
Cambodia
population without electricity: 6 (2017)
electrification - total population: 49.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 36.5% (2016)
Cameroon
population without electricity: 9 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 60.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 91.9% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 21.3% (2016)
Canada
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Cayman Islands
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Central African Republic
population without electricity: 5 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 14% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 34.1% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 0.4% (2016)
Chad
population without electricity: 14 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 8.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 31.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 2.2% (2016)
Chile
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
China
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Colombia
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 99% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 95.7% (2016)
Comoros
population without electricity: 200,000 (2017)
electrification - total population: 77.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 92.1% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 72.2% (2016)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
population without electricity: 69 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 17.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 47.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 0.4% (2016)
Congo, Republic of the
population without electricity: 2 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 56.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 74.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 22.6% (2016)
Costa Rica
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Cote d'Ivoire
population without electricity: 10 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 64.3% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 92% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 38.1% (2016)
Croatia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Cuba
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Curacao
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Cyprus
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Czechia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Denmark
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Djibouti
population without electricity: 400,000 (2016)
electrification - total population: 51.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 67.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 2% (2016)
Dominica
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Dominican Republic
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Ecuador
population without electricity: 500,000 (2016)
electrification - total population: 99.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 99.8% (2016)
Egypt
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
El Salvador
population without electricity: 400,000 (2016)
electrification - total population: 98.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 98.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 98.8% (2016)
Equatorial Guinea
population without electricity: 300,000 (2016)
electrification - total population: 67.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 90.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 52.6% (2016)
Eritrea
population without electricity: 3 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 46.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 74.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 39.3% (2016)
Estonia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Eswatini
population without electricity: 900,000 (2017)
electrification - total population: 65.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 82.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 61.2% (2016)
Ethiopia
population without electricity: 58 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 42.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 85.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 26.5% (2016)
Faroe Islands
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Fiji
electrification - total population: 98.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 98% (2016)
Finland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
France
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
French Polynesia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Gabon
population without electricity: 200,000 (2017)
electrification - total population: 91.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 96.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 55% (2016)
Gambia, The
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 47.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 69% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 15.5% (2016)
Gaza Strip
population without electricity: 80,930 (2012)
electrification - total population: 98% (2012)
electrification - urban areas: 99% (2012)
electrification - rural areas: 93% (2012)

note: data for Gaza Strip and West Bank combined

Georgia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Germany
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Ghana
population without electricity: 5 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 79.3% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 89.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 66.6% (2016)
Greece
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Greenland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Grenada
electrification - total population: 92.3% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 92.3% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 92.3% (2016)
Guam
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Guatemala
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 91.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 96.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 86.4% (2016)
Guernsey
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Guinea
population without electricity: 11 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 33.5% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 82.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 6.9% (2016)
Guinea-Bissau
population without electricity: 2 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 14.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 29.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 4% (2016)
Guyana
electrification - total population: 84.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 90.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 81.9% (2016)
Haiti
population without electricity: 8 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 38.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 65.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 0.5% (2016)
Honduras
population without electricity: 2 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 87.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 72.2% (2016)
Hong Kong
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Hungary
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Iceland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
India
population without electricity: 168 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 84.5% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 98.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 77.6% (2016)
Indonesia
population without electricity: 14 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 97.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 94.8% (2016)
Iran
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Iraq
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Ireland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Isle of Man
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Israel
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Italy
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Jamaica
electrification - total population: 98.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96% (2016)
Japan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Jersey
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Jordan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Kazakhstan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Kenya
population without electricity: 13 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 56% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 77.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 39.3% (2016)
Kiribati
electrification - total population: 84.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 88.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 82.2% (2016)
Korea, North
population without electricity: 19 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 26% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 36% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 11% (2016)
Korea, South
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Kosovo
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Kuwait
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Kyrgyzstan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Laos
electrification - total population: 87.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 97.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 80.3% (2016)
Latvia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Lebanon
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Lesotho
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 29.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 66% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 15.7% (2016)
Liberia
population without electricity: 4 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 19.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 34% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 1.3% (2016)
Libya
electrification - total population: 98.5% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.1% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96.4% (2016)
Liechtenstein
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Lithuania
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Luxembourg
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Macau
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Madagascar
population without electricity: 20 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 22.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 67.3% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 17.3% (2016)
Malawi
population without electricity: 17 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 11% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 42% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 4% (2016)
Malaysia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Maldives
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Mali
population without electricity: 11 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 35.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 83.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 1.8% (2016)
Malta
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Marshall Islands
electrification - total population: 93.1% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 94.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 89.1% (2016)
Mauritania
population without electricity: 3 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 41.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 81% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 2.3% (2016)
Mauritius
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Mexico
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Micronesia, Federated States of
electrification - total population: 75.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 91.9% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 70.7% (2016)
Moldova
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Monaco
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Mongolia
electrification - total population: 81.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 95.8% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 44.2% (2016)
Montenegro
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Morocco
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Mozambique
population without electricity: 21 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 24.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 64.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 5% (2016)
Namibia
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 51.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 77.1% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 28.7% (2016)
Nepal
population without electricity: 3 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 90.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 94.5% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 85.2% (2016)
Netherlands
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
New Caledonia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
New Zealand
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Nicaragua
electrification - total population: 81.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.2% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 56.6% (2016)
Niger
population without electricity: 19 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 16.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 65.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 4.7% (2016)
Nigeria
population without electricity: 77 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 59.3% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 86% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 41.1% (2016)
North Macedonia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Northern Mariana Islands
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Norway
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Oman
electrification - total population: 99% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 93% (2016)
Pakistan
population without electricity: 52 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 74% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 90% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 64% (2017)
Palau
electrification - total population: 99.3% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 97.2% (2016)
Panama
electrification - total population: 93.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 81.3% (2016)
Papua New Guinea
electrification - total population: 22.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 72.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 15.5% (2016)
Paraguay
electrification - total population: 98.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 99.9% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96.1% (2016)
Peru
population without electricity: 2 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 95% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 97% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 89% (2017)
Philippines
population without electricity: 12 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 88% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 98% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 80% (2017)
Poland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Portugal
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Puerto Rico
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Qatar
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Romania
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Russia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Rwanda
population without electricity: 7 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 43% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 69% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 37% (2017)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Saint Lucia
electrification - total population: 97.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 94.9% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 98.4% (2016)
Saint Martin
electrification - total population: 72% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 89.8% (2016)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Samoa
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
San Marino
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Sao Tome and Principe
electrification - total population: 68% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 87% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 22% (2017)
Saudi Arabia
electrification - total population: 99% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 98% (2017)
Senegal
population without electricity: 6 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 65% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 90% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 43% (2017)
Serbia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Seychelles
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Sierra Leone
population without electricity: 6 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 20% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 19% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 20% (2017)
Singapore
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Sint Maarten
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Slovakia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Slovenia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Solomon Islands
electrification - total population: 47.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 69.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 41.5% (2016)
Somalia
population without electricity: 12 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 17% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 35% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 4% (2017)
South Africa
population without electricity: 9 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 84.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 92.9% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 67.9% (2016)
South Sudan
population without electricity: 12 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 8.9% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 22% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 5.9% (2016)
Spain
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Sri Lanka
electrification - total population: 95.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 94.6% (2016)
Sudan
population without electricity: 22 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 45% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 71% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 31% (2017)
Suriname
electrification - total population: 87.2% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 96.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 69.3% (2016)
Sweden
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Switzerland
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Syria
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 92% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 84% (2017)
Tajikistan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Tanzania
population without electricity: 39 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 33% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 65% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 17% (2017)
Thailand
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Timor-Leste
electrification - total population: 63.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 91.7% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 49.2% (2016)
Togo
population without electricity: 5 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 36% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 64% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 16% (2017)
Tonga
electrification - total population: 97% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 98.6% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96.6% (2016)
Trinidad and Tobago
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Tunisia
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Turkey
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Turkmenistan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Turks and Caicos Islands
electrification - total population: 95.7% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 42.7% (2016)
Tuvalu
electrification - total population: 99.4% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 98.5% (2016)
Uganda
population without electricity: 34 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 20% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 23% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 19% (2017)
Ukraine
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
United Arab Emirates
electrification - total population: 100% (2017)
United Kingdom
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
United States
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Uruguay
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Uzbekistan
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
Vanuatu
electrification - total population: 57.8% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 91.4% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 46.4% (2016)
Venezuela
electrification - total population: 99.6% (2016)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2016)
electrification - rural areas: 96.4% (2016)
Vietnam
population without electricity: 1 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 99% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 100% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 98% (2017)
Virgin Islands
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)
West Bank
electrification - total population: 100% (2016)

note: data for West Bank and Gaza Strip combined

World
population without electricity: 1.201 billion (2013)
electrification - total population: 83% (2013)
electrification - urban areas: 95% (2013)
electrification - rural areas: 70% (2013)
Yemen
population without electricity: 15 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 47% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 72% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 32% (2017)
Zambia
population without electricity: 12 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 33% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 67% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 6% (2017)
Zimbabwe
population without electricity: 11 million (2017)
electrification - total population: 34% (2017)
electrification - urban areas: 81% (2017)
electrification - rural areas: 11% (2017)