Countries with the highest quality of electricity supply 2019

This statistic shows the countries with the highest quality of electricity supply in 2019. That year, Luxembourg had an index score of around 100 and was tied in first with nine other countries. Countries with the highest quality of electricity supply – additional informationIn today’s culture, many people cannot imagine life without electricity. It has become a global necessity and a part of the everyday life of many people. Life without electricity is almost impossible - it can be difficult and slow. The importance of electricity can be seen throughout various fields of human activity: engineering, communication and transport, entertainment, and surgery. We often forget how heavily we rely on electricity, even for small and relatively insignificant activities in our daily lives.The world’s electricity consumption has steadily risen in the last decades from 7.32 trillion kilowatt hours in 1980 to 21.8 trillion kilowatt hours in 2016. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Canada and the United States were the two countries with the highest electricity consumption per capita in 2017.Despite our reliance, many populations suffer from electricity supplies that may be unreliable and/or poor in quality. The number of people who did not have access to electricity is significantly higher in developing Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. More than 260 million people living in India were not connected to the main electricity grid. Even though South Sudan reported a high rate of population growth, it was the country with the lowest access to electricity in 2016. Slightly more than five percent of the population had access to electricity.

本统计数据显示了2019年供电质量最高的国家。当年，卢森堡的指数得分约为100，与另外九个国家并列第一。关于供电质量最高的国家——附加信息：在当今的文化背景下，许多人无法想象没有电的生活。电已成为全球的必需品，并融入了许多人的日常生活。没有电的生活几乎无法想象——它可能既困难又缓慢。电的重要性贯穿于人类活动的各个领域：工程、通信与交通、娱乐以及外科手术。我们常常忘记，我们对于电的依赖程度之深，即便是在我们日常生活中的一些微不足道的小事也是如此。在过去几十年中，全球电力消耗稳步上升，从1980年的7.32万亿千瓦时增长至2016年的21.8万亿千瓦时。根据美国能源信息署（EIA）的数据，加拿大和美国在2017年的人均电力消耗量最高。尽管我们对电的依赖性如此之强，但许多人口仍遭受着可能不可靠且/或质量低劣的电力供应之苦。在发展中的亚洲和撒哈拉以南非洲，没有电的人口数量显著较高。超过2.6亿生活在印度的民众尚未接入主要的电力网络。尽管南苏丹报告了人口增长率较高，但在2016年，它却是接入电力最少的国度，略超过五分之一的民众能够接入电力。