Data for 2020

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2020

2020, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2020 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Sri Lanka is highest, at 82.39; Yemen is lowest, at 9.47. The middle country reads 45.63. Against 2019, 35 values changed (35 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2020

HighestSri Lanka

82.39

LowestYemen

9.47

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
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
derived
1	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	82.39	100.0	100	51.9	61	99.0000
2	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	76.95	76.2	100	77.2	72	59.0867
3	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	74.80	79.0	67	60.3	72	95.7400
4	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	71.52	93.3	33	58.7	89	83.3313
5	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	67.84	67.6	83	49.7	72	66.3067
6	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	65.84	95.2	50	67.7	56	60.6667
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	65.38	60.0	83	61.4	39	83.3033
8	MaliMLIWestern Africa	64.52	81.0	50	48.1	61	82.3967
9	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	62.49	23.8	100	73.5	61	54.0000
10	TogoTGOWestern Africa	61.97	65.7	67	31.2	67	79.6000
11	BeninBENWestern Africa	60.26	71.4	33	56.6	50	89.9300
12	SenegalSENWestern Africa	59.97	61.0	50	66.7	56	66.6667
13	HaitiHTICaribbean	59.15	55.2	17	58.2	83	82.3333
14	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	59.06	32.4	67	57.7	56	83.0000
15	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	58.70	66.7	100	44.4	17	65.7211
16	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	58.14	60.0	83	64.0	17	66.6667
17	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	57.63	81.0	33	47.1	44	82.3333
18	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	56.98	28.6	67	39.7	67	83.3263
19	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	56.58	38.1	0	77.2	72	95.3333
20	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	54.78	38.5	80	25.5	60	69.9189
21	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	54.11	76.2	33	61.4	33	66.3333
22	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	52.66	50.5	33	36.0	61	82.3878
23	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	50.65	66.7	33	29.1	56	68.6000
24	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	50.46	54.3	67	15.9	56	59.9067
25	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	50.37	9.5	0	86.8	72	83.3311
26	NicaraguaNICCentral America	47.85	44.8	50	12.2	50	82.3333
27	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	47.77	76.2	17	23.8	56	66.6467
28	NigerNERWestern Africa	47.18	77.1	17	60.3	17	65.0867
29	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	44.08	37.1	33	44.4	22	83.2400
30	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	43.75	46.7	17	23.8	33	98.2733
31	KenyaKENEastern Africa	41.90	56.2	67	23.8	17	46.1700
32	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	41.88	81.9	0	38.6	6	83.3287
33	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	40.73	55.2	50	20.6	11	66.6666
34	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	40.60	0.0	17	14.8	72	99.2733
35	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	37.30	9.5	67	54.0	22	34.1077
36	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	36.33	25.7	33	41.3	50	31.3333
37	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	36.20	54.3	17	54.5	39	16.6667
38	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	36.03	0.0	67	67.7	17	29.0967
39	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	35.82	49.5	33	12.2	61	22.9467
40	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	35.00	16.2	50	26.5	33	49.0000
41	GuineaGINWestern Africa	33.96	60.0	0	26.5	17	66.6667
42	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	33.23	4.8	50	16.9	11	83.3331
43	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	31.69	14.3	33	27.5	0	83.3332
44	HondurasHNDCentral America	31.40	49.5	17	19.6	6	65.6667
45	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	30.79	0.0	0	20.6	33	99.9987
46	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	30.29	65.7	0	19.0	0	66.6667
47	EritreaERIEastern Africa	28.70	35.2	17	26.5	0	65.1333
48	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	28.21	25.7	0	26.5	22	66.6500
49	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	27.88	4.8	17	34.9	17	66.3767
50	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	27.58	55.2	33	16.9	22	10.1833
51	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	27.56	19.0	17	4.8	33	64.0100
52	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	26.81	38.1	33	25.4	6	31.6667
53	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	25.19	0.0	33	34.4	6	52.6667
54	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	21.90	4.8	17	4.8	0	83.3133
55	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	18.31	33.3	0	12.2	0	46.0633
56	YemenYEMWestern Asia	9.47	28.6	0	13.2	6	0.0000

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Sri Lanka82.39
2Malawi76.95
3Ghana74.80
4Myanmar71.52
5Cambodia67.84

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.63. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Electrification governance and planning
HighestSri Lanka100.0
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 50.0
Grid electrification framework
Highest4 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 33
Mini-grids framework
HighestDR Congo86.8
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 35.4
Off-grid systems framework
HighestMyanmar89
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 36
Consumer affordability of electricity
HighestPhilippines99.9987
LowestYemen0.0000
Middle country: 66.6667

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Guatemala38.11 → 57.63+19.52
Côte d’Ivoire41.61 → 58.14+16.53
South Africa24.23 → 35.82+11.59
Kenya30.47 → 41.90+11.43
Liberia37.62 → 47.77+10.16

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 2020.
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) (2020). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2020

0614 held

Other years

‹ The year before
RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2019
56 countries
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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021
56 countries
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