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Namibia – Electricity Access 2018

Percentage of the population with access to electricity. Covers both on-grid and off-grid sources. · World Bank
52.30% −0.20pp from 2017 G20 rank: 183rd

Namibia's electricity access was 52.30% in 2018, decreased +0.20pp from 52.50% in 2017. This was the 183rd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2018▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Aruba 100.00% 0.0%
2nd Albania 100.00% 0.1%
3rd Andorra 100.00% 0.0%
4th United Arab Emirates 100.00% 0.0%
5th Argentina 100.00% 0.0%
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.00% 0.0%
14th Bermuda 100.00% 0.0%
15th Barbados 100.00% 0.0%
16th Brunei Darussalam 100.00% 0.0%
17th Bhutan 100.00% 2.4%
18th Canada 100.00% 0.0%
19th Switzerland 100.00% 0.0%
20th Channel Islands 100.00% 0.0%
21st Chile 100.00% 0.3%
22nd China 100.00% 0.0%
23rd Curaçao 100.00% 0.0%
24th Cayman Islands 100.00% 0.0%
25th Cyprus 100.00% 0.0%
26th Czechia 100.00% 0.0%
27th Germany 100.00% 0.0%
28th Denmark 100.00% 0.0%
29th Egypt, Arab Republic of 100.00% 0.0%
30th Spain 100.00% 0.0%
31st Estonia 100.00% 0.0%
32nd Finland 100.00% 0.0%
33rd France 100.00% 0.0%
34th Faroe Islands 100.00% 0.0%
35th United Kingdom 100.00% 0.0%
36th Gibraltar 100.00% 0.0%
37th Greece 100.00% 0.0%
38th Greenland 100.00% 0.0%
39th Guam 100.00% 0.0%
40th Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00% 0.0%
41st Croatia 100.00% 0.0%
42nd Hungary 100.00% 0.0%
43rd Isle of Man 100.00% 0.0%
44th Ireland 100.00% 0.0%
45th Iran, Islamic Republic of 100.00% 0.1%
46th Iceland 100.00% 0.0%
47th Israel 100.00% 0.0%
48th Italy 100.00% 0.0%
49th Japan 100.00% 0.0%
50th Kazakhstan 100.00% 0.0%
51st Kyrgyz Republic 100.00% 0.0%
52nd St. Kitts and Nevis 100.00% 0.0%
53rd Korea 100.00% 0.0%
54th Kuwait 100.00% 0.0%
55th St. Lucia 100.00% 0.1%
56th Liechtenstein 100.00% 0.0%
57th Lithuania 100.00% 0.0%
58th Luxembourg 100.00% 0.0%
59th Latvia 100.00% 0.0%
60th Macao SAR, China 100.00% 0.0%
61st St. Martin (French part) 100.00% 0.0%
62nd Monaco 100.00% 0.0%
63rd Moldova 100.00% 0.0%
64th Maldives 100.00% 0.2%
65th Malta 100.00% 0.0%
66th Montenegro 100.00% 0.0%
67th Northern Mariana Islands 100.00% 0.0%
68th Malaysia 100.00% 0.0%
69th New Caledonia 100.00% 0.0%
70th Netherlands 100.00% 0.0%
71st Norway 100.00% 0.0%
72nd New Zealand 100.00% 0.0%
73rd Oman 100.00% 0.0%
74th Palau 100.00% 0.0%
75th Poland 100.00% 0.0%
76th Puerto Rico (US) 100.00% 0.0%
77th Portugal 100.00% 0.0%
78th West Bank and Gaza 100.00% 0.1%
79th French Polynesia 100.00% 0.0%
80th Qatar 100.00% 0.0%
81st Russian Federation 100.00% 0.0%
82nd Singapore 100.00% 0.0%
83rd San Marino 100.00% 0.0%
84th Serbia 100.00% 0.0%
85th Slovak Republic 100.00% 0.0%
86th Slovenia 100.00% 0.0%
87th Sweden 100.00% 0.0%
88th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 100.00% 0.0%
89th Seychelles 100.00% 0.0%
90th Turks and Caicos Islands 100.00% 0.0%
91st Turkmenistan 100.00% 0.0%
92nd Trinidad and Tobago 100.00% 0.0%
93rd Türkiye 100.00% 0.0%
94th Ukraine 100.00% 0.0%
95th United States 100.00% 0.0%
96th Uzbekistan 100.00% 0.0%
97th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100.00% 0.0%
98th British Virgin Islands 100.00% 0.0%
99th Virgin Islands (US) 100.00% 0.0%
100th Viet Nam 100.00% 0.0%
101st European Union 99.97% 0.0%
102nd Armenia 99.90% 0.2%
103rd Georgia 99.90% -0.1%
104th Iraq 99.90% 0.0%
105th Jordan 99.90% -0.1%
106th Nauru 99.90% 0.1%
107th Saudi Arabia 99.90% -0.1%
108th North Macedonia 99.80% -0.2%
109th Mauritius 99.80% 0.2%
110th Romania 99.80% -0.2%
111th Thailand 99.80% -0.1%
112th Tunisia 99.80% -0.2%
113th Uruguay 99.80% 0.0%
114th Samoa 99.80% 3.1%
115th Brazil 99.70% -0.1%
116th Costa Rica 99.70% 0.1%
117th Lebanon 99.70% -0.2%
118th Cuba 99.60% 0.2%
119th Dominica 99.60% 0.7%
120th Algeria 99.60% 0.1%
121st Sri Lanka 99.60% 2.2%
122nd Paraguay 99.60% 0.3%
123rd Mexico 99.50% -0.5%
124th Belarus 99.30% 0.6%
125th Tajikistan 99.30% 0.0%
126th Tonga 99.00% 0.8%
127th Tuvalu 99.00% 0.3%
128th Dominican Republic 98.90% -1.1%
129th Bulgaria 98.70% 0.6%
130th Ecuador 98.70% -0.5%
131st Colombia 98.50% 0.0%
132nd Indonesia 98.50% 0.4%
133rd Jamaica 98.20% 0.8%
134th Morocco 98.10% -1.9%
135th Mongolia 98.10% 4.8%
136th Suriname 97.40% 0.8%
137th El Salvador 97.00% 0.2%
138th India 95.70% 4.2%
139th Marshall Islands 95.30% 1.6%
140th Peru 95.20% 0.4%
141st Fiji 95.10% -0.9%
142nd Guatemala 94.20% 1.0%
143rd Philippines 94.20% 1.3%
144th Nepal 93.90% 8.4%
145th Panama 93.80% 0.1%
146th Afghanistan 93.40% -4.4%
147th Pakistan 93.40% 0.8%
148th Lao PDR 92.90% -0.7%
149th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 92.80% 1.1%
150th Grenada 92.30% 0.1%
151st Belize 91.70% -2.7%
152nd Honduras 91.60% 5.9%
153rd Guyana 90.90% 1.0%
154th Cabo Verde 90.20% 1.8%
155th Gabon 89.60% 3.8%
156th Kiribati 87.50% 2.1%
157th Bangladesh 86.90% -1.2%
158th Syrian Arab Republic 86.00% -4.0%
159th Nicaragua 85.20% 0.7%
160th Timor-Leste 85.20% 7.2%
161st South Africa 84.70% 0.4%
162nd Comoros 81.00% 2.9%
163rd Cambodia 80.70% -9.4%
164th Ghana 80.40% 1.8%
165th Micronesia, Federated States of 78.30% 2.4%
166th Eswatini 74.00% 0.7%
167th São Tomé and Principe 71.00% -4.4%
168th Botswana 68.30% 1.3%
169th Côte d'Ivoire 67.10% 2.3%
170th Libya 67.00% -5.1%
171st Equatorial Guinea 66.50% 0.2%
172nd Myanmar 66.10% -5.3%
173rd Senegal 66.00% 7.0%
174th Solomon Islands 65.80% 4.6%
175th Djibouti 62.40% 3.7%
176th Cameroon 62.20% 2.1%
177th Yemen, Republic of 62.00% -21.7%
178th Vanuatu 61.60% -1.9%
179th Kenya 61.20% 9.7%
180th Gambia, The 60.30% 7.3%
181st Nigeria 56.50% 3.9%
182nd Sudan 55.30% 4.3%
183rd Namibia 52.30% -0.4%
184th Mali 50.90% 46.3%
185th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.70% -2.7%
186th Togo 50.00% 4.2%
187th Eritrea 49.10% 2.3%
188th Congo, Republic of 47.00% 1.7%
189th Lesotho 47.00% 39.5%
190th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 46.30% 4.8%
191st Zimbabwe 45.40% 3.2%
192nd Angola 45.30% 5.6%
193rd Guinea 45.00% 27.1%
194th Haiti 44.40% 2.5%
195th Mauritania 43.60% 1.6%
196th Uganda 41.90% 29.3%
197th Zambia 40.20% -0.2%
198th Benin 39.00% 13.0%
199th Rwanda 38.00% 11.4%
200th Madagascar 36.50% 51.5%
201st Tanzania 34.90% 8.7%
202nd Mozambique 31.10% 28.0%
203rd Guinea-Bissau 28.40% 9.2%
204th Sierra Leone 26.10% 11.5%
205th Liberia 22.80% -5.8%
206th Congo, Democratic Republic of 18.70% 3.9%
207th Malawi 18.00% 41.7%
208th Niger 17.60% 0.0%
209th Papua New Guinea 16.60% -13.5%
210th Central African Republic 14.60% 3.5%
211th Burkina Faso 14.40% -15.3%
212th Chad 10.10% -7.3%
213th Burundi 9.50% 2.2%
214th South Sudan 6.30% 50.0%
Source: World Bank (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
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