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Afghanistan - Electricity Access 2015

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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

71.50% −18.00pp from 2014 Global rank: 164th

Afghanistan's electricity access was 71.50% in 2015, decreased +18.00pp from 89.50% in 2014. This was the 164th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Electricity Access by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Aruba	100.00%	0.0%
2nd	Albania	100.00%	0.0%
3rd	Andorra	100.00%	0.0%
4th	United Arab Emirates	100.00%	0.0%
5th	Armenia	100.00%	0.3%
6th	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00%	0.0%
7th	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
8th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
9th	Azerbaijan	100.00%	0.0%
10th	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
11th	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
12th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
13th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
14th	Barbados	100.00%	0.0%
15th	Brunei Darussalam	100.00%	0.0%
16th	Canada	100.00%	0.0%
17th	Switzerland	100.00%	0.0%
18th	Channel Islands	100.00%	0.0%
19th	China	100.00%	0.0%
20th	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
21st	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
22nd	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
23rd	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
24th	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
25th	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
26th	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
27th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
28th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
29th	France	100.00%	0.0%
30th	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
31st	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
32nd	Georgia	100.00%	0.0%
33rd	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.1%
34th	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
35th	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
36th	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
40th	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Kazakhstan	100.00%	0.0%
48th	St. Kitts and Nevis	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
51st	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
54th	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
55th	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
56th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
58th	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
59th	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
60th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
61st	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
63rd	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
64th	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
65th	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
66th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
67th	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
68th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
69th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
70th	Saudi Arabia	100.00%	0.0%
71st	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
72nd	San Marino	100.00%	0.0%
73rd	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
74th	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Seychelles	100.00%	0.0%
78th	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.00%	0.0%
79th	Turkmenistan	100.00%	0.0%
80th	Tonga	100.00%	4.3%
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	100.00%	0.0%
82nd	Türkiye	100.00%	0.0%
83rd	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
84th	United States	100.00%	0.0%
85th	British Virgin Islands	100.00%	0.8%
86th	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
87th	Jordan	99.90%	0.1%
88th	Moldova	99.90%	0.1%
89th	North Macedonia	99.90%	0.1%
90th	Malaysia	99.90%	0.2%
91st	West Bank and Gaza	99.90%	0.0%
92nd	Serbia	99.90%	0.2%
93rd	Tunisia	99.90%	0.1%
94th	Uzbekistan	99.90%	0.1%
95th	European Union	99.89%	0.0%
96th	Maldives	99.80%	-0.2%
97th	Argentina	99.70%	-0.3%
98th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.70%	-0.2%
99th	Brazil	99.70%	0.0%
100th	Chile	99.70%	-0.3%
101st	Lebanon	99.70%	0.0%
102nd	Uruguay	99.70%	0.0%
103rd	Mauritius	99.60%	0.1%
104th	Thailand	99.60%	0.1%
105th	Montenegro	99.50%	1.8%
106th	Palau	99.50%	-0.3%
107th	Costa Rica	99.40%	0.0%
108th	Algeria	99.40%	0.1%
109th	Iraq	99.40%	0.2%
110th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	99.40%	1.3%
111th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	99.30%	-0.5%
112th	Paraguay	99.30%	0.3%
113th	Viet Nam	99.30%	0.1%
114th	Cuba	99.00%	0.3%
115th	St. Lucia	99.00%	0.9%
116th	Mexico	99.00%	-0.2%
117th	Nauru	99.00%	-0.5%
118th	Ecuador	98.80%	-0.2%
119th	Romania	98.80%	0.4%
120th	Kyrgyz Republic	98.70%	-1.1%
121st	Dominican Republic	98.60%	0.1%
122nd	Colombia	98.20%	0.4%
123rd	Samoa	98.20%	0.3%
124th	Tuvalu	98.10%	0.2%
125th	Tajikistan	98.00%	-1.1%
126th	Indonesia	97.50%	0.5%
127th	Belarus	97.40%	0.6%
128th	Morocco	97.30%	0.0%
129th	Dominica	96.70%	1.0%
130th	Bulgaria	96.60%	0.7%
131st	Russian Federation	95.50%	-4.5%
132nd	Bhutan	95.40%	4.4%
133rd	El Salvador	95.40%	0.3%
134th	Suriname	95.00%	0.4%
135th	Jamaica	94.90%	1.7%
136th	Sri Lanka	94.30%	1.7%
137th	Peru	93.90%	1.1%
138th	Fiji	93.20%	0.2%
139th	Marshall Islands	92.10%	0.7%
140th	Belize	91.80%	0.3%
141st	Panama	91.60%	0.9%
142nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	91.50%	1.7%
143rd	Grenada	91.40%	0.4%
144th	Pakistan	91.00%	1.0%
145th	Kiribati	90.60%	8.6%
146th	Guatemala	90.50%	5.8%
147th	Honduras	90.00%	1.5%
148th	Syrian Arab Republic	90.00%	-0.2%
149th	Lao PDR	89.70%	8.7%
150th	Philippines	89.10%	-0.8%
151st	Guyana	88.00%	1.3%
152nd	India	88.00%	3.4%
153rd	Mongolia	88.00%	2.3%
154th	Gabon	87.30%	0.2%
155th	Cabo Verde	86.40%	1.3%
156th	South Africa	85.30%	-0.7%
157th	Nicaragua	83.20%	1.6%
158th	Nepal	82.00%	-3.4%
159th	Comoros	74.10%	3.2%
160th	Bangladesh	74.00%	18.6%
161st	Ghana	74.00%	-5.5%
162nd	Libya	73.80%	-2.3%
163rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	73.00%	2.5%
164th	Afghanistan	71.50%	-20.1%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	67.40%	2.0%
166th	São Tomé and Principe	67.30%	-1.9%
167th	Timor-Leste	67.30%	7.9%
168th	Equatorial Guinea	66.10%	0.2%
169th	Eswatini	64.10%	-1.4%
170th	Cambodia	62.70%	11.8%
171st	Côte d'Ivoire	62.60%	1.1%
172nd	Botswana	62.10%	3.5%
173rd	Myanmar	60.50%	16.3%
174th	Senegal	60.50%	-0.8%
175th	Djibouti	59.10%	0.3%
176th	Cameroon	58.60%	3.2%
177th	Solomon Islands	55.10%	9.1%
178th	Gambia, The	54.70%	3.2%
179th	Nigeria	52.50%	-3.1%
180th	Vanuatu	52.30%	6.5%
181st	Namibia	51.60%	6.6%
182nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	51.20%	-0.4%
183rd	Sudan	48.00%	6.9%
184th	Eritrea	45.80%	2.7%
185th	Togo	44.70%	-2.2%
186th	Congo, Republic of	44.30%	2.1%
187th	Angola	42.00%	31.3%
188th	Kenya	41.60%	15.6%
189th	Haiti	40.80%	3.0%
190th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	40.00%	5.8%
191st	Mauritania	39.50%	1.8%
192nd	Mali	37.60%	9.9%
193rd	Guinea	34.90%	4.2%
194th	Zimbabwe	33.70%	4.3%
195th	Lesotho	31.80%	14.4%
196th	Zambia	31.10%	11.5%
197th	Benin	29.60%	-13.2%
198th	Tanzania	26.20%	11.5%
199th	Mozambique	24.00%	-3.2%
200th	Madagascar	23.80%	3.5%
201st	Rwanda	22.80%	15.2%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	20.10%	16.9%
203rd	Sierra Leone	19.70%	4.8%
204th	Uganda	18.50%	-9.3%
205th	Papua New Guinea	18.40%	1.7%
206th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	16.60%	23.0%
207th	Niger	16.60%	5.7%
208th	Burkina Faso	16.20%	-15.6%
209th	Liberia	15.20%	61.7%
210th	Central African Republic	12.70%	5.8%
211th	Malawi	10.80%	-9.2%
212th	Burundi	7.90%	12.9%
213th	Chad	7.70%	-8.3%
214th	South Sudan	4.80%	11.6%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's electricity access in 2015?▾

Afghanistan's electricity access in 2015 was 71.50%. This ranked 164th globally.

How did Afghanistan's electricity access change in 2015?▾

Afghanistan's electricity access decreased by 20.1% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 2015?▾

Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2015 at 100.00%.

What is the electricity access of Afghanistan in 2015?▾

The electricity access of Afghanistan in 2015 was 71.50%. This ranked 164th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Afghanistan's electricity access?▾

Afghanistan's electricity access went from 89.50% in 2014 to 71.50% in 2015, a 20.1% decrease.

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