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Digital & energy access in lower-middle-income countries: how the countries rank

Internet, mobile and broadband, electricity and clean cooking fuels. 12 indicators for the 47 economies in the lower-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Internet users62.9%group, 2025 · world 73.6%Mobile subscriptions89.9group, 2025 · world 111.5Fixed broadband5.0group, 2025 · world 20.1Fixed telephone3.0group, 2025 · world 9.9Secure servers717group, 2024 · world 16,381Electricity access91.4%group, 2024 · world 91.9%Electricity access, rural88.0%group, 2024 · world 84.9%Electricity access, urban96.2%group, 2024 · world 97.8%
Internet users
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0%25%50%75%100%20052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries62.9%Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
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0.0501001501995200020052010201520202025lower-middle-income countries89.9Worldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
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All 47 economies, digital & energy access

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its digital & energy access profile.

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CountryInternet usersMobile subscriptionsFixed broadbandFixed telephoneSecure serversElectricity accessElectricity access, ruralElectricity access, urban
Kyrgyzstan92.0%#1 · 2024107.5#18 · 20247.8#9 · 20242.2#17 · 20241,302#3 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024
Bhutan91.3%#2 · 202499.8#21 · 20242.9#19 · 20240.0#46 · 20241,339#2 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024
Morocco91.2%#3 · 2024153.1#2 · 20247.3#10 · 20248.0#7 · 2024577#8 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024
Uzbekistan89.5%#4 · 2024110.5#13 · 202434.7#1 · 202417.4#1 · 2024967#5 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024
Kiribati89.4%#5 · 202453.5#45 · 20240.0#45 · 20240.0#44 · 202422#42 · 202497.7%#15 · 202494.3%#14 · 202097.0%#24 · 2024
West Bank and Gaza86.6%#6 · 202376.7#33 · 20238.2#7 · 20247.1#8 · 2023427#12 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024
Lebanon80.6%#7 · 202474.0#35 · 20227.3#11 · 202216.1#3 · 2022267#16 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024
Bolivia79.7%#8 · 202498.0#22 · 202412.1#4 · 20243.0#11 · 2024364#14 · 202496.6%#16 · 202488.7%#20 · 202499.8%#16 · 2024
Venezuela76.7%#9 · 202471.0#36 · 202412.9#3 · 20248.5#6 · 2024247#18 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024
Tunisia76.5%#10 · 2024117.6#8 · 202415.0#2 · 202416.0#4 · 2024912#6 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024
Egypt74.6%#11 · 202497.1#24 · 202411.7#5 · 202411.4#5 · 202482#30 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024
Ghana72.2%#12 · 2024113.6#12 · 20240.7#35 · 20240.8#28 · 202449#37 · 202491.9%#21 · 202482.6%#23 · 202498.6%#20 · 2024
India70.0%#13 · 202579.4#31 · 20243.2#16 · 20242.7#13 · 20241,212#4 · 202499.9%#10 · 202499.9%#10 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024
Cambodia68.5%#14 · 2024116.1#10 · 20244.1#14 · 20240.2#37 · 2024817#7 · 202499.2%#13 · 202498.6%#13 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024
Laos65.6%#15 · 202464.8#42 · 20232.7#22 · 202316.1#2 · 2023302#15 · 202496.5%#17 · 202494.2%#15 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024
Djibouti65.3%#16 · 202448.5#46 · 20231.5#27 · 20232.5#15 · 2023115#22 · 202469.2%#32 · 202453.9%#31 · 202474.9%#44 · 2024
Namibia64.9%#17 · 202485.2#29 · 20242.8#21 · 20242.6#14 · 2024427#11 · 202459.3%#38 · 202441.1%#37 · 202477.2%#43 · 2024
Eswatini63.4%#18 · 2024139.8#3 · 20242.5#23 · 20242.9#12 · 2024117#21 · 202489.3%#23 · 202488.3%#21 · 202492.1%#32 · 2024
Nicaragua61.4%#19 · 2024106.0#19 · 20245.8#12 · 20243.5#10 · 202494#26 · 202488.7%#24 · 202472.2%#27 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024
Senegal60.1%#20 · 2024123.9#7 · 20244.0#15 · 20241.6#20 · 202460#34 · 202482.9%#25 · 202467.1%#29 · 202495.7%#26 · 2024
São Tomé and Príncipe59.1%#21 · 202462.4#43 · 20243.0#18 · 20240.8#30 · 202442#39 · 202477.7%#28 · 202475.1%#25 · 202478.9%#41 · 2024
Honduras58.6%#22 · 202470.9#37 · 20244.6#13 · 20244.2#9 · 2024149#20 · 202495.5%#19 · 202490.1%#19 · 202499.3%#19 · 2024
Pakistan57.3%#23 · 202476.9#32 · 20241.5#28 · 20241.0#24 · 2024110#23 · 202495.7%#18 · 202494.0%#17 · 202498.4%#22 · 2024
Tajikistan55.8%#24 · 202476.2#34 · 20231.0#32 · 20232.2#16 · 2023152#19 · 202499.9%#11 · 202499.9%#11 · 202499.9%#15 · 2024
Bangladesh53.4%#25 · 2024108.1#17 · 20248.1#8 · 20240.2#38 · 2024527#10 · 202499.5%#12 · 202499.6%#12 · 202499.5%#18 · 2024
Lesotho51.8%#26 · 202470.3#39 · 20240.4#37 · 20240.3#32 · 202486#29 · 202460.6%#37 · 202441.4%#36 · 202485.2%#36 · 2024
Haiti47.9%#27 · 202465.2#41 · 20220.3#39 · 20220.0#43 · 20228#47 · 202453.9%#41 · 202415.0%#45 · 202485.6%#34 · 2024
Republic of the Congo47.3%#28 · 202495.5#25 · 20241.3#30 · 20230.3#34 · 202217#44 · 202453.0%#44 · 202419.4%#44 · 202472.0%#45 · 2024
Nepal46.3%#29 · 202499.8#20 · 202410.1#6 · 20241.4#21 · 2024541#9 · 202497.9%#14 · 202494.2%#16 · 202499.7%#17 · 2024
Cameroon46.3%#30 · 2024108.2#16 · 20242.1#24 · 20220.2#35 · 202425#40 · 202472.0%#31 · 202442.7%#35 · 202495.6%#27 · 2024
Mauritania45.8%#31 · 202492.1#27 · 20240.9#33 · 20240.3#33 · 202452#36 · 202452.2%#46 · 2024—94.2%#30 · 2024
Myanmar45.4%#32 · 2020114.3#11 · 20242.9#20 · 20241.0#23 · 202424#41 · 202480.4%#27 · 202473.9%#26 · 202495.3%#28 · 2024
Zimbabwe41.6%#33 · 202494.2#26 · 20241.9#25 · 20241.8#18 · 202490#27 · 202462.0%#35 · 202446.6%#33 · 202485.1%#38 · 2024
Côte d'Ivoire41.4%#34 · 2024183.9#1 · 20241.6#26 · 20240.8#29 · 202461#33 · 202472.9%#30 · 202447.7%#32 · 202494.3%#29 · 2024
Nigeria41.2%#35 · 202470.8#38 · 20240.1#44 · 20240.0#42 · 202498#25 · 202462.5%#34 · 202423.5%#43 · 202485.5%#35 · 2024
Angola40.7%#36 · 202469.7#40 · 20240.4#38 · 20240.2#36 · 202449#38 · 202455.5%#40 · 20241.3%#46 · 202478.0%#42 · 2024
Togo39.5%#37 · 202480.8#30 · 20241.4#29 · 20240.8#27 · 2024102#24 · 202461.1%#36 · 202433.9%#39 · 202496.0%#25 · 2024
Timor-Leste35.0%#38 · 2021116.4#9 · 20240.0#47 · 20240.1#39 · 2024265#17 · 202494.3%#20 · 202492.1%#18 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024
Kenya35.0%#39 · 2024126.5#5 · 20243.0#17 · 20240.1#41 · 2024400#13 · 202477.0%#29 · 202467.1%#28 · 202498.1%#23 · 2024
Benin34.0%#40 · 2024125.9#6 · 20240.3#40 · 20240.0#45 · 202420#43 · 202459.0%#39 · 202445.0%#34 · 202471.6%#46 · 2024
Guinea33.3%#41 · 202497.9#23 · 20230.0#46 · 20220.0#47 · 202212#46 · 202453.8%#42 · 202429.4%#42 · 202493.6%#31 · 2024
Comoros32.5%#42 · 2024109.9#14 · 20230.4#36 · 20231.0#22 · 202316#45 · 202491.7%#22 · 202488.2%#22 · 202498.5%#21 · 2024
Tanzania31.2%#43 · 2024126.6#4 · 20240.2#41 · 20240.1#40 · 202452#35 · 202452.4%#45 · 202433.7%#40 · 202485.2%#37 · 2024
Solomon Islands29.0%#44 · 202462.1#44 · 20220.1#43 · 20220.9#26 · 202281#31 · 202481.5%#26 · 202481.1%#24 · 202482.3%#39 · 2024
Papua New Guinea18.8%#45 · 202438.8#47 · 20240.2#42 · 20241.7#19 · 202288#28 · 202443.3%#47 · 202439.0%#38 · 202466.8%#47 · 2024
Zambia17.1%#46 · 2024108.7#15 · 20240.8#34 · 20240.3#31 · 202481#32 · 202453.6%#43 · 202431.3%#41 · 202480.3%#40 · 2024
Vanuatu—89.3#28 · 20231.2#31 · 20240.9#25 · 20241,919#1 · 202465.5%#33 · 202458.5%#30 · 202490.1%#33 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Internet users46 countries
  1. 1Kyrgyzstan92.0%2024
  2. 2Bhutan91.3%2024
  3. 3Morocco91.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Zambia17.1%2024
  2. 45Papua New Guinea18.8%2024
  3. 44Solomon Islands29.0%2024
Median country 56.5% · group 62.9%
Mobile subscriptions47 countries
  1. 1Côte d'Ivoire183.92024
  2. 2Morocco153.12024
  3. 3Eswatini139.82024
Lowest
  1. 47Papua New Guinea38.82024
  2. 46Djibouti48.52023
  3. 45Kiribati53.52024
Median country 97.1 · group 89.9
Fixed broadband47 countries
  1. 1Uzbekistan34.72024
  2. 2Tunisia15.02024
  3. 3Venezuela12.92024
Lowest
  1. 47Timor-Leste0.02024
  2. 46Guinea0.02022
  3. 45Kiribati0.02024
Median country 2.1 · group 5.0
Fixed telephone47 countries
  1. 1Uzbekistan17.42024
  2. 2Laos16.12023
  3. 3Lebanon16.12022
Lowest
  1. 47Guinea0.02022
  2. 46Bhutan0.02024
  3. 45Benin0.02024
Median country 1.0 · group 3.0
Secure servers47 countries
  1. 1Vanuatu1,9192024
  2. 2Bhutan1,3392024
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan1,3022024
Lowest
  1. 47Haiti82024
  2. 46Guinea122024
  3. 45Comoros162024
Median country 102 · group 717
Electricity access47 countries
  1. 1Bhutan100.0%2024
  2. 2Egypt100.0%2024
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 47Papua New Guinea43.3%2024
  2. 46Mauritania52.2%2024
  3. 45Tanzania52.4%2024
Median country 88.7% · group 91.4%
Electricity access, rural46 countries
  1. 1Bhutan100.0%2024
  2. 2Egypt100.0%2024
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Angola1.3%2024
  2. 45Haiti15.0%2024
  3. 44Republic of the Congo19.4%2024
Median country 81.8% · group 88.0%
Electricity access, urban47 countries
  1. 1Bhutan100.0%2024
  2. 2Cambodia100.0%2024
  3. 3Egypt100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 47Papua New Guinea66.8%2024
  2. 46Benin71.6%2024
  3. 45Republic of the Congo72.0%2024
Median country 97.0% · group 96.2%
Clean cooking46 countries
  1. 1Egypt100.0%2024
  2. 2Tunisia100.0%2024
  3. 3Morocco97.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Guinea2.0%2024
  2. 45Haiti6.0%2024
  3. 44São Tomé and Príncipe7.0%2024
Median country 45.5% · group 63.8%
Electricity use per person34 countries
  1. 1Venezuela2,362 kWh2024
  2. 2Kyrgyzstan2,168 kWh2024
  3. 3Uzbekistan2,097 kWh2024
Lowest
  1. 34Haiti63 kWh2024
  2. 33Benin123 kWh2024
  3. 32Nigeria141 kWh2024
Median country 615 kWh · group 928 kWh
Energy use per person34 countries
  1. 1Uzbekistan1,503 kgoe2024
  2. 2Venezuela1,457 kgoe2024
  3. 3Eswatini977 kgoe2024
Lowest
  1. 34Bangladesh288 kgoe2024
  2. 33Nigeria317 kgoe2024
  3. 32Senegal324 kgoe2024
Median country 547 kgoe · group 640 kgoe
Power losses34 countries
  1. 1Benin60.9%2024
  2. 2Republic of the Congo51.3%2024
  3. 3Honduras31.5%2024
Lowest
  1. 34Uzbekistan2.7%2024
  2. 33Laos5.5%2024
  3. 32Myanmar7.2%2024
Median country 16.3% · group 14.4%
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