Access to electricity in Laos
96.5% of people in Laos had access to electricity in 2024.
Laos, 2024
96.5%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
148th of 215
Access to electricity in Laos over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Laos | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.5% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 99.3% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 98.4% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 92.9% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 93.6% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 89.0% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 89.7% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 82.5% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 79.3% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 76.4% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 70.0% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 70.2% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 67.4% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 66.0% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 55.0% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 57.0% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 57.2% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 53.5% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 48.0% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 46.3% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 42.6% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 82.5%, the figure has changed by +14.0 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Laos has the 148th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.