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Access to electricity in United States

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 21, 2026

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Access to electricity, 1990 – 2024 percent · United States · section.levels.world
±0.0 pp section.change_since
United States section.levels.world

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

section.compare Access to electricity · percent
United States
100.0%
section.levels.world
91.9%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 100.0% · 2024
First value 100.0% · 1990
Highest 100.0% · 1990
Lowest 100.0% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange section.levels.world
2024 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.9%
2023 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.6%
2022 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.3%
2021 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.3%
2020 100.0% ±0.0 pp 90.4%
2019 100.0% ±0.0 pp 90.1%
2018 100.0% ±0.0 pp 89.8%
2017 100.0% ±0.0 pp 88.9%
2016 100.0% ±0.0 pp 88.1%
2015 100.0% ±0.0 pp 86.9%
2014 100.0% ±0.0 pp 86.2%
2013 100.0% ±0.0 pp 85.7%
2012 100.0% ±0.0 pp 84.9%
2011 100.0% ±0.0 pp 84.5%
2010 100.0% ±0.0 pp 83.5%
2009 100.0% ±0.0 pp 82.9%
2008 100.0% ±0.0 pp 82.7%
2007 100.0% ±0.0 pp 82.0%
2006 100.0% ±0.0 pp 81.4%
2005 100.0% ±0.0 pp 80.7%
2004 100.0% ±0.0 pp 80.0%
2003 100.0% ±0.0 pp 80.0%
2002 100.0% ±0.0 pp 79.1%
2001 100.0% ±0.0 pp 78.7%
2000 100.0% ±0.0 pp 78.2%
1999 100.0% ±0.0 pp 74.5%
1998 100.0% ±0.0 pp 73.2%
1997 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1996 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1995 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1994 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1993 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1992 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1991 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1990 100.0% —

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
1 Canada 100.0%
2 China 100.0%
3 Czechia 100.0%
4 Germany 100.0%
5 Spain 100.0%
6 Finland 100.0%
7 France 100.0%
8 United Kingdom 100.0%
9 Greece 100.0%
10 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
11 Italy 100.0%
12 South Korea 100.0%
13 Lithuania 100.0%
14 Netherlands 100.0%
15 Norway 100.0%
16 Poland 100.0%
17 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
18 Türkiye 100.0%
19 United States 100.0%
20 Argentina 99.7%
21 Brazil 99.7%
22 Chile 99.7%
23 Lebanon 99.7%
24 Algeria 99.4%
25 Egypt 99.3%
26 Mexico 99.0%
27 Ecuador 98.8%
28 Romania 98.8%
29 Colombia 98.2%
30 Indonesia 97.5%
31 Bulgaria 96.6%
32 Russia 95.5%
33 Honduras 90.0%
34 Philippines 89.1%
35 India 88.0%
36 Gabon 87.3%
37 Bangladesh 74.0%
38 Yemen 67.4%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 44.3%
40 Sierra Leone 19.7%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.6%
42 Liberia 15.2%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

section.what

The share of people living in homes with electricity.

section.how

Population with access to electricity divided by the total population, from household surveys.