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Ghana - Electricity Access 1999

Name: Ghana Electricity Access 1999
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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

40.74% −1.86pp from 1998 Global rank: 138th

Ghana's electricity access was 40.74% in 1999, decreased +1.86pp from 42.60% in 1998. This was the 138th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Electricity Access by Country - 1999
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	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
6th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
7th	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
8th	Bulgaria	100.00%	0.0%
9th	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
10th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
11th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00%	0.0%
12th	Belarus	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	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
20th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
21st	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
22nd	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
23rd	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
24th	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
25th	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
26th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
27th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
28th	France	100.00%	0.0%
29th	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
30th	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
31st	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
32nd	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
33rd	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
34th	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
35th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
36th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
40th	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
48th	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
51st	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Moldova	100.00%	0.0%
54th	North Macedonia	100.00%	0.0%
55th	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
56th	Montenegro	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
58th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
59th	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
60th	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
61st	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
63rd	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
64th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
65th	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
66th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
67th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
68th	Romania	100.00%	0.0%
69th	Russian Federation	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	Serbia	100.00%	0.0%
74th	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
78th	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
79th	United States	100.00%	0.0%
80th	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
81st	Kosovo	100.00%	0.0%
82nd	European Union	100.00%	0.0%
83rd	Suriname	99.62%	-
84th	Kyrgyz Republic	99.57%	0.0%
85th	Uzbekistan	99.51%	0.1%
86th	Nauru	99.32%	0.0%
87th	Mauritius	99.25%	0.0%
88th	Jordan	98.76%	0.1%
89th	West Bank and Gaza	98.62%	0.1%
90th	Palau	97.80%	0.1%
91st	Uruguay	97.40%	0.2%
92nd	Antigua and Barbuda	97.30%	0.2%
93rd	Azerbaijan	97.00%	-
94th	Kazakhstan	97.00%	-2.4%
95th	Tajikistan	97.00%	-
96th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	96.89%	0.2%
97th	Mexico	96.75%	0.7%
98th	Chile	96.70%	-0.6%
99th	British Virgin Islands	96.51%	0.2%
100th	Argentina	95.13%	0.3%
101st	Brazil	94.76%	0.6%
102nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	94.53%	0.4%
103rd	Tunisia	94.20%	1.1%
104th	Colombia	94.15%	0.3%
105th	Turks and Caicos Islands	94.08%	0.4%
106th	Seychelles	93.67%	0.4%
107th	Ecuador	93.07%	0.4%
108th	Dominican Republic	91.00%	4.5%
109th	Paraguay	88.52%	0.9%
110th	Samoa	87.08%	0.9%
111th	Viet Nam	86.99%	0.9%
112th	Grenada	85.53%	0.6%
113th	Tonga	84.83%	0.9%
114th	Jamaica	84.55%	2.1%
115th	Indonesia	83.73%	3.4%
116th	Panama	79.89%	1.0%
117th	Dominica	79.62%	6.2%
118th	El Salvador	79.13%	-3.1%
119th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	78.51%	1.7%
120th	Belize	78.46%	1.1%
121st	Fiji	74.40%	1.8%
122nd	Peru	74.08%	2.8%
123rd	Guyana	73.87%	0.9%
124th	Nicaragua	72.20%	4.6%
125th	Philippines	71.87%	0.8%
126th	South Africa	71.33%	9.9%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	70.93%	-0.4%
128th	Guatemala	70.90%	1.1%
129th	Pakistan	70.27%	-0.3%
130th	Marshall Islands	68.52%	-
131st	Morocco	67.75%	2.8%
132nd	Honduras	67.39%	0.8%
133rd	India	60.10%	7.0%
134th	Djibouti	56.35%	0.0%
135th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.20%	3.3%
136th	Yemen, Republic of	47.99%	2.5%
137th	Nigeria	44.90%	8.8%
138th	Ghana	40.74%	-4.4%
139th	Cameroon	40.71%	0.0%
140th	Lao PDR	39.68%	7.6%
141st	Zimbabwe	38.40%	16.0%
142nd	Comoros	37.42%	6.6%
143rd	Senegal	36.20%	7.0%
144th	Namibia	34.00%	3.0%
145th	Haiti	31.63%	1.7%
146th	Sudan	30.78%	1.6%
147th	Bangladesh	29.54%	10.4%
148th	Eritrea	28.10%	4.1%
149th	Gambia, The	26.57%	6.6%
150th	Nepal	25.33%	16.5%
151st	Botswana	25.05%	9.7%
152nd	Benin	20.56%	5.0%
153rd	Vanuatu	19.10%	3.3%
154th	Zambia	18.54%	-2.4%
155th	Guinea	16.40%	-
156th	Togo	16.07%	5.1%
157th	Solomon Islands	15.70%	-
158th	Kenya	13.21%	-8.9%
159th	Madagascar	12.80%	3.6%
160th	Cambodia	8.82%	-52.8%
161st	Tanzania	8.00%	11.8%
162nd	Mali	7.84%	29.2%
163rd	Niger	7.33%	9.3%
164th	Burkina Faso	6.90%	-14.9%
165th	Papua New Guinea	6.43%	49.6%
166th	Uganda	6.20%	22.2%
167th	Mozambique	4.88%	33.2%
168th	Central African Republic	4.81%	11.3%
169th	Malawi	4.27%	11.6%
170th	Rwanda	3.32%	52.5%
171st	Chad	2.81%	15.9%
172nd	Burundi	2.07%	-46.9%

FAQ

What was Ghana's electricity access in 1999?▾

Ghana's electricity access in 1999 was 40.74%. This ranked 138th globally.

How did Ghana's electricity access change in 1999?▾

Ghana's electricity access decreased by 4.4% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 1999?▾

Aruba had the highest electricity access in 1999 at 100.00%.

What is the electricity access of Ghana in 1999?▾

The electricity access of Ghana in 1999 was 40.74%. This ranked 138th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Ghana's electricity access?▾

Ghana's electricity access went from 42.60% in 1998 to 40.74% in 1999, a 4.4% decrease.

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