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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021

2021, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Sri Lanka is highest, at 82.39; Yemen is lowest, at 9.47. The middle country reads 54.68. Against 2020, 38 values changed (38 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2021

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.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021, as published. ESMAP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 56 countries · select a heading to sort

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
derived
1Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia82.39100.010051.96199.0000
2AngolaAGOMiddle Africa78.3981.96787.85699.9953
3MalawiMWIEastern Africa76.9576.210077.27259.0867
4GhanaGHAWestern Africa74.8079.06760.37295.7400
5SenegalSENWestern Africa73.7588.65085.77866.6667
6EthiopiaETHEastern Africa72.1995.25077.27860.6667
7MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia71.5293.33358.78983.3313
8SudanSDNNorthern Africa68.7160.08361.45683.3033
9CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia67.8467.68349.77266.3067
10MaliMLIWestern Africa65.6381.05048.16782.3967
11HaitiHTICaribbean64.3955.21767.710082.3333
12ZambiaZMBEastern Africa63.4523.810078.36154.0000
13MadagascarMDGEastern Africa62.3932.46757.75699.6667
14BeninBENWestern Africa62.1776.23361.45089.9300
15TogoTGOWestern Africa61.9765.76731.26779.6000
16GuatemalaGTMCentral America61.9281.05051.94482.3333
17KenyaKENEastern Africa61.7956.26756.68346.1700
18BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia61.3943.83357.78983.2400
19ChadTCDMiddle Africa61.1467.66754.06750.7743
20Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa60.6276.25066.14466.3333
21Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa59.0964.88364.01766.6667
22NepalNPLSouthern Asia58.8928.66749.26783.3263
23MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia58.7066.710044.41765.7211
24IndiaINDSouthern Asia57.8346.18726.56069.9189
25TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa56.5838.1077.27295.3333

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Sri Lanka82.39
  2. 2Angola78.39
  3. 3Malawi76.95
  4. 4Ghana74.80
  5. 5Senegal73.75

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.68. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Electrification governance and planning

    HighestSri Lanka100.0

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 54.3

  • Grid electrification framework

    Highest4 share it

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 33

  • Mini-grids framework

    HighestAngola87.8

    LowestSouth Sudan4.8

    Middle country: 46.8

  • Off-grid systems framework

    HighestHaiti100

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 53

  • Consumer affordability of electricity

    HighestPhilippines99.9987

    LowestYemen0.0000

    Middle country: 67.6333

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 38values changed, of 56 in both
  • 38 · 0rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

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 2021.

  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (ESMAP) (2021). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2021

0614 held

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07Questions

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest electricity access policy in RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021?

Sri Lanka, at 82.39, of the 56 countries in the file.

What year does RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021 cover?

56.

Where can I download RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023.

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