Access to electricity in Myanmar

80.4% of people in Myanmar had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Myanmar, 2024 80.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +3.6percentage points 2023: 76.8%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 170th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Myanmar over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to electricity (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period MyanmarWorld
2024 80.4% 91.9%
2023 76.8% 91.6%
2022 73.7% 91.3%
2021 72.5% 91.3%
2020 70.4% 90.4%
2019 68.3% 90.1%
2018 66.1% 89.8%
2017 69.8% 88.9%
2016 55.6% 88.1%
2015 60.5% 86.9%
2014 52.0% 86.2%
2013 56.5% 85.7%
2012 55.3% 84.9%
2011 54.1% 84.5%
2010 48.8% 83.5%
2009 51.8% 82.9%
2008 50.6% 82.7%
2007 49.5% 82.0%
2006 48.4% 81.4%
2005 47.3% 80.7%
2004 46.2% 80.0%
2003 45.1% 80.0%
2002 47.0% 79.1%
2001 43.0% 78.7%
2000 41.9% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.6 percentage points from 76.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 52.0%, the figure has changed by +28.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Myanmar has the 170th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Myanmar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset