Share of the population with access to electricity: South Asia (WB)
99.824646% 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 | 99.824646 |
| 2023 | 99.40879 |
| 2022 | 99.08951 |
| 2021 | 99.369316 |
| 2020 | 96.40136 |
| 2019 | 95.469894 |
| 2018 | 94.8192 |
| 2017 | 91.39838 |
| 2016 | 88.31845 |
| 2015 | 86.532776 |
| 2014 | 82.84802 |
| 2013 | 80.84745 |
| 2012 | 78.41955 |
| 2011 | 77.309166 |
| 2010 | 74.07658 |
| 2009 | 72.98659 |
| 2008 | 71.77826 |
| 2007 | 69.28488 |
| 2006 | 65.92355 |
| 2005 | 65.853645 |
| 2004 | 61.484283 |
| 2003 | 62.341103 |
| 2002 | 59.415783 |
| 2001 | 58.348522 |
| 2000 | 56.766426 |
| 1999 | 56.017742 |
| 1998 | 52.230373 |
| 1997 | 50.29601 |
| 1996 | 48.7665 |
| 1995 | 47.66468 |
| 1994 | 46.182182 |
| 1993 | 46.563984 |