Data for 1990
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990
1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990 covers 92 countries. 71 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Nigeria is lowest, at 4.04. The middle country reads 100.00.
Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 1990
Highest71 countries share it
100.00
LowestNigeria
4.04Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 92 countries · select a heading to sort
 AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 AndorraANDSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 ArubaABWCaribbean | 100.00 |
 AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 100.00 |
 AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 BahamasBHSCaribbean | 100.00 |
 BelarusBLREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 BermudaBMUNorthern America | 100.00 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 100.00 |
 BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 CanadaCANNorthern America | 100.00 |
| Channel IslandsCHINorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 CuraçaoCUWCaribbean | 100.00 |
 CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 FranceFRAWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia | 100.00 |
 GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 GreenlandGRLNorthern America | 100.00 |
 Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 100.00 |
 HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 IsraelISRWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 ItalyITASouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 JapanJPNEastern Asia | 100.00 |
 KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 MonacoMCOWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 100.00 |
 North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia | 100.00 |
 NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 OmanOMNWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 PolandPOLEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 QatarQATWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 100.00 |
 SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SpainESPSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 UkraineUKREastern Europe | 100.00 |
 United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 100.00 |
 United StatesUSANorthern America | 100.00 |
 United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean | 100.00 |
 BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 99.97 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 99.85 |
 New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 99.81 |
 Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 99.77 |
 GuamGUMMicronesia | 99.63 |
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 99.51 |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 98.29 |
 British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 94.08 |
 Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 93.44 |
 PalauPLWMicronesia | 92.18 |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 90.12 |
 Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 87.16 |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 78.89 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 71.69 |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 59.46 |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 58.95 |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 58.82 |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean | 56.64 |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 40.52 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 19.45 |
| NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 4.04 |
02In 1990
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- Arubashared100.00
- Albaniashared100.00
- Andorrashared100.00
- United Arab Emiratesshared100.00
- Australiashared100.00
Lowest
- Nigeria4.04
- Sudan19.45
- Panama40.52
- Turks and Caicos Islands56.64
- Jamaica58.82
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
22 distinct values among 92
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 71 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.
04The files
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The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
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 (1990). Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/1990
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06Questions
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990: questions and answers
Which country has the highest rural access to electricity in Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990?
71 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990 describe?
1990.
How many countries does Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990 cover?
92.
Where can I download Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Access to Electricity, Rural, 1990 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Access to Electricity, Rural, 2024.