Access to electricity in South Asia
99.8% of people in South Asia had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1993.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
99.8%
Change from 2023
+0.4percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Access to electricity in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.8% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 99.4% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 99.4% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 96.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 95.5% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 94.8% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 88.3% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 86.5% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 82.8% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 80.8% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 78.4% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 77.3% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 74.1% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 73.0% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 71.8% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 69.3% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 65.9% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 65.9% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 62.3% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 59.4% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 58.3% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 56.8% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 99.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 82.8%, the figure has changed by +17.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.