Data for 2014

Access to Electricity, 2014

2014, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Access to Electricity, 2014 covers 215 countries. 87 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.3. The middle country reads 99.4. Against 2013, 129 values changed (109 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Access to Electricity · Data for 2014

Highest87 countries share it

100.0

LowestSouth Sudan

4.3

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

215countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
104distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Access to Electricity, 2014: every country, as published by World Bank Group.

AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	100.0
AndorraANDSouthern Europe	100.0
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	100.0
ArgentinaARGSouth America	100.0
ArubaABWCaribbean	100.0
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	100.0
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	100.0
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	100.0
BahamasBHSCaribbean	100.0
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	100.0
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	100.0
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	100.0
BermudaBMUNorthern America	100.0
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	100.0
CanadaCANNorthern America	100.0
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	100.0
Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe	100.0
ChileCHLSouth America	100.0
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	100.0
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	100.0
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	100.0
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	100.0
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	100.0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	100.0
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	100.0
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	100.0
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	100.0
FranceFRAWestern Europe	100.0
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	100.0
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	100.0
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	100.0
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	100.0
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	100.0
GuamGUMMicronesia	100.0
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	100.0
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	100.0
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	100.0
IranIRNSouthern Asia	100.0
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	100.0
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	100.0
IsraelISRWestern Asia	100.0
ItalyITASouthern Europe	100.0
JapanJPNEastern Asia	100.0
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	100.0
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	100.0
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	100.0
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	100.0
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	100.0
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	100.0
MacauMACEastern Asia	100.0
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	100.0
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	100.0
MonacoMCOWestern Europe	100.0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	100.0
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	100.0
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	100.0
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	100.0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	100.0
OmanOMNWestern Asia	100.0
PolandPOLEastern Europe	100.0
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	100.0
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	100.0
QatarQATWestern Asia	100.0
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	100.0
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	100.0
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	100.0
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	100.0
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	100.0
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	100.0
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	100.0
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	100.0
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	100.0
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	100.0
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	100.0
SpainESPSouthern Europe	100.0
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	100.0
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	100.0
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	100.0
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	100.0
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	100.0
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	100.0
UkraineUKREastern Europe	100.0
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	100.0
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	100.0
United StatesUSANorthern America	100.0
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	100.0
VenezuelaVENSouth America	100.0
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	99.9
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	99.9
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	99.9
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	99.8
JordanJORWestern Asia	99.8
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	99.8
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	99.8
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	99.8
PalauPLWMicronesia	99.8
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	99.8
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	99.8
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	99.7
BrazilBRASouth America	99.7
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	99.7
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	99.7
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	99.7
UruguayURYSouth America	99.7
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	99.5
NauruNRUMicronesia	99.5
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	99.5
Costa RicaCRICentral America	99.4
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	99.3
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	99.2
IraqIRQWestern Asia	99.2
MexicoMEXCentral America	99.2
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	99.2
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	99.1
EcuadorECUSouth America	99.0
ParaguayPRYSouth America	99.0
CubaCUBCaribbean	98.7
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	98.5
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	98.4
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	98.1
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	98.1
SamoaWSMPolynesia	97.9
TuvaluTUVPolynesia	97.9
ColombiaCOLSouth America	97.8
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	97.7
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	97.3
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	97.0
BelarusBLREastern Europe	96.8
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	95.9
TongaTONPolynesia	95.9
DominicaDMACaribbean	95.7
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	95.1
SurinameSURSouth America	94.6
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	93.3
FijiFJIMelanesia	93.0
PeruPERSouth America	92.9
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	92.7
BelizeBLZCentral America	91.5
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	91.5
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	91.4
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	91.0
PanamaPANCentral America	90.8
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	90.2
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	90.1
BoliviaBOLSouth America	90.0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	89.8
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	89.5
HondurasHNDCentral America	88.7
GabonGABMiddle Africa	87.1
GuyanaGUYSouth America	86.9
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	86.0
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	85.9
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	85.5
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	85.3
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	85.1
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	84.9
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	83.4
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	82.5
NicaraguaNICCentral America	81.9
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	78.3
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	75.5
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	71.8
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	71.2
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	68.6
YemenYEMWestern Asia	66.1
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	66.0
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	65.0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	62.4
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	62.4
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	61.9
SenegalSENWestern Africa	61.0
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	60.0
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	58.9
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	56.8
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	56.1
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	54.2
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	53.0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	52.0
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	51.4
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	50.5
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	49.1
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	48.4
TogoTGOWestern Africa	45.7
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	44.9
EritreaERIEastern Africa	44.6
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	43.4
HaitiHTICaribbean	39.6
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	38.8
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	37.8
KenyaKENEastern Africa	36.0
MaliMLIWestern Africa	34.2
BeninBENWestern Africa	34.1
GuineaGINWestern Africa	33.5
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	32.3
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	32.0
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	27.9
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	27.8
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	27.2
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	24.8
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	23.5
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	23.0
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	20.4
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	19.8
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	19.2
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	18.8
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	18.1
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	17.2
NigerNERWestern Africa	15.7
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	13.5
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.0
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11.9
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	9.4
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8.4
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	7.0
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.3

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Arubashared100.0
Albaniashared100.0
Andorrashared100.0
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Argentinashared100.0

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 99.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 215 in both
109 · 20rose · fell
86unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan68.0 → 89.5+21.5
Vanuatu31.7 → 49.1+17.4
Madagascar12.9 → 23.0+10.1
Ghana70.7 → 78.3+7.6
Nepal77.4 → 84.9+7.5

Fell most

Yemen75.6 → 66.1−9.5
Zimbabwe40.6 → 32.3−8.3
Angola38.4 → 32.0−6.4
Myanmar56.5 → 52.0−4.5
Kenya40.1 → 36.0−4.1

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2014.
104 distinct values among 215
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 87 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2014). Access to Electricity, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-access/2014

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