Share of the population with access to electricity: Bangladesh
99.5% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 34 years from 1991 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5 |
| 2023 | 99.5 |
| 2022 | 99.4 |
| 2021 | 99 |
| 2020 | 96.2 |
| 2019 | 92.2 |
| 2018 | 86.9 |
| 2017 | 88 |
| 2016 | 75.9 |
| 2015 | 74 |
| 2014 | 62.4 |
| 2013 | 61.5 |
| 2012 | 65.5 |
| 2011 | 59.6 |
| 2010 | 55.3 |
| 2009 | 57.1 |
| 2008 | 54.3 |
| 2007 | 46.5 |
| 2006 | 50.5 |
| 2005 | 44.2 |
| 2004 | 40.6 |
| 2003 | 40.5 |
| 2002 | 37.8 |
| 2001 | 35 |
| 2000 | 32 |
| 1999 | 29.540215 |
| 1998 | 26.746193 |
| 1997 | 22.4 |
| 1996 | 21.144386 |
| 1995 | 18.338045 |
| 1994 | 17.8 |
| 1993 | 12.71788 |
| 1992 | 9.905419 |
| 1991 | 14.29 |