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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023

2023, as ESMAP’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023 covers 56 countries on 6 measures. Nigeria is highest, at 90.47; Yemen is lowest, at 9.47. The middle country reads 65.67. Against 2022, 38 values changed (32 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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RISE Electricity Access Policy Score · Data for 2023

HighestNigeria

90.47

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by World Bank Group (ESMAP).
derived
1NigeriaNGAWestern Africa90.4790.58395.210083.3167
2RwandaRWAEastern Africa90.2093.310095.210062.4300
3TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa89.9195.210086.87295.3333
4KenyaKENEastern Africa89.23100.0100100.010046.1700
5UgandaUGAEastern Africa84.55100.010086.86769.3333
6Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia82.39100.010051.96199.0000
7MalawiMWIEastern Africa80.7695.210077.27259.0867
8Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa79.9990.58370.95699.6667
9TogoTGOWestern Africa79.7672.48363.510079.6000
10PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia79.4757.16773.510099.9987
11BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia78.7593.35067.210083.2400
12CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia78.6467.610059.38382.9733
13AngolaAGOMiddle Africa77.4481.96783.15699.9953
14ZambiaZMBEastern Africa76.9175.210083.15670.6667
15Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa76.7193.310073.53383.3333
16GhanaGHAWestern Africa75.9179.06760.37895.7400
17IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia73.5281.98363.55683.3332
18MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia72.2693.33362.48983.3313
19EthiopiaETHEastern Africa72.1995.25077.27860.6667
20MaliMLIWestern Africa71.1495.23361.48382.3967
21HaitiHTICaribbean71.0655.25067.710082.3333
22IndiaINDSouthern Asia70.3992.09030.16079.9189
23SenegalSENWestern Africa69.8888.65083.16166.6667
24PakistanPAKSouthern Asia69.2688.66719.67299.2733
25SudanSDNNorthern Africa68.7160.08361.45683.3033

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Nigeria90.47
  2. 2Rwanda90.20
  3. 3Tanzania89.91
  4. 4Kenya89.23
  5. 5Uganda84.55

Lowest

  1. 56Yemen9.47
  2. 55South Sudan26.61
  3. 54Republic of the Congo26.81
  4. 53Eritrea27.75
  5. 52Solomon Islands30.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 65.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Electrification governance and planning

    Highest3 share it

    LowestZimbabwe4.8

    Middle country: 73.3

  • Grid electrification framework

    Highest10 share it

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 58

  • Mini-grids framework

    HighestKenya100.0

    LowestSouth Sudan4.8

    Middle country: 58.7

  • Off-grid systems framework

    Highest8 share it

    LowestEritrea0

    Middle country: 56

  • Consumer affordability of electricity

    HighestMongolia99.9998

    LowestYemen0.0000

    Middle country: 82.3333

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 38values changed, of 56 in both
  • 32 · 6rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2023.

  • 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) (2023). RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rise-electricity-access/2023

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07Questions

RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest electricity access policy in RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023?

Nigeria, at 90.47, of the 56 countries in the file.

What year does RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023 cover?

56.

Where can I download RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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