Data for 1998
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998
1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998 covers 152 countries. 79 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Tanzania is lowest, at 0.85. The middle country reads 100.00. Against 1997, 67 values changed (58 up, 9 down), 6 countries joined, 1 left.
Access to Electricity, Rural · Data for 1998
Highest79 countries share it
100.00
LowestTanzania
0.85Shaded 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, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 152 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 |
 BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 100.00 |
 BarbadosBRBCaribbean | 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 |
 Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean | 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 |
 GuamGUMMicronesia | 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 |
 MacauMACEastern Asia | 100.00 |
 MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 100.00 |
 MonacoMCOWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | 100.00 |
 NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 100.00 |
 New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia | 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 |
 Puerto RicoPRICaribbean | 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 |
 South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 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 |
 KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 99.43 |
 UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 99.10 |
 MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 98.66 |
 KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 98.57 |
 British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 95.84 |
 Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean | 95.75 |
 PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 94.95 |
 JordanJORWestern Asia | 94.90 |
 EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 94.63 |
 PalauPLWMicronesia | 94.16 |
 VenezuelaVENSouth America | 92.40 |
 Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean | 91.49 |
 SeychellesSYCEastern Africa | 87.51 |
 MexicoMEXCentral America | 87.23 |
 ArgentinaARGSouth America | 84.26 |
 SamoaWSMPolynesia | 83.07 |
 ChileCHLSouth America | 82.96 |
 EcuadorECUSouth America | 82.68 |
 VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 82.27 |
 TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 81.91 |
 TongaTONPolynesia | 80.50 |
 ColombiaCOLSouth America | 79.32 |
 ParaguayPRYSouth America | 76.37 |
 JamaicaJAMCaribbean | 75.22 |
 UruguayURYSouth America | 74.72 |
 BrazilBRASouth America | 74.69 |
 Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 72.75 |
 IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 71.75 |
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean | 70.71 |
 GuyanaGUYSouth America | 67.69 |
 Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean | 63.42 |
 BelizeBLZCentral America | 62.56 |
 El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 62.33 |
 DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 60.43 |
 PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 59.50 |
 FijiFJIMelanesia | 57.55 |
 PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 54.23 |
 GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 51.88 |
 PanamaPANCentral America | 51.67 |
 IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 44.41 |
 HondurasHNDCentral America | 43.51 |
 NicaraguaNICCentral America | 42.70 |
 South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 40.41 |
 MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 36.62 |
 BoliviaBOLSouth America | 32.68 |
 YemenYEMWestern Asia | 31.54 |
 ComorosCOMEastern Africa | 25.01 |
 LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 22.08 |
 Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 21.95 |
 NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 19.43 |
 PeruPERSouth America | 16.58 |
 NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 15.49 |
 SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 13.36 |
 GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 13.28 |
 NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 13.02 |
 BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 12.66 |
 HaitiHTICaribbean | 11.16 |
 BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 10.95 |
 CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | 10.28 |
 CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 10.18 |
 EritreaERIEastern Africa | 9.54 |
 SenegalSENWestern Africa | 9.49 |
 ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 7.34 |
 KenyaKENEastern Africa | 6.65 |
 GambiaGMBWestern Africa | 6.42 |
 BeninBENWestern Africa | 3.77 |
 TogoTGOWestern Africa | 3.10 |
 VanuatuVUTMelanesia | 3.02 |
 ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 2.89 |
 Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 2.17 |
 NigerNERWestern Africa | 1.02 |
 ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 0.96 |
| TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 0.85 |
02In 1998
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
- Tanzania0.85
- Chad0.96
- Niger1.02
- Burkina Faso2.17
- Zambia2.89
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 100.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031997 → 1998
Since 1997
What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +6 / −1countries joined / left
- 67values changed, of 146 in both
- 58 · 9rose · fell
- 79unchanged
Rose most
- Vietnam72.38 → 82.27+9.89
- Bolivia24.22 → 32.68+8.45
- Bangladesh5.88 → 12.66+6.77
- Chile77.14 → 82.96+5.83
- Kenya1.10 → 6.65+5.54
Fell most
- South Africa49.65 → 40.41−9.25
- Djibouti62.70 → 60.43−2.28
- Nicaragua44.93 → 42.70−2.24
- Philippines56.41 → 54.23−2.18
- Jordan95.67 → 94.90−0.77
+ Cambodia+ Niger+ Pakistan+ Chad+ Togo+ Tanzania
− MadagascarBoth 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.
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 1998.
74 distinct values among 152
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 79 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 152 countries has every column.
05The 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 (1998). Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rural-electricity-access/1998
0635 held
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998: questions and answers
Which country has the highest rural access to electricity in Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998?
79 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998 describe?
1998.
How many countries does Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998 cover?
152.
Where can I download Access to Electricity, Rural, 1998?
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, 1998 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Access to Electricity, Rural, 2024.