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

Internet, mobile and broadband, electricity and clean cooking fuels. 12 indicators for the 59 economies in the upper-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Internet users88.8%group, 2025 · world 73.6%Mobile subscriptions132.4group, 2025 · world 111.5Fixed broadband33.0group, 2025 · world 20.1Fixed telephone11.0group, 2025 · world 9.9Secure servers3,110group, 2024 · world 16,381Electricity access99.3%group, 2024 · world 91.9%Electricity access, rural98.5%group, 2024 · world 84.9%Electricity access, urban99.8%group, 2024 · world 97.8%
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0%25%50%75%100%20052010201520202025upper-middle-income countries88.8%Worldlow-income countrieslower-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
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All 59 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
Malaysia98.0%#1 · 2024139.7#16 · 202413.5#32 · 202423.1#8 · 20247,475#9 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024
Jordan95.6%#2 · 202469.6#52 · 20247.0#45 · 20244.2#46 · 2024212#46 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024
Belarus94.3%#3 · 2024131.1#21 · 202436.3#2 · 202445.8#1 · 202412,730#6 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024
Kazakhstan93.4%#4 · 2024127.1#23 · 202415.3#29 · 202411.9#24 · 20246,914#12 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024
North Macedonia93.1%#5 · 2025108.4#38 · 202429.9#6 · 202425.0#6 · 20242,068#22 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024100.0%#24 · 2024
China91.6%#6 · 2025131.8#20 · 202447.2#1 · 202411.7#25 · 20241,413#26 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024
Dominican Republic91.0%#7 · 202493.7#47 · 202411.2#38 · 202410.1#33 · 2024181#52 · 202499.5%#38 · 202498.7%#38 · 202499.8%#43 · 2024
Thailand90.9%#8 · 2024160.6#11 · 202414.9#30 · 20245.4#43 · 20243,150#18 · 2024100.0%#26 · 2024100.0%#26 · 2024100.0%#31 · 2024
Azerbaijan90.8%#9 · 2025109.5#37 · 202421.8#17 · 202412.8#22 · 2024541#36 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024
Jamaica90.1%#10 · 2024117.7#31 · 202416.0#27 · 202416.0#15 · 2024192#49 · 202497.7%#46 · 202495.7%#45 · 202499.1%#48 · 2024
Türkiye89.8%#11 · 2025107.8#40 · 202423.4#16 · 202410.3#31 · 202411,103#7 · 2024100.0%#28 · 2024100.0%#28 · 2024100.0%#33 · 2024
Argentina89.7%#12 · 2024140.2#15 · 202426.1#12 · 202414.1#20 · 20245,453#16 · 202498.4%#44 · 202479.8%#53 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024
Montenegro88.9%#13 · 2024221.7#2 · 202432.3#4 · 202430.1#5 · 20246,425#13 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024100.0%#23 · 2024
Serbia87.7%#14 · 2024123.8#27 · 202433.4#3 · 202436.7#3 · 202412,942#5 · 2024100.0%#24 · 2024100.0%#24 · 2024100.0%#28 · 2024
Suriname87.4%#15 · 2023142.1#13 · 202418.8#23 · 202419.6#11 · 20242,060#23 · 202499.0%#40 · 202497.1%#41 · 2024100.0%#30 · 2024
Bosnia and Herzegovina86.1%#16 · 2024121.2#29 · 202429.4#10 · 202418.4#12 · 20245,554#15 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024
Albania85.9%#17 · 202489.1#48 · 202424.9#13 · 20245.9#41 · 20241,513#25 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024
Iran85.3%#18 · 2024174.1#7 · 202412.1#36 · 202430.8#4 · 20247,226#10 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024
Maldives85.2%#19 · 2024148.1#12 · 202419.6#22 · 20242.3#55 · 20241,330#27 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024
Mongolia85.1%#20 · 2024140.7#14 · 202415.8#28 · 202414.9#16 · 20242,564#20 · 202499.1%#39 · 202498.4%#39 · 202499.4%#46 · 2024
Brazil84.5%#21 · 2024101.9#41 · 202424.1#14 · 202410.6#30 · 20246,941#11 · 202499.8%#34 · 202499.2%#36 · 202499.9%#38 · 2024
Vietnam84.2%#22 · 2024127.6#22 · 202423.7#15 · 20242.6#54 · 20245,734#14 · 2024100.0%#32 · 2024100.0%#32 · 2024100.0%#37 · 2024
Georgia83.8%#23 · 2024161.2#10 · 202430.4#5 · 20246.8#38 · 20245,293#17 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024
Mexico83.1%#24 · 2024116.5#32 · 202421.7#18 · 202422.6#9 · 2024532#37 · 202499.8%#35 · 202499.2%#37 · 202499.9%#40 · 2024
Ukraine82.5%#25 · 2024133.4#18 · 202321.7#19 · 20243.8#49 · 20239,937#8 · 2024100.0%#31 · 2024100.0%#31 · 2024100.0%#36 · 2024
Dominica82.0%#26 · 202485.2#50 · 202220.9#20 · 202211.1#28 · 202162,865#2 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024
Peru82.0%#27 · 2024124.6#26 · 202411.7#37 · 20244.1#47 · 2024827#31 · 202496.5%#48 · 202482.1%#51 · 202499.0%#50 · 2024
Libya82.0%#28 · 2024193.0#3 · 20224.5#53 · 202216.9#14 · 2022389#41 · 202477.4%#57 · 2024—100.0%#18 · 2024
Paraguay81.6%#29 · 2024126.6#24 · 202312.9#34 · 20233.0#52 · 2023775#32 · 202499.8%#36 · 202499.6%#34 · 202499.9%#41 · 2024
Iraq81.5%#30 · 2024100.1#43 · 202417.6#24 · 202411.5#27 · 202435#58 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024
Armenia81.3%#31 · 2024134.9#17 · 202420.3#21 · 202410.0#34 · 20241,735#24 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024
Belize80.0%#32 · 202467.2#53 · 20229.8#39 · 20224.4#45 · 2022464,560#1 · 202499.6%#37 · 202499.5%#35 · 202499.8%#42 · 2024
Colombia79.3%#33 · 2024174.1#6 · 202417.2#26 · 202411.9#23 · 20241,126#28 · 202498.9%#41 · 202495.2%#46 · 202499.9%#39 · 2024
South Africa78.4%#34 · 2024179.3#4 · 20245.3#47 · 20241.6#58 · 202416,658#3 · 202490.2%#54 · 202486.3%#49 · 202492.4%#56 · 2024
Algeria77.4%#35 · 2024115.5#33 · 202413.3#33 · 202414.8#17 · 2024119#54 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024
Moldova77.4%#36 · 2024120.1#30 · 202429.6#8 · 202424.2#7 · 202413,318#4 · 2024100.0%#18 · 2024100.0%#18 · 2024100.0%#22 · 2024
Ecuador77.2%#37 · 2024101.6#42 · 202417.2#25 · 20246.7#39 · 2024491#38 · 202498.5%#43 · 202495.9%#44 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines76.2%#38 · 2024108.4#39 · 202429.5#9 · 20249.0#35 · 2024268#43 · 2024100.0%#22 · 2024100.0%#22 · 2024100.0%#26 · 2024
Cabo Verde74.7%#39 · 2024111.8#36 · 20248.3#41 · 202411.7#26 · 2024857#30 · 202498.4%#45 · 202497.7%#40 · 202498.6%#52 · 2024
Fiji74.7%#40 · 2024574.2#1 · 20241.8#56 · 20248.4#36 · 2024222#44 · 202495.9%#49 · 202492.5%#47 · 202498.2%#53 · 2024
Mauritius73.3%#41 · 2024172.7#8 · 202428.0#11 · 202436.9#2 · 20242,158#21 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024
Indonesia72.8%#42 · 2024122.5#28 · 20244.9#50 · 20241.6#57 · 20242,939#19 · 202499.9%#33 · 202499.7%#33 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024
Cuba70.5%#43 · 202472.9#51 · 20243.1#54 · 202414.5#19 · 2024193#48 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024
Grenada70.2%#44 · 202495.8#46 · 202229.8#7 · 202214.5#18 · 2022742#33 · 202495.6%#50 · 2024——
Gabon68.7%#45 · 2024125.3#25 · 20244.7#51 · 20242.6#53 · 202487#56 · 202495.1%#51 · 202451.3%#54 · 202499.0%#49 · 2024
Saint Lucia68.2%#46 · 202498.7#45 · 202213.6#31 · 202217.1#13 · 2022734#34 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024100.0%#25 · 2024
Tonga67.4%#47 · 202461.7#55 · 20228.2#42 · 20223.1#51 · 2022970#29 · 2024100.0%#27 · 2024100.0%#27 · 2024100.0%#32 · 2024
Philippines67.3%#48 · 2024115.3#34 · 20247.1#44 · 20243.8#48 · 2024132#53 · 202494.8%#52 · 202488.5%#48 · 202499.8%#44 · 2024
El Salvador66.5%#49 · 2024176.5#5 · 202412.5#35 · 202414.0#21 · 2024191#50 · 202498.7%#42 · 202496.6%#42 · 202499.4%#45 · 2024
Marshall Islands65.9%#50 · 202439.7#57 · 20222.4#55 · 20224.9#44 · 2022213#45 · 202497.2%#47 · 202496.3%#43 · 202497.4%#54 · 2024
Equatorial Guinea63.3%#51 · 202449.5#56 · 20220.1#58 · 20220.6#59 · 202267#57 · 202465.1%#58 · 20245.1%#56 · 202489.3%#57 · 2024
Guatemala60.2%#52 · 2024112.5#35 · 20245.3#48 · 202410.8#29 · 2024109#55 · 202490.9%#53 · 202480.4%#52 · 202499.2%#47 · 2024
Botswana57.5%#53 · 2024164.0#9 · 20247.4#43 · 20243.3#50 · 2024471#39 · 202480.2%#56 · 202445.9%#55 · 202496.7%#55 · 2024
Sri Lanka54.6%#54 · 2024132.5#19 · 20248.5#40 · 20246.8#37 · 2024449#40 · 2024100.0%#25 · 2024100.0%#25 · 2024100.0%#29 · 2024
Micronesia39.5%#55 · 202420.0#59 · 20225.8#46 · 20225.8#42 · 2022194#47 · 202488.9%#55 · 202486.0%#50 · 202498.8%#51 · 2024
Kosovo—34.5#58 · 2022—6.5#40 · 2022————
Samoa—62.4#54 · 20220.9#57 · 20222.1#56 · 2022605#35 · 2024100.0%#23 · 2024100.0%#23 · 2024100.0%#27 · 2024
Turkmenistan—88.2#49 · 20215.2#49 · 202210.2#32 · 2022188#51 · 2024100.0%#29 · 2024100.0%#29 · 2024100.0%#34 · 2024
Tuvalu—98.9#44 · 20224.5#52 · 202221.1#10 · 2022311#42 · 2024100.0%#30 · 2024100.0%#30 · 2024100.0%#35 · 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 users55 countries
  1. 1Malaysia98.0%2024
  2. 2Jordan95.6%2024
  3. 3Belarus94.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 55Micronesia39.5%2024
  2. 54Sri Lanka54.6%2024
  3. 53Botswana57.5%2024
Median country 82.0% · group 88.8%
Mobile subscriptions59 countries
  1. 1Fiji574.22024
  2. 2Montenegro221.72024
  3. 3Libya193.02022
Lowest
  1. 59Micronesia20.02022
  2. 58Kosovo34.52022
  3. 57Marshall Islands39.72022
Median country 120.1 · group 132.4
Fixed broadband58 countries
  1. 1China47.22024
  2. 2Belarus36.32024
  3. 3Serbia33.42024
Lowest
  1. 58Equatorial Guinea0.12022
  2. 57Samoa0.92022
  3. 56Fiji1.82024
Median country 15.1 · group 33.0
Fixed telephone59 countries
  1. 1Belarus45.82024
  2. 2Mauritius36.92024
  3. 3Serbia36.72024
Lowest
  1. 59Equatorial Guinea0.62022
  2. 58South Africa1.62024
  3. 57Indonesia1.62024
Median country 10.6 · group 11.0
Secure servers58 countries
  1. 1Belize464,5602024
  2. 2Dominica62,8652024
  3. 3South Africa16,6582024
Lowest
  1. 58Iraq352024
  2. 57Equatorial Guinea672024
  3. 56Gabon872024
Median country 913 · group 3,110
Electricity access58 countries
  1. 1Albania100.0%2024
  2. 2Algeria100.0%2024
  3. 3Armenia100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 58Equatorial Guinea65.1%2024
  2. 57Libya77.4%2024
  3. 56Botswana80.2%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 99.3%
Electricity access, rural56 countries
  1. 1Albania100.0%2024
  2. 2Algeria100.0%2024
  3. 3Armenia100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 56Equatorial Guinea5.1%2024
  2. 55Botswana45.9%2024
  3. 54Gabon51.3%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 98.5%
Electricity access, urban57 countries
  1. 1Albania100.0%2024
  2. 2Algeria100.0%2024
  3. 3Argentina100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 57Equatorial Guinea89.3%2024
  2. 56South Africa92.4%2024
  3. 55Botswana96.7%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 99.8%
Clean cooking58 countries
  1. 1Algeria100.0%2024
  2. 2Argentina100.0%2024
  3. 3Belarus100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 58Sri Lanka31.0%2024
  2. 57Micronesia35.0%2024
  3. 56Equatorial Guinea50.0%2024
Median country 93.0% · group 90.2%
Electricity use per person45 countries
  1. 1China7,038 kWh2024
  2. 2Kazakhstan5,667 kWh2024
  3. 3Malaysia5,418 kWh2024
Lowest
  1. 45Sri Lanka695 kWh2024
  2. 44Guatemala743 kWh2024
  3. 43Equatorial Guinea855 kWh2024
Median country 2,599 kWh · group 4,606 kWh
Energy use per person46 countries
  1. 1Turkmenistan4,682 kgoe2024
  2. 2Kazakhstan3,619 kgoe2024
  3. 3Iran3,456 kgoe2024
Lowest
  1. 46Sri Lanka439 kgoe2024
  2. 45Philippines612 kgoe2024
  3. 44Cuba777 kgoe2024
Median country 1,513 kgoe · group 2,183 kgoe
Power losses45 countries
  1. 1Iraq58.7%2024
  2. 2Jamaica25.9%2024
  3. 3Botswana23.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 45China3.1%2024
  2. 44Armenia5.1%2024
  3. 43Mauritius5.6%2024
Median country 10.1% · group 6.3%
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