Share of the population with access to electricity: revisions

This site's figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators in Our World in Data's edition of 27 July 2026. Its catalogue keeps 8 earlier editions.

The editions

EditionUnitFigures that differ from this site
14 July 2026% of population30
27 February 2026% of population148
29 January 2026% of population148
8 September 2025% of population149
24 January 2025% of population225
20 May 2024% of population2577
29 May 2023% of population2466
26 May 2022% of population2363

The largest revisions to countries' figures

CountryYearEarlier (% of population)EditionThis site (% of population)
Papua New Guinea202060.426 May 202220.5
Papua New Guinea201855.727426 May 202216.6
Papua New Guinea201959.66326 May 202223.6
Papua New Guinea201649.426 May 202213.5
Papua New Guinea201754.426 May 202219.2
Papua New Guinea201542.878226 May 202218.4
Papua New Guinea201440.050526 May 202218.1
Pakistan201770.7926 May 202292.7
Pakistan201872.783126 May 202293.4
Pakistan201671.550226 May 202291.8

For each figure, the earlier edition in the same unit that differs from this site's figure the most.

Every country and region

Country or regionYears that differLargest change
Afghanistan122001: 4.07457 to 9.3
Albania162000: 100 to 99.4
Algeria202000: 98.9731 to 98.6
Andorra0
Angola172012: 37.1313 to 37.3
Antigua and Barbuda72004: 98.0371 to 97.9
Argentina172005: 96.8638 to 96.7
Armenia102012: 99.629 to 99.5
Aruba22010: 93.3563 to 93.4
Australia0
Austria0
Azerbaijan92003: 98.9275 to 98.8
Bahamas0
Bahrain0
Bangladesh132018: 91.8 to 86.9
Barbados42004: 99.9967 to 99.9
Belarus192000: 100 to 89
Belgium0
Belize202020: 97.1133 to 96.8
Benin152020: 41.411 to 41
Bermuda0
Bhutan152016: 99.5898 to 99.3
Bolivia182020: 97.5541 to 97.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina122000: 100 to 99
Botswana182020: 71.9948 to 71.8
Brazil172020: 100 to 99.7
British Virgin Islands142002: 97.6254 to 97.3
Brunei0
Bulgaria202000: 100 to 88.1
Burkina Faso182019: 18.3749 to 17.6
Burundi162020: 11.7356 to 9.1
Cambodia142009: 43.1122 to 25.6
Cameroon142020: 64.7214 to 64.3
Canada0
Cape Verde182020: 94.1617 to 93.7
Cayman Islands0
Central African Republic192018: 14.8424 to 14.6
Chad172020: 11.0801 to 10.9
Channel Islands0
Chile132004: 97.6061 to 97.5
China132003: 97.7544 to 97.4
Colombia172019: 99.7559 to 99.4
Comoros202020: 86.7371 to 85.6
Congo192020: 49.5171 to 48.7
Costa Rica172001: 98.2498 to 98.2
Cote d'Ivoire142022: 72 to 70.4
Croatia72006: 100 to 99.8
Cuba182012: 97.9526 to 98.3
Curacao102005: 100 to 99.7
Cyprus0
Czechia32005: 99.9543 to 100
Democratic Republic of Congo162020: 19.1 to 20.1
Denmark0
Djibouti182019: 61.2119 to 64.7
Dominica192011: 95.5367 to 90.1
Dominican Republic162002: 89.7498 to 89.7
East Asia and Pacific (WB)232005: 93.8597 to 93.57515
East Timor162017: 79.779 to 79.5
Ecuador182002: 94.3094 to 94.2
Egypt92004: 97.907 to 97.8
El Salvador182020: 100 to 99.7
Equatorial Guinea212000: 65.5596 to 64.8
Eritrea222022: 53.4 to 55.4
Estonia32005: 99.9543 to 100
Eswatini172020: 79.7305 to 80
Ethiopia162022: 55.4 to 55
Europe and Central Asia (WB)272000: 99.9494 to 99.11531
European Union (27)222000: 100 to 99.47619
Faroe Islands0
Fiji182018: 99.3725 to 95.1
Finland0
France0
French Polynesia0
Gabon182020: 91.5716 to 91.1
Gambia162009: 43.0392 to 43.2
Georgia42005: 97.9351 to 97.9
Germany0
Ghana112020: 85.8736 to 85.4
Gibraltar132004: 100 to 99.7
Greece0
Greenland0
Grenada192020: 93.5864 to 93.4
Guam0
Guatemala212020: 97.0553 to 96.6
Guinea162013: 31.976 to 32.2
Guinea-Bissau162011: 13.3999 to 13.5
Guyana192019: 91.9158 to 91.6
Haiti172020: 46.9255 to 46.3
High-income countries322015: 99.9692 to 99.44125
Honduras172020: 93.2067 to 93.1
Hong Kong0
Hungary72005: 100 to 99.9
Iceland0
India142011: 67.6 to 79.5
Indonesia182005: 85.0383 to 84.8
Iran152012: 99.6433 to 99.5
Iraq162005: 97.5749 to 97.4
Ireland0
Isle of Man0
Israel0
Italy0
Jamaica142019: 99.3676 to 98.9
Japan0
Jordan112005: 99.1009 to 99
Kazakhstan72000: 99.5096 to 99.6
Kenya152017: 55.9764 to 55.8
Kiribati212020: 91.963 to 91
Kosovo0
Kuwait0
Kyrgyzstan152004: 99.4572 to 99.3
Laos142018: 97.7972 to 92.9
Latin America and Caribbean (WB)302020: 98.5165 to 98.14728
Latvia112006: 100 to 99.6
Lebanon172014: 99.4823 to 99.7
Lesotho152020: 47.3527 to 47.5
Liberia72012: 9.10747 to 9.3
Libya202014: 75.0388 to 75.5
Liechtenstein0
Lithuania122002: 100 to 99.4
Low-income countries242022: 43.0061 to 44.958187
Lower-middle-income countries312002: 65.0282 to 58.65123
Luxembourg0
Macao0
Madagascar122020: 33.7351 to 32
Malawi102020: 14.8668 to 11.5
Malaysia162002: 99.1398 to 98.6
Maldives132012: 99.3867 to 99.2
Mali172011: 28.6845 to 28.8
Malta12001: 99.9981 to 100
Marshall Islands212020: 99.1606 to 98.3
Mauritania162020: 47.3484 to 45.4
Mauritius172018: 99.4488 to 99.8
Mexico152009: 98.1982 to 98.3
Micronesia (country)212017: 77.9439 to 76.5
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)0
Moldova162000: 100 to 98.7
Monaco0
Mongolia162019: 97.2299 to 98.9
Montenegro172002: 100 to 99
Morocco122014: 91.6 to 97.3
Mozambique132005: 11.9319 to 11.8
Myanmar182013: 56.3493 to 56.5
Namibia142020: 56.2587 to 52.3
Nauru162001: 99.4156 to 99
Nepal132017: 87.8963 to 86.6
Netherlands0
New Caledonia0
New Zealand0
Nicaragua222020: 88.9074 to 86
Niger152020: 19.2519 to 18.7
Nigeria102012: 53.2312 to 53
North America (WB)0
North Korea122020: 52.3135 to 50.5
North Macedonia152000: 100 to 99
Northern Mariana Islands52006: 99.8332 to 99.7
Norway0
Oman42005: 100 to 99.9
Pakistan222017: 70.79 to 92.7
Palau162002: 98.2805 to 98
Palestine22017: 99.7 to 99.9
Panama192019: 95.8163 to 93.9
Papua New Guinea192020: 60.4 to 20.5
Paraguay172020: 100 to 99.7
Peru182020: 99.3118 to 96.2
Philippines152020: 96.8424 to 96.4
Poland92005: 100 to 99.8
Portugal0
Puerto Rico0
Qatar0
Romania182000: 100 to 94.4
Russia152000: 100 to 97.8
Rwanda122019: 40.3686 to 46.6
Saint Kitts and Nevis112000: 95.2815 to 95.4
Saint Lucia182000: 89.3874 to 86
Saint Martin (French part)102005: 100 to 99.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines182015: 99.6433 to 99.4
Samoa152015: 99.0671 to 98.2
San Marino0
Sao Tome and Principe172020: 76.5591 to 76.8
Saudi Arabia52018: 100 to 99.9
Senegal72020: 70.3689 to 64.3
Serbia162004: 100 to 99.6
Seychelles102003: 95.0062 to 94.9
Sierra Leone142012: 16.9765 to 17.2
Singapore0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)102005: 100 to 99.7
Slovakia52005: 100 to 99.9
Slovenia0
Solomon Islands162010: 34.7748 to 35.4
Somalia192000: 1.8925 to 2.1
South Africa52020: 84.3855 to 90
South Asia (WB)302011: 67.0536 to 77.309166
South Korea0
South Sudan122007: 1.03156 to 0.8
Spain0
Sri Lanka132006: 82.1 to 82
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)282006: 30.7959 to 31.203487
Sudan192020: 55.3897 to 59.7
Suriname212014: 94.3376 to 94.6
Sweden0
Switzerland0
Syria192013: 90.1494 to 90.4
Tajikistan142020: 99.7793 to 99.5
Tanzania112007: 15.4501 to 15.9
Thailand152005: 92.9447 to 92.8
Togo172013: 40.8314 to 41
Tonga172017: 98.3616 to 98.2
Trinidad and Tobago72005: 97.6745 to 95
Tunisia22005: 99.3 to 99.2
Turkey102004: 99.998 to 99.7
Turkmenistan152004: 99.6739 to 99.5
Turks and Caicos Islands82006: 96.3083 to 96.2
Tuvalu192020: 99.6892 to 99.4
Uganda102012: 20.3193 to 20.5
Ukraine122000: 100 to 99.1
United Arab Emirates0
United Kingdom0
United States0
United States Virgin Islands0
Upper-middle-income countries242001: 96.0602 to 93.82841
Uruguay132005: 98.1671 to 98
Uzbekistan192009: 99.8529 to 99.5
Vanuatu202022: 71.6 to 70
Venezuela122019: 99.9768 to 99.8
Vietnam112015: 99.8213 to 99.3
World262011: 82.0744 to 84.50887
Yemen182020: 73.7579 to 73.9
Zambia122013: 29.8863 to 30.1
Zimbabwe162017: 44.1786 to 44

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