Data for 2016

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2016

2016, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2016 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Ghana is highest, at 64.841; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 25.858. Against 2015, 21 values changed (21 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2016

HighestGhana

64.841

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
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
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1	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	64.841	58	67	48.1	56	95.7400
2	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	55.650	74	33	9.5	78	83.3313
3	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	47.494	10	50	45.0	67	66.3067
4	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	47.265	67	33	12.2	56	68.6000
5	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	46.054	43	83	21.7	17	65.7211
6	HaitiHTICaribbean	45.070	44	0	27.0	72	82.3333
7	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40.924	57	33	20.6	11	82.3967
8	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	40.730	55	50	20.6	11	66.6666
9	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.259	24	50	39.2	17	66.6667
10	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	38.065	40	17	29.1	22	82.3333
11	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	37.615	71	17	0.0	33	66.6467
12	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	36.402	10	0	39.2	50	83.3311
13	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	36.356	19	50	14.3	44	54.0000
14	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.299	0	17	11.1	44	99.2733
15	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	33.764	25	37	22.6	18	66.5855
16	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	33.511	10	0	34.9	28	95.3333
17	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	32.710	46	33	13.2	6	65.7211
18	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	31.916	5	0	28.0	44	82.3333
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	31.533	29	17	18.0	28	66.6597
20	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	30.976	14	17	8.5	56	59.9067
21	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	30.423	0	67	50.8	6	29.0967
22	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	29.531	28	50	3.7	0	66.3333
23	BeninBENWestern Africa	29.203	14	33	8.5	0	89.9300
24	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	29.175	18	50	11.1	0	66.6667
25	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	26.711	11	33	0.0	22	66.5734
26	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	26.424	16	50	16.9	0	49.0000
27	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	26.277	21	17	18.0	44	31.3333
28	HondurasHNDCentral America	26.255	24	17	19.6	6	65.6667
29	NicaraguaNICCentral America	25.461	19	33	3.7	6	65.6667
30	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	25.238	0	33	9.5	0	83.3332
31	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	24.407	55	33	12.2	11	10.1833
32	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.164	33	33	16.9	6	31.6667
33	EritreaERIEastern Africa	23.408	35	17	0.0	0	65.1333
34	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	23.386	5	33	12.2	0	66.6664
35	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	22.790	0	0	14.3	33	66.3333
36	GuineaGINWestern Africa	22.720	13	0	16.9	17	66.6667
37	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	21.054	10	33	22.8	6	34.1077
38	NigerNERWestern Africa	19.102	24	0	23.3	0	48.4200
39	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19.100	0	0	12.2	0	83.3320
40	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	18.558	14	0	0.0	56	22.9467
41	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	17.615	0	0	4.8	0	83.3133
42	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	17.301	0	0	14.3	6	66.6620
43	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	17.143	19	0	0.0	0	66.6667
44	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	15.976	10	0	3.7	0	66.6500
45	TogoTGOWestern Africa	15.920	0	0	0.0	0	79.6000
46	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	15.761	0	0	12.2	0	66.6367
47	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	14.016	0	0	3.7	0	66.3767
48	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	12.988	0	0	0.0	0	64.9400
49	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	12.802	0	0	0.0	0	64.0100
50	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.599	5	0	12.2	0	46.0633
51	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.644	0	0	0.0	6	52.6667
52	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	9.752	0	0	4.8	0	44.0000
53	YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.471	29	0	13.2	6	0.0000
54	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	8.484	0	0	0.0	0	42.4200
55	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.567	0	0	0.0	0	12.8367
56	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0000

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Ghana64.841
2Myanmar55.650
3Cambodia47.494
4Vanuatu47.265
5Maldives46.054

Lowest

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

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.858. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Electrification governance and planning
HighestMyanmar74
Lowest17 share it
Middle country: 14
Grid electrification framework
HighestMaldives83
Lowest25 share it
Middle country: 17
Mini-grids framework
HighestRwanda50.8
Lowest12 share it
Middle country: 12.2
Off-grid systems framework
HighestMyanmar78
Lowest22 share it
Middle country: 6
Consumer affordability of electricity
HighestPakistan99.2733
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 66.4750

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
21values changed, of 56 in both
21 · 0rose · fell
35unchanged

Rose most

Liberia13.329 → 37.615+24.286
Haiti23.874 → 45.070+21.196
Rwanda10.899 → 30.423+19.524
Tanzania17.268 → 33.511+16.243
Republic of the Congo14.164 → 24.164+10.000

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 2016.
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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ESMAP’s own file, on its own site.
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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) (2016). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2016

0614 held

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions