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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
1 Argentina 100.0%
2 Canada 100.0%
3 Chile 100.0%
4 China 100.0%
5 Colombia 100.0%
6 Czechia 100.0%
7 Germany 100.0%
8 Ecuador 100.0%
9 Egypt 100.0%
10 Spain 100.0%
11 Finland 100.0%
12 France 100.0%
13 United Kingdom 100.0%
14 Greece 100.0%
15 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
16 Italy 100.0%
17 South Korea 100.0%
18 Lebanon 100.0%
19 Lithuania 100.0%
20 Mexico 100.0%
21 Netherlands 100.0%
22 Norway 100.0%
23 Poland 100.0%
24 Romania 100.0%
25 Russia 100.0%
26 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
27 Türkiye 100.0%
28 United States 100.0%
29 Bulgaria 99.8%
30 Algeria 99.8%
31 India 99.6%
32 Brazil 99.5%
33 Indonesia 99.2%
34 Bangladesh 99.0%
35 Philippines 97.5%
36 Honduras 94.1%
37 Gabon 91.8%
38 Yemen 74.9%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 49.7%
40 Liberia 29.8%
41 Sierra Leone 27.5%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 20.8%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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.