World Development Indicators

Power and communications
Electric power			Telephones access and use
Consumption per capita		Transmission and distribution losses	Fixed telephone	Mobile cellular
kWh		% of output	Subscriptions per 100 people	Subscriptions per 100 people
2014	2021	2014	2021	2021

Afghanistan	..	..	..	0.4	56.6
Albania	2,309.4	..	23.7	6.9	92.3
Algeria	1,368.6	..	17.1	11.5	106.4
American Samoa	..	..	..	22.2	..
Andorra	..	..	..	63.0	112.3
Angola	310.1	..	11.3	0.3	44.4
Antigua and Barbuda	..	..	..	29.0	197.4
Argentina	3,074.7	..	14.7	16.8	130.5
Armenia	1,976.9	..	12.0	15.0	129.0
Aruba	..	..	..	32.9	132.3
Australia	10,071.4	..	4.8	14.5	105.3
Austria	8,355.8	..	5.3	42.7	122.0
Azerbaijan	2,202.4	..	13.6	15.9	104.9
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	22.4	114.6
Bahrain	19,969.7	..	3.9	17.9	131.4
Bangladesh	317.2	..	11.4	0.9	108.9
Barbados	..	..	..	43.0	112.6
Belarus	3,690.1	..	9.2	45.2	122.8
Belgium	7,709.1	..	5.4	28.4	101.1
Belize	..	..	..	4.7	66.0
Benin	97.1	..	..	0.1	98.0
Bermuda	..	..	..	38.9	105.9
Bhutan	..	..	..	2.5	100.1
Bolivia	728.2	..	9.2	4.6	99.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,360.9	..	8.2	21.1	114.0
Botswana	1,677.6	..	11.0	3.6	160.7
Brazil	2,611.0	..	15.8	13.4	102.5
British Virgin Islands	..	..	..	22.5	113.0
Brunei Darussalam	10,121.1	..	6.4	25.2	135.5
Bulgaria	4,708.9	..	8.6	11.4	114.8
Burkina Faso	..	..	..	0.4	111.7
Burundi	..	..	..	0.1	61.7
Cabo Verde	..	..	..	9.1	100.4
Cambodia	272.5	..	23.4	0.2	120.0
Cameroon	279.9	..	11.1	3.2	80.0
Canada	15,588.5	..	8.7	30.2	88.1
Cayman Islands	..	..	..	52.8	146.8
Central African Republic	..	..	..	0.0	33.6
Chad	..	..	..	0.0	60.2
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	3,895.4	..	6.7	12.9	136.3
China	3,905.3	..	5.5	12.7	121.5
Colombia	1,320.3	..	10.7	14.7	145.7
Comoros	..	..	..	0.9	103.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.	105.3	..	21.4	0.0	48.9
Congo, Rep.	194.3	..	44.5	0.3	96.8
Costa Rica	1,922.9	..	10.8	9.8	152.0
Cote d'Ivoire	270.6	..	14.3	1.0	162.2
Croatia	3,714.4	..	13.1	31.3	108.4
Cuba	1,447.7	..	15.3	13.7	63.1
Curacao	4,797.7	..	..	27.9	88.3
Cyprus	3,548.9	..	4.0	34.3	148.7
Czechia	6,258.9	..	4.5	12.4	126.4
Denmark	5,858.8	..	6.1	12.2	125.8
Djibouti	..	..	..	2.5	44.3
Dominica	..	..	..	10.3	85.9
Dominican Republic	1,597.1	..	12.2	10.4	87.6
Ecuador	1,375.9	..	12.9	10.4	94.3
Egypt, Arab Rep.	1,592.2	..	11.0	10.1	94.7
El Salvador	950.0	..	11.3	13.6	175.3
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	0.7	39.5
Eritrea	96.3	..	12.9	1.8	49.7
Estonia	6,732.4	..	6.8	22.3	149.1
Eswatini	..	..	..	3.9	120.1
Ethiopia	68.1	..	18.7	0.7	53.6
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	29.0	112.0
Fiji	..	..	..	5.2	107.2
Finland	15,250.0	..	4.1	3.7	129.2
France	6,939.9	..	6.3	58.5	112.7
French Polynesia	..	..	..	35.5	106.2
Gabon	1,118.5	..	27.8	1.4	134.3
Gambia, The	..	..	..	2.3	101.4
Georgia	2,694.0	..	5.8	9.2	147.8
Germany	7,035.5	..	3.9	46.3	127.6
Ghana	339.2	..	22.6	1.0	123.2
Gibraltar	5,916.4	..	3.0	52.5	104.5
Greece	5,062.6	..	8.2	47.0	110.0
Greenland	..	..	..	11.3	118.4
Grenada	..	..	..	20.9	81.1
Guam	..	..	..	41.0	..
Guatemala	601.2	..	9.5	13.2	125.6
Guinea	..	..	..	0.0	101.9
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	108.5
Guyana	..	..	..	15.5	106.4
Haiti	39.6	..	60.1	0.1	63.9
Honduras	608.1	..	34.9	4.5	73.6
Hong Kong SAR, China	6,083.3	..	12.5	50.8	319.4
Hungary	3,966.0	..	12.4	30.4	106.9
Iceland	53,832.5	..	2.7	27.1	118.1
India	797.3	..	19.3	1.7	82.0
Indonesia	808.4	1,084.0	9.4	3.3	133.7
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2,927.8	..	12.6	33.3	154.6
Iraq	1,243.8	..	50.6	5.8	93.6
Ireland	5,672.1	..	7.9	32.0	107.8
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	6,600.9	..	2.9	39.3	140.4
Italy	5,002.4	..	7.0	33.8	131.9
Jamaica	1,084.9	..	26.7	16.7	102.7
Japan	7,819.7	..	4.3	49.3	163.2
Jordan	1,921.1	..	10.7	3.8	65.3
Kazakhstan	5,600.2	..	6.7	15.5	127.5
Kenya	167.4	..	17.6	0.1	122.8
Kiribati	..	..	..	0.0	40.8
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	600.1	..	15.8	4.5	23.1
Korea, Rep.	10,496.5	..	3.3	44.8	140.6
Kosovo	2,818.3	..	15.0	..	..
Kuwait	15,297.8	..	11.7	13.4	162.8
Kyrgyz Republic	1,941.2	..	23.7	4.6	130.4
Lao PDR	..	..	..	17.5	65.0
Latvia	3,507.4	..	9.0	10.3	115.4
Lebanon	2,583.4	..	10.5	15.7	76.7
Lesotho	..	..	..	0.4	79.8
Liberia	..	..	..	0.1	31.8
Libya	1,889.5	..	69.7	23.4	43.4
Liechtenstein	..	..	..	29.5	126.1
Lithuania	3,821.1	..	22.0	10.4	133.7
Luxembourg	13,914.7	..	6.3	41.6	137.1
Macao SAR, China	..	..	..	16.0	406.8
North Macedonia	3,514.0	..	19.9	20.2	92.3
Madagascar	..	..	..	0.1	56.3
Malawi	..	..	..	0.1	60.0
Malaysia	4,539.5	..	5.8	24.6	140.6
Maldives	..	..	..	2.7	135.4
Mali	..	..	..	1.4	111.1
Malta	4,924.5	..	4.7	49.0	123.4
Marshall Islands	..	..	..	..	38.0
Mauritania	..	..	..	1.3	141.1
Mauritius	2,182.0	..	6.2	36.1	151.8
Mexico	2,186.4	..	13.7	19.7	99.3
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	..	..	..	6.2	19.4
Moldova	1,725.1	..	21.5	32.7	127.4
Monaco	..	..	..	116.7	98.8
Mongolia	2,032.2	..	14.8	11.9	140.0
Montenegro	4,612.3	..	17.6	30.2	178.4
Morocco	903.0	..	14.7	6.7	137.5
Mozambique	483.5	..	14.7	0.2	42.7
Myanmar	220.4	..	20.5	1.0	126.3
Namibia	1,675.0	..	36.2	3.6	115.2
Nauru	..	..	..	..	79.9
Nepal	143.5	..	32.2	2.4	127.2
Netherlands	6,712.8	..	4.8	28.7	125.1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	16.0	90.3
New Zealand	9,012.7	..	6.5	12.7	114.0
Nicaragua	562.3	..	20.8	3.0	97.1
Niger	50.8	..	41.8	0.2	56.4
Nigeria	142.1	..	16.1	0.0	91.4
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	40.4	..
Norway	22,999.9	..	6.1	6.5	107.8
Oman	6,474.5	..	10.9	12.6	135.1
Pakistan	419.7	..	17.1	1.3	81.6
Palau	..	..	..	44.4	133.2
Panama	2,070.8	..	14.3	18.2	138.0
Papua New Guinea	..	..	..	1.7	48.4
Paraguay	1,682.1	..	6.6	3.0	119.0
Peru	1,334.2	..	11.0	6.3	127.9
Philippines	690.8	..	9.4	4.0	143.4
Poland	3,971.8	..	6.5	13.9	132.1
Portugal	4,662.6	..	10.0	51.7	120.9
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	22.3	112.4
Qatar	16,415.3	..	6.1	17.1	144.2
Romania	2,584.4	..	10.9	13.5	118.6
Russian Federation	6,602.7	..	10.0	16.4	169.0
Rwanda	..	..	..	0.1	81.0
Samoa	..	..	..	2.7	31.5
San Marino	..	..	..	47.4	118.5
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	1.2	84.8
Saudi Arabia	9,047.7	..	6.8	18.3	126.4
Senegal	232.7	..	12.9	1.5	117.7
Serbia	4,271.7	..	15.4	37.0	123.7
Seychelles	..	..	..	17.6	172.7
Sierra Leone	..	..	..	0.0	97.7
Singapore	8,844.7	..	2.0	32.0	147.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	5,137.1	..	2.5	10.6	135.1
Slovenia	6,728.0	..	4.8	32.8	123.0
Solomon Islands	..	..	..	1.0	67.0
Somalia	..	..	..	0.5	51.8
South Africa	4,183.8	..	8.4	2.5	168.9
South Sudan	41.0	..	5.7	..	30.5
Spain	5,356.0	..	9.6	40.1	119.8
Sri Lanka	519.6	..	11.4	13.2	141.3
St. Kitts and Nevis	..	..	..	33.0	119.1
St. Lucia	..	..	..	21.2	95.6
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	..	..	..	11.8	94.2
Sudan	263.5	..	14.3	0.3	75.6
Suriname	3,493.2	..	8.7	19.6	147.8
Sweden	13,480.1	..	4.8	12.0	124.3
Switzerland	7,520.2	..	6.7	34.2	121.8
Syrian Arab Republic	908.5	..	15.9	13.2	79.7
Tajikistan	1,486.2	..	17.0	5.1	118.8
Tanzania	101.9	..	17.7	0.1	85.0
Thailand	2,483.6	..	6.1	6.5	168.8
Timor-Leste	..	..	..	0.1	104.9
Togo	151.5	..	71.0	0.6	72.4
Tonga	..	..	..	10.2	60.7
Trinidad and Tobago	6,661.1	..	2.3	22.4	130.9
Tunisia	1,408.1	..	14.8	13.5	127.6
Turkiye	2,815.0	..	14.8	14.5	101.8
Turkmenistan	2,585.7	..	12.5	12.6	98.6
Turks and Caicos Islands	..	..	..	8.9	..
Tuvalu	..	..	..	17.9	80.3
Uganda	..	..	..	0.2	65.7
Ukraine	3,418.6	..	10.8	5.5	135.0
United Arab Emirates	11,563.0	..	6.8	24.0	194.7
United Kingdom	5,130.4	..	8.4	48.4	118.6
United States	12,994.0	..	5.9	29.0	107.3
Uruguay	3,093.2	..	9.6	36.1	136.9
Uzbekistan	1,645.4	..	8.8	16.9	102.9
Vanuatu	..	..	..	1.1	78.3
Vietnam	1,431.2	..	9.3	3.2	138.9
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	75.9	79.9
West Bank and Gaza	..	..	..	9.3	77.6
Yemen, Rep.	204.5	..	25.8	3.8	46.0
Zambia	701.9	..	15.0	0.3	104.0
Zimbabwe	597.3	..	16.4	1.5	89.1
Arab World	2,440.3	..	14.4	9.0	96.8
Caribbean small states	3,054.0	..	9.4	18.7	111.9
Central Europe and the Baltics	4,115.6	..	7.4	15.9	124.4
Early-demographic dividend	1,135.9	..	15.3	5.2	97.5
East Asia & Pacific	3,661.1	..	5.4	13.5	128.1
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)	3,033.6	..	5.8	10.0	125.3
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	3,064.3	..	5.8	10.1	126.5
Euro area	6,352.4	..	6.1	42.0	122.5
Europe & Central Asia	5,369.4	..	8.0	27.8	127.3
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)	4,333.2	..	10.9	15.3	134.0
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)	4,219.8	..	10.6	15.3	133.0
European Union	6,021.5	..	6.2	35.7	122.7
Fragile and conflict affected situations	590.5	..	32.2	1.9	76.0
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	211.4	..	18.3	0.6	74.5
High income	8,930.5	..	5.9	34.8	124.4
IBRD only	2,397.9	..	10.0	9.0	111.8
IDA & IBRD total	1,943.2	..	10.3	7.0	104.9
IDA blend	369.4	..	14.9	1.8	89.8
IDA only	278.9	..	17.6	1.3	83.8
IDA total	314.4	..	16.4	1.5	85.8
Late-demographic dividend	3,692.3	..	7.2	12.7	125.8
Latin America & Caribbean	2,161.2	..	15.6	13.9	107.8
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)	2,058.2	..	14.3	13.7	108.6
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)	2,174.1	..	15.6	13.8	108.5
Least developed countries: UN classification	209.6	..	16.0	0.8	77.9
Low & middle income	1,907.9	..	10.1	6.9	104.3
Low income	..	..	16.9	1.1	59.5
Lower middle income	806.9	..	15.4	3.4	96.5
Middle East & North Africa	2,803.3	..	13.5	15.2	111.2
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)	1,642.2	..	19.3	14.2	106.4
Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	1,642.2	..	19.3	14.3	106.7
Middle income	2,016.6	..	10.0	7.5	109.5
North America	13,253.8	..	6.3	29.2	105.4
OECD members	7,755.5	..	6.3	32.0	119.6
Other small states	..	..	6.2	9.7	117.7
Pacific island small states	..	..	..	3.7	76.2
Post-demographic dividend	8,898.9	..	6.0	35.5	122.6
Pre-demographic dividend	252.9	..	27.8	0.6	80.4
Small states	..	..	6.6	10.9	114.1
South Asia	694.2	..	18.8	1.7	85.2
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)	694.2	..	18.8	1.7	85.2
Sub-Saharan Africa	481.6	..	11.7	0.6	84.2
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	481.6	..	11.7	0.6	84.2
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	481.6	..	11.7	0.6	84.2
Upper middle income	3,304.7	..	8.3	12.3	124.1
World	3,105.0	..	8.3	11.3	107.3

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