Share of the population with access to electricity: India
99.9% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1993 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 | 99.9 |
| 2023 | 99.5 |
| 2022 | 99.2 |
| 2021 | 99.6 |
| 2020 | 96.5 |
| 2019 | 95.9 |
| 2018 | 95.7 |
| 2017 | 91.8 |
| 2016 | 89.6 |
| 2015 | 88 |
| 2014 | 85.1 |
| 2013 | 83.1 |
| 2012 | 79.9 |
| 2011 | 79.5 |
| 2010 | 76.3 |
| 2009 | 75 |
| 2008 | 74.1 |
| 2007 | 72.3 |
| 2006 | 67.9 |
| 2005 | 68.8 |
| 2004 | 64.4 |
| 2003 | 65.4 |
| 2002 | 62.3 |
| 2001 | 62 |
| 2000 | 60.3 |
| 1999 | 60.1 |
| 1998 | 56.182133 |
| 1997 | 54.594864 |
| 1996 | 53.00352 |
| 1995 | 51.408775 |
| 1994 | 49.81131 |
| 1993 | 50.9 |