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Rwanda - Electricity Access 2021

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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

48.70% +3.50pp from 2020 Global rank: 192nd

Rwanda's electricity access was 48.70% in 2021, increased +3.50pp from 45.20% in 2020. This was the 192nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Electricity Access by Country - 2021
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	Argentina	100.00%	0.0%
6th	Armenia	100.00%	0.0%
7th	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00%	0.0%
8th	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
9th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
10th	Azerbaijan	100.00%	0.0%
11th	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
12th	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
13th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
14th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00%	0.0%
15th	Belarus	100.00%	0.0%
16th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
17th	Barbados	100.00%	0.0%
18th	Brunei Darussalam	100.00%	0.0%
19th	Bhutan	100.00%	0.0%
20th	Canada	100.00%	0.0%
21st	Switzerland	100.00%	0.0%
22nd	Channel Islands	100.00%	0.0%
23rd	Chile	100.00%	0.0%
24th	China	100.00%	0.0%
25th	Colombia	100.00%	0.3%
26th	Costa Rica	100.00%	0.1%
27th	Cuba	100.00%	0.1%
28th	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
29th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
30th	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
31st	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
32nd	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
33rd	Dominica	100.00%	0.0%
34th	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
35th	Ecuador	100.00%	1.1%
36th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
40th	France	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Georgia	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
48th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
51st	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
54th	Iraq	100.00%	0.0%
55th	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
56th	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
58th	Jamaica	100.00%	0.3%
59th	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
60th	Kazakhstan	100.00%	0.0%
61st	St. Kitts and Nevis	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
63rd	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
64th	Lao PDR	100.00%	0.7%
65th	Lebanon	100.00%	0.0%
66th	St. Lucia	100.00%	0.0%
67th	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
68th	Sri Lanka	100.00%	0.0%
69th	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
70th	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
71st	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
72nd	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
73rd	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
74th	Morocco	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Moldova	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Maldives	100.00%	0.0%
78th	Mexico	100.00%	0.6%
79th	North Macedonia	100.00%	0.0%
80th	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
81st	Mongolia	100.00%	0.5%
82nd	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
83rd	Malaysia	100.00%	0.0%
84th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
85th	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
86th	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
87th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
88th	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
89th	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
90th	Palau	100.00%	0.0%
91st	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
92nd	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
93rd	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
94th	Paraguay	100.00%	0.3%
95th	West Bank and Gaza	100.00%	0.0%
96th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
97th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
98th	Romania	100.00%	0.0%
99th	Russian Federation	100.00%	0.1%
100th	Saudi Arabia	100.00%	0.0%
101st	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
102nd	San Marino	100.00%	0.0%
103rd	Serbia	100.00%	0.0%
104th	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
105th	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
106th	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
107th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
108th	Seychelles	100.00%	0.0%
109th	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.00%	0.6%
110th	Thailand	100.00%	0.0%
111th	Turkmenistan	100.00%	0.0%
112th	Timor-Leste	100.00%	4.2%
113th	Tonga	100.00%	0.1%
114th	Trinidad and Tobago	100.00%	0.0%
115th	Türkiye	100.00%	0.0%
116th	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
117th	Uruguay	100.00%	0.0%
118th	United States	100.00%	0.0%
119th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.00%	0.0%
120th	British Virgin Islands	100.00%	0.0%
121st	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
122nd	Viet Nam	100.00%	0.2%
123rd	European Union	100.00%	0.0%
124th	Jordan	99.90%	0.0%
125th	Tunisia	99.90%	0.0%
126th	Uzbekistan	99.90%	-0.1%
127th	Bulgaria	99.80%	0.1%
128th	Algeria	99.80%	0.1%
129th	Marshall Islands	99.80%	1.5%
130th	Montenegro	99.80%	-0.1%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	99.70%	-0.2%
132nd	Tuvalu	99.70%	0.3%
133rd	India	99.60%	3.2%
134th	Mauritius	99.60%	0.1%
135th	Tajikistan	99.60%	0.1%
136th	Brazil	99.50%	-0.2%
137th	Indonesia	99.20%	2.3%
138th	Bangladesh	99.00%	2.9%
139th	Suriname	98.80%	0.4%
140th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	98.60%	1.4%
141st	Samoa	98.30%	-1.7%
142nd	Dominican Republic	98.10%	-1.9%
143rd	Guatemala	97.90%	1.3%
144th	El Salvador	97.90%	-1.8%
145th	Afghanistan	97.70%	0.0%
146th	Belize	97.70%	0.9%
147th	Philippines	97.50%	1.1%
148th	Peru	95.60%	-0.6%
149th	Cabo Verde	95.50%	1.9%
150th	Panama	95.30%	0.0%
151st	Pakistan	94.90%	0.4%
152nd	Honduras	94.10%	1.1%
153rd	Grenada	93.70%	0.3%
154th	Guyana	92.90%	0.7%
155th	Kiribati	92.80%	2.0%
156th	Fiji	92.10%	-5.1%
157th	Gabon	91.80%	0.8%
158th	Nepal	89.90%	0.0%
159th	South Africa	89.30%	-0.8%
160th	Syrian Arab Republic	88.80%	-0.2%
161st	Comoros	87.90%	2.7%
162nd	Ghana	86.30%	1.1%
163rd	Nicaragua	86.30%	0.3%
164th	Micronesia, Federated States of	83.60%	2.1%
165th	Eswatini	82.90%	3.6%
166th	Cambodia	82.50%	-4.5%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	78.50%	2.2%
168th	Kenya	76.50%	7.0%
169th	Solomon Islands	76.30%	4.7%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	74.90%	1.4%
171st	Botswana	73.70%	2.6%
172nd	Myanmar	72.50%	3.0%
173rd	Côte d'Ivoire	71.10%	1.7%
174th	Libya	70.20%	1.2%
175th	Vanuatu	70.00%	4.0%
176th	Senegal	68.00%	5.8%
177th	Equatorial Guinea	66.80%	0.1%
178th	Cameroon	65.40%	1.7%
179th	Djibouti	65.40%	1.4%
180th	Gambia, The	63.70%	2.4%
181st	Sudan	61.80%	3.5%
182nd	Nigeria	59.50%	7.4%
183rd	Togo	55.70%	3.0%
184th	Namibia	55.20%	5.5%
185th	Mali	53.40%	5.5%
186th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	52.60%	4.2%
187th	Eritrea	52.50%	2.1%
188th	Lesotho	50.40%	6.1%
189th	Congo, Republic of	49.70%	2.1%
190th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	49.30%	-1.2%
191st	Zimbabwe	49.00%	-7.0%
192nd	Rwanda	48.70%	7.7%
193rd	Angola	48.20%	2.6%
194th	Mauritania	47.70%	5.1%
195th	Haiti	47.20%	1.9%
196th	Guinea	46.80%	4.7%
197th	Zambia	46.70%	4.7%
198th	Uganda	45.20%	7.4%
199th	Tanzania	42.70%	7.0%
200th	Benin	42.00%	2.4%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	35.80%	7.2%
202nd	Madagascar	35.10%	9.7%
203rd	Mozambique	31.50%	2.9%
204th	Liberia	29.80%	8.0%
205th	Sierra Leone	27.50%	4.6%
206th	Papua New Guinea	20.90%	2.0%
207th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.80%	3.5%
208th	Burkina Faso	19.00%	2.7%
209th	Niger	18.60%	-0.5%
210th	Central African Republic	15.70%	1.9%
211th	Malawi	14.20%	23.5%
212th	Chad	11.30%	3.7%
213th	Burundi	10.20%	12.1%
214th	South Sudan	7.70%	5.5%

FAQ

What was Rwanda's electricity access in 2021?▾

Rwanda's electricity access in 2021 was 48.70%. This ranked 192nd globally.

How did Rwanda's electricity access change in 2021?▾

Rwanda's electricity access increased by 7.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 2021?▾

Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2021 at 100.00%.

What is the electricity access of Rwanda in 2021?▾

The electricity access of Rwanda in 2021 was 48.70%. This ranked 192nd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Rwanda's electricity access?▾

Rwanda's electricity access went from 45.20% in 2020 to 48.70% in 2021, a 7.7% increase.

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