Access to electricity - Country rankings
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Access to electricity, percent of the population, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 198 countries was 85.43 percent.The highest value was in Albania: 100 percent and the lowest value was in Burundi: 11.02 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Definition: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
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