Share of the population with access to electricity: Nepal
97.9% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 29 years from 1996 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 | 97.9 |
| 2023 | 94 |
| 2022 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 89.9 |
| 2020 | 89.9 |
| 2019 | 89.9 |
| 2018 | 93.9 |
| 2017 | 86.6 |
| 2016 | 90.7 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2014 | 84.9 |
| 2013 | 77.4 |
| 2012 | 75.2 |
| 2011 | 67.3 |
| 2010 | 68.6 |
| 2009 | 59.3 |
| 2008 | 56 |
| 2007 | 52.6 |
| 2006 | 51.2 |
| 2005 | 46.1 |
| 2004 | 37.2 |
| 2003 | 39.6 |
| 2002 | 36.4 |
| 2001 | 24.6 |
| 2000 | 29.9 |
| 1999 | 25.327354 |
| 1998 | 21.732533 |
| 1997 | 18.132868 |
| 1996 | 17.9 |