Share of the population with access to electricity: Laos
96.5% 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 | 96.5 |
| 2023 | 96.5 |
| 2022 | 100 |
| 2021 | 100 |
| 2020 | 99.3 |
| 2019 | 98.4 |
| 2018 | 92.9 |
| 2017 | 93.6 |
| 2016 | 89 |
| 2015 | 89.7 |
| 2014 | 82.5 |
| 2013 | 79.3 |
| 2012 | 76.4 |
| 2011 | 70 |
| 2010 | 70.2 |
| 2009 | 67.4 |
| 2008 | 66 |
| 2007 | 55 |
| 2006 | 57 |
| 2005 | 57.2 |
| 2004 | 53.5 |
| 2003 | 48 |
| 2002 | 46.3 |
| 2001 | 45.3 |
| 2000 | 42.6 |
| 1999 | 39.683285 |
| 1998 | 36.87601 |
| 1997 | 34.063896 |
| 1996 | 31.2477 |
| 1995 | 25 |
| 1994 | 25.605793 |
| 1993 | 31 |