Countries With the Fastest Growth in Electricity access rate (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Electricity access rate (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Change in Electricity access rate over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Rwanda rose the most: by 25.4 pts, from 46.6% of population to 72% of population in the five years to 2024. Papua New Guinea is second (+19.7 pts), followed by Benin (+19 pts). 98 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +4.9 pts.

#1: Rwanda · +25.4 pts
Median: +4.9 pts
Coverage: 98 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (points). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Rwanda 25.4; 2. Papua New Guinea 19.7; 3. Benin 19; 4. Sierra Leone 16.5; 5. Burkina Faso 16.4; 6. Lesotho 16; 7. Zimbabwe 15.3; 8. Cambodia 15.2; 9. Tanzania 14.7; 10. Uganda 14.

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Countries With the Fastest Growth in Electricity access rate (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (points)
1	Rwanda	46.6	72	+25.4 pts
2	Papua New Guinea	23.6	43.3	+19.7 pts
3	Benin	40	59	+19 pts
4	Sierra Leone	22.7	39.2	+16.5 pts
5	Burkina Faso	17.6	34	+16.4 pts
6	Lesotho	44.6	60.6	+16 pts
7	Zimbabwe	46.7	62	+15.3 pts
8	Cambodia	84	99.2	+15.2 pts
9	Tanzania	37.7	52.4	+14.7 pts
10	Uganda	41.3	55.3	+14 pts
11	Yemen, Rep.	72.8	86.3	+13.5 pts
12	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	48.4	61.4	+13 pts
13	Guinea-Bissau	30.9	43.7	+12.8 pts
14	Senegal	70.4	82.9	+12.5 pts
15	Eswatini	77	89.3	+12.3 pts
16	Myanmar	68.3	80.4	+12.1 pts
17	Solomon Islands	69.4	81.5	+12.1 pts
18	Liberia	23.1	34.9	+11.8 pts
19	Guinea	42.2	53.8	+11.6 pts
20	Madagascar	31	42.5	+11.5 pts
21	Zambia	43	53.6	+10.6 pts
22	Burundi	9.8	20.1	+10.3 pts
23	Botswana	70.1	80.2	+10.1 pts
24	Angola	45.6	55.5	+9.9 pts
25	Libya	68.5	77.4	+8.9 pts
26	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	80.1	88.9	+8.8 pts
27	Cameroon	63.2	72	+8.8 pts
28	Ethiopia	48	56.6	+8.6 pts
29	Togo	52.5	61.1	+8.6 pts
30	Haiti	45.4	53.9	+8.5 pts
31	Comoros	83.3	91.7	+8.4 pts
32	Ghana	83.5	91.9	+8.4 pts
33	Kiribati	89.3	97.7	+8.4 pts
34	Sudan	57.6	66	+8.4 pts
35	Nepal	89.9	97.9	+8 pts
36	Mauritania	44.9	52.2	+7.3 pts
37	Bangladesh	92.2	99.5	+7.3 pts
38	Kenya	69.7	77	+7.3 pts
39	Mozambique	29.7	36.9	+7.2 pts
40	Nigeria	55.4	62.5	+7.1 pts
41	Cabo Verde	91.4	98.4	+7 pts
42	Gambia, The	62.1	69	+6.9 pts
43	Belize	92.7	99.6	+6.9 pts
44	Namibia	53.3	59.3	+6 pts
45	Congo, Rep.	47.7	53	+5.3 pts
46	South Africa	85	90.2	+5.2 pts
47	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	49.2	54.4	+5.2 pts
48	Eritrea	50.3	55.3	+5 pts
49	Chad	8.4	13.4	+5 pts
50	Gabon	90.3	95.1	+4.8 pts
51	Djibouti	64.7	69.2	+4.5 pts
52	Honduras	91.1	95.5	+4.4 pts
53	Malawi	11.2	15.6	+4.4 pts
54	Côte d'Ivoire	68.6	72.9	+4.3 pts
55	India	95.9	99.9	+4 pts
56	Central African Republic	14.3	18.2	+3.9 pts
57	Timor-Leste	90.6	94.3	+3.7 pts
58	Congo, Dem. Rep.	19.1	22.5	+3.4 pts
59	Nicaragua	85.7	88.7	+3 pts
60	Niger	18.5	21.3	+2.8 pts
61	São Tomé and Principe	75.1	77.7	+2.6 pts
62	Grenada	93	95.6	+2.6 pts
63	Panama	93.9	96	+2.1 pts
64	Pakistan	93.9	95.7	+1.8 pts
65	Mali	47.9	49.5	+1.6 pts
66	Tonga	98.4	100	+1.6 pts
67	Bolivia	95.1	96.6	+1.5 pts
68	Guyana	91.6	93	+1.4 pts
69	El Salvador	97.4	98.7	+1.3 pts
70	Indonesia	98.8	99.9	+1.1 pts
71	Suriname	97.9	99	+1.1 pts
72	Vanuatu	64.5	65.5	+1 pts
73	Peru	95.6	96.5	+0.9 pts
74	Bulgaria	99.2	100	+0.8 pts
75	Samoa	99.2	100	+0.8 pts
76	Viet Nam	99.4	100	+0.6 pts
77	Dominican Republic	99	99.5	+0.5 pts
78	Algeria	99.5	100	+0.5 pts
79	Tajikistan	99.4	99.9	+0.5 pts
80	Morocco	99.6	100	+0.4 pts
81	Marshall Islands	96.8	97.2	+0.4 pts
82	Tuvalu	99.7	100	+0.3 pts
83	Cuba	99.8	100	+0.2 pts
84	Sri Lanka	99.8	100	+0.2 pts
85	Mexico	99.6	99.8	+0.2 pts
86	Russian Federation	99.8	100	+0.2 pts
87	Serbia	99.8	100	+0.2 pts
88	Venezuela, RB	99.8	100	+0.2 pts
89	Mongolia	98.9	99.1	+0.2 pts
90	Costa Rica	99.7	99.8	+0.1 pts
91	Dominica	99.9	100	+0.1 pts
92	Jordan	99.9	100	+0.1 pts
93	Kyrgyz Republic	99.9	100	+0.1 pts
94	Paraguay	99.7	99.8	+0.1 pts
95	Syrian Arab Republic	89.2	89.3	+0.1 pts
96	Thailand	99.9	100	+0.1 pts
97	Turkmenistan	99.9	100	+0.1 pts
98	Uruguay	99.9	100	+0.1 pts

About the top 10

#1 Rwanda

Rwanda ranks #1 on this list with +25.4 pts.

Capital: Kigali
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 14.57 million people (2025)
GDP: US$16.37 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,124 (2025)
Life expectancy: 68 years (2024)
Urban population: 30.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Kigali.

Also ranks #1 in women in parliament share · #2 in school enrolment (primary) · #2 in pupil-teacher ratio (primary).

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#2 Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea ranks #2 on this list with +19.7 pts.

Capital: Port Moresby
Continent: Oceania
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 10.76 million people (2025)
GDP: US$32.5 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,020 (2025)
Life expectancy: 66.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 15.8% of population (2025)

Also ranks #2 in rural population share · #5 in water resources per capita · #6 in smoking prevalence.

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#3 Benin

Benin ranks #3 on this list with +19 pts.

Capital: Porto-Novo
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 14.81 million people (2025)
GDP: US$24.57 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,658 (2025)
Life expectancy: 61 years (2024)
Urban population: 53.4% of population (2025)

Also ranks #8 in maternal mortality ratio · #10 in female labour force participation · #10 in livestock production index.

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#4 Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone ranks #4 on this list with +16.5 pts.

Capital: Freetown
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 8.82 million people (2025)
GDP: US$7.46 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$846.3 (2025)
Life expectancy: 62 years (2024)
Urban population: 45.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in school enrolment (primary) · #7 in under-5 mortality rate · #8 in forest rents share of gdp.

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#5 Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso ranks #5 on this list with +16.4 pts.

Capital: Ouagadougou
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 24.08 million people (2025)
GDP: US$27.63 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,148 (2025)
Life expectancy: 61.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 28.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Ouagadougou.

Also ranks #7 in mineral rents share of gdp · #9 in children out of school (primary) · #11 in under-5 mortality rate.

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#6 Lesotho

Lesotho ranks #6 on this list with +16 pts.

Capital: Maseru
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 2.36 million people (2025)
GDP: US$2.57 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,089 (2025)
Life expectancy: 57.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 44.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in tax revenue share of gdp · #1 in suicide mortality rate · #2 in agricultural land share.

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#7 Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe ranks #7 on this list with +15.3 pts.

Capital: Harare
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 16.95 million people (2025)
GDP: US$51.22 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$3,021 (2025)
Life expectancy: 63.1 years (2024)
Urban population: 40.5% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Harare, Masvingo.

Also ranks #2 in lending interest rate · #3 in inflation rate · #4 in income share of richest 10%.

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#8 Cambodia

Cambodia ranks #8 on this list with +15.2 pts.

Capital: Phnom Penh
Continent: Asia
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 17.85 million people (2025)
GDP: US$51.27 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$2,872 (2025)
Life expectancy: 70.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 41.1% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Phnom Penh.

Also ranks #3 in time to start a business (days) · #5 in manufacturing value added share of gdp · #6 in labour force participation rate.

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#9 Tanzania

Tanzania ranks #9 on this list with +14.7 pts.

Capital: Dodoma
Continent: Africa
Income group: Lower middle income
Population: 70.55 million people (2025)
GDP: US$90.14 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,319 (2025)
Life expectancy: 67.2 years (2024)
Urban population: 36.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Dar es Salaam.

Also ranks #4 in labour force participation rate · #4 in female labour force participation · #5 in livestock production index.

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#10 Uganda

Uganda ranks #10 on this list with +14 pts.

Capital: Kampala
Continent: Africa
Income group: Low income
Population: 51.39 million people (2025)
GDP: US$61.99 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$1,206 (2025)
Life expectancy: 68.5 years (2024)
Urban population: 31.9% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Kampala.

Also ranks #6 in renewable energy share · #6 in refugee population by asylum · #7 in agricultural land share.

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Source and method

Change in Electricity access rate over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Access to electricity (% of population): SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

Summary

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About the top 10

#1 Rwanda

#2 Papua New Guinea

#3 Benin

#4 Sierra Leone

#5 Burkina Faso

#6 Lesotho

#7 Zimbabwe

#8 Cambodia

#9 Tanzania

#10 Uganda

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