Countries with the Least Access to Electricity 2024

Source:  World Bank

Countries with the Least Access to Electricity 2024

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Key Findings

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South Sudan records the lowest in Access to Electricity (% of Population) at 5.40 in 2024.
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Average Access to Electricity (% of Population) in 2024: 35.28  ·  median: 38.05.

About This Dataset

Countries with the Least Access to Electricity 2024
The twenty countries with the lowest access to electricity (% of population) in 2024, from World Bank figures for the 215 countries that reported that year. South Sudan records the lowest figure at 5.40, with Chad (13.40) and Malawi (15.60) next. The share of people with access to electricity, from household surveys and utility records. Access means a connection, not a reliable supply, and a country can report high access alongside daily outages.
Analysis

South Sudan (5.40), Chad (13.40) and Malawi (15.60) record the three lowest figures. Across the twenty shown, values run from 5.40 up to 53.80, a spread of 48.40. Chad, the next country up, records 2.48 times the figure for South Sudan. No other country in the table is within double the lowest figure of 5.40. The chart shows the twenty lowest of 215 reporting countries, so it describes the bottom of the distribution rather than the world average. Countries recorded as zero are left out: the World Bank writes zero where a country did not report.

Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
20
20 categories  ·  1 year
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Top Value
5.40
South Sudan
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · 2024
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Metrics
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Access to Electricity (% of Population)
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Period
2024
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
World Bank
Coverage
20 entities · 2024 · 20 observations
Measure
Access to Electricity (% of Population)
Last updated
6 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
  • Entities are ranked lowest-first, because on this measure a lower number is the better result.

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Access to Electricity (% of Population) · ranked by 2024

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# Category 2024 Source
🥇 South Sudan 5.40
🥈 Chad 13.40
🥉 Malawi 15.60
4 Central African Republic 18.20
5 Burundi 20.10
6 Niger 21.30
7 DR Congo 22.50
8 Burkina Faso 34
9 Liberia 34.90
10 Mozambique 36.90
11 Sierra Leone 39.20
12 Madagascar 42.50
13 Papua New Guinea 43.30
14 Guinea-Bissau 43.70
15 Mali 49.50
16 Mauritania 52.20
17 Tanzania 52.40
18 Republic of the Congo 53
19 Zambia 53.60
20 Guinea 53.80

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