Access to electricity in Pakistan

95.7% of people in Pakistan had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Pakistan, 2024 95.7% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 95.6%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 151st of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Pakistan 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 PakistanWorld
2024 95.7% 91.9%
2023 95.6% 91.6%
2022 95.0% 91.3%
2021 94.9% 91.3%
2020 94.5% 90.4%
2019 93.9% 90.1%
2018 93.4% 89.8%
2017 92.7% 88.9%
2016 91.8% 88.1%
2015 91.0% 86.9%
2014 90.1% 86.2%
2013 89.3% 85.7%
2012 88.6% 84.9%
2011 87.8% 84.5%
2010 87.1% 83.5%
2009 82.5% 82.9%
2008 81.4% 82.7%
2007 80.2% 82.0%
2006 79.1% 81.4%
2005 78.1% 80.7%
2004 77.0% 80.0%
2003 76.0% 80.0%
2002 74.9% 79.1%
2001 73.9% 78.7%
2000 72.8% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 95.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.1%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Pakistan has the 151st 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
1998 to 2024 for Pakistan
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