Data for 2015

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2015

2015, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2015 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Ghana is highest, at 62.407; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 23.382. Against 2014, 27 values changed (27 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2015

HighestGhana

62.407

LowestSierra Leone

0.000

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

56countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
56distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2015, as published. ESMAP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2015: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
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1	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	62.407	58	67	36	56	95.7400
2	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	55.650	74	33	10	78	83.3313
3	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	47.494	10	50	45	67	66.3067
4	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	46.054	43	83	22	17	65.7211
5	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	41.360	37	33	12	56	68.6000
6	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40.924	57	33	21	11	82.3967
7	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	40.730	55	50	21	11	66.6666
8	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.259	24	50	39	17	66.6667
9	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	38.065	40	17	29	22	82.3333
10	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	35.403	19	50	10	44	54.0000
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.299	0	17	11	44	99.2733
12	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	32.710	46	33	13	6	65.7211
13	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	32.684	25	37	22	13	66.5855
14	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31.916	5	0	28	44	82.3333
15	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	30.976	14	17	8	56	59.9067
16	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	29.531	28	50	4	0	66.3333
17	BeninBENWestern Africa	29.203	14	33	8	0	89.9300
18	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	26.560	5	0	28	17	83.3311
19	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	26.424	16	50	17	0	49.0000
20	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	26.277	21	17	18	44	31.3333
21	HondurasHNDCentral America	26.255	24	17	20	6	65.6667
22	NicaraguaNICCentral America	24.721	19	33	0	6	65.6667
23	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	24.286	0	33	5	0	83.3332
24	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	24.073	29	0	8	17	66.6597
25	HaitiHTICaribbean	23.874	0	0	4	33	82.3333
26	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	23.619	18	33	0	0	66.6667
27	EritreaERIEastern Africa	23.408	35	17	0	0	65.1333
28	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	23.386	5	33	12	0	66.6664
29	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	23.378	11	17	0	22	66.5734
30	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	22.790	0	0	14	33	66.3333
31	GuineaGINWestern Africa	21.979	13	0	13	17	66.6667
32	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	21.054	10	33	23	6	34.1077
33	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	19.963	55	17	12	6	10.1833
34	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	18.558	14	0	0	56	22.9467
35	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	18.360	0	0	8	0	83.3320
36	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	17.615	0	0	5	0	83.3133
37	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	17.301	0	0	14	6	66.6620
38	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	17.268	5	0	8	11	62.0000
39	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	17.143	19	0	0	0	66.6667
40	TogoTGOWestern Africa	15.920	0	0	0	0	79.6000
41	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	15.761	0	0	12	0	66.6367
42	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	14.164	0	17	17	6	31.6667
43	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	14.016	0	0	4	0	66.3767
44	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	13.330	0	0	0	0	66.6500
45	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	13.329	0	0	0	0	66.6467
46	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	12.988	0	0	0	0	64.9400
47	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	12.802	0	0	0	0	64.0100
48	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.599	5	0	12	0	46.0633
49	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10.899	0	0	25	0	29.0967
50	NigerNERWestern Africa	10.636	5	0	0	0	48.4200
51	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10.533	0	0	0	0	52.6667
52	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	9.752	0	0	5	0	44.0000
53	YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.471	29	0	13	6	0.0000
54	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	8.484	0	0	0	0	42.4200
55	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.567	0	0	0	0	12.8367
56	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.000	0	0	0	0	0.0000

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Ghana62.407
2Myanmar55.650
3Cambodia47.494
4Maldives46.054
5Vanuatu41.360

Lowest

56Sierra Leone0.000
55Kenya2.567
54Malawi8.484
53Yemen9.471
52Ethiopia9.752

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 23.382. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Electrification governance and planning
HighestMyanmar74
Lowest21 share it
Middle country: 10
Grid electrification framework
HighestMaldives83
Lowest28 share it
Middle country: 8
Mini-grids framework
HighestCambodia45
Lowest16 share it
Middle country: 10
Off-grid systems framework
HighestMyanmar78
Lowest25 share it
Middle country: 6
Consumer affordability of electricity
HighestPakistan99.2733
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 66.3550

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
27values changed, of 56 in both
27 · 0rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan13.144 → 32.710+19.566
Myanmar39.650 → 55.650+16.000
Burundi13.790 → 26.277+12.487
Burkina Faso13.267 → 22.790+9.524
Mali31.686 → 40.924+9.238

Fell most

None.

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

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from ESMAP’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2015.
The position is ours
ESMAP publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 56 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (ESMAP) (2015). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2015

0614 held

Other years

‹ The year before
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2014
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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2016
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All of them
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score: every year
14 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions