Data for 2017

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2017

2017, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2017 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Ghana is highest, at 64.84; Kenya is lowest, at 2.57. The middle country reads 29.98. Against 2016, 33 values changed (33 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2017

HighestGhana

64.84

LowestKenya

2.57

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
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
derived
1	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	64.84	58.1	67	48.1	56	95.7400
2	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	56.39	74.3	33	13.2	78	83.3313
3	HaitiHTICaribbean	53.85	43.8	17	48.7	78	82.3333
4	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	50.75	50.5	33	26.5	61	82.3878
5	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	49.72	54.3	67	12.2	56	59.9067
6	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	49.56	9.5	50	49.7	72	66.3067
7	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	48.75	66.7	33	19.6	56	68.6000
8	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	47.31	19.0	100	19.0	44	54.0000
9	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	46.05	42.9	83	21.7	17	65.7211
10	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	44.02	49.5	33	37.6	33	66.3333
11	MaliMLIWestern Africa	40.92	57.1	33	20.6	11	82.3967
12	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	40.73	55.2	50	20.6	11	66.6666
13	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	40.43	29.0	63	25.5	18	66.5855
14	SenegalSENWestern Africa	39.26	23.8	50	39.2	17	66.6667
15	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	38.06	40.0	17	29.1	22	82.3333
16	BeninBENWestern Africa	37.72	14.3	33	12.2	39	89.9300
17	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	37.62	71.4	17	0.0	33	66.6467
18	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	37.51	9.5	0	39.2	56	83.3311
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	36.77	28.6	17	27.5	28	83.3263
20	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	36.41	27.6	67	15.9	6	66.3333
21	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	36.32	14.3	0	38.6	33	95.3333
22	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	35.25	4.8	17	28.0	44	82.3333
23	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	34.30	0.0	17	11.1	44	99.2733
24	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	33.09	16.2	50	16.9	33	49.0000
25	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	32.51	18.1	67	11.1	0	66.6667
26	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	31.37	0.0	67	55.6	6	29.0967
27	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	30.31	11.4	33	18.0	22	66.5734
28	HondurasHNDCentral America	30.06	42.9	17	19.6	6	65.6667
29	NigerNERWestern Africa	29.90	23.8	17	32.8	11	65.0867
30	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	26.28	21.0	17	18.0	44	31.3333
31	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	25.86	38.1	33	20.6	6	31.6667
32	NicaraguaNICCentral America	25.46	19.0	33	3.7	6	65.6667
33	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	25.36	55.2	33	16.9	11	10.1833
34	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	25.24	0.0	33	9.5	0	83.3332
35	GuineaGINWestern Africa	23.67	18.1	0	16.9	17	66.6667
36	TogoTGOWestern Africa	23.54	4.8	0	0.0	33	79.6000
37	EritreaERIEastern Africa	23.41	35.2	17	0.0	0	65.1333
38	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	23.39	4.8	33	12.2	0	66.6664
39	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	21.05	9.5	33	22.8	6	34.1077
40	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	20.95	0.0	17	4.8	0	83.3133
41	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	20.25	14.3	0	8.5	56	22.9467
42	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	19.84	0.0	0	15.9	0	83.3320
43	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	18.31	33.3	0	12.2	0	46.0633
44	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	17.30	0.0	0	14.3	6	66.6620
45	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	17.14	19.0	0	0.0	0	66.6667
46	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	17.09	9.5	0	3.7	6	66.6500
47	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	15.76	0.0	0	12.2	0	66.6367
48	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	15.71	0.0	0	12.2	0	66.3767
49	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	12.99	0.0	0	0.0	0	64.9400
50	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	12.80	0.0	0	0.0	0	64.0100
51	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	11.64	0.0	0	0.0	6	52.6667
52	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	9.75	0.0	0	4.8	0	44.0000
53	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	9.60	0.0	0	0.0	6	42.4200
54	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9.52	47.6	0	0.0	0	0.0000
55	YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.47	28.6	0	13.2	6	0.0000
56	KenyaKENEastern Africa	2.57	0.0	0	0.0	0	12.8367

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Ghana64.84
2Myanmar56.39
3Haiti53.85
4Afghanistan50.75
5Papua New Guinea49.72

Lowest

56Kenya2.57
55Yemen9.47
54Sierra Leone9.52
53Malawi9.60
52Ethiopia9.75

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 29.98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Electrification governance and planning
HighestMyanmar74.3
Lowest14 share it
Middle country: 18.6
Grid electrification framework
HighestZambia100
Lowest20 share it
Middle country: 17
Mini-grids framework
HighestRwanda55.6
Lowest10 share it
Middle country: 15.9
Off-grid systems framework
Highest2 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 11
Consumer affordability of electricity
HighestPakistan99.2733
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 66.5794

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
33values changed, of 56 in both
33 · 0rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso22.79 → 44.02+21.23
Papua New Guinea30.98 → 49.72+18.74
Afghanistan32.71 → 50.75+18.04
Zambia36.36 → 47.31+10.95
Niger19.10 → 29.90+10.79

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 2017.
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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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (ESMAP) (2017). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2017

0614 held

Other years

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

07Questions