Access to electricity (% of population)

The share of people with an electricity connection.

Good
100.0%
Steady0.0 pts vs a year ago

Source: World Bank Open Data · As of 2024 · View source

Year range 2000 – 2024

Chart of Access to electricity (% of population) over time. 70.3% (2000) → 100.0% (2024).

Table
Period%
2000 70.3
2001 63.6
2002 80.7
2003 75.0
2004 76.5
2005 78.1
2006 82.0
2007 80.0
2008 82.9
2009 87.1
2010 85.3
2011 87.8
2012 87.0
2013 90.2
2014 92.7
2015 94.3
2016 97.5
2017 97.5
2018 99.6
2019 99.8
2020 100.0
2021 100.0
2022 100.0
2023 100.0
2024 100.0
Sri Lanka's current situation

The latest value is 100.0% (2024). That is 0.0% compared with a year earlier and 0.2% compared with five years ago. Current status: Good. Healthy range: . Bangladesh: 99.5 · India: 99.9 · Vietnam: 100.0

What is it?

What might happen next

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Simple statistical trend

A simple statistical trend, not a prediction of what will happen. Forecasts are uncertain and are not financial advice.

A simple statistical trend, not a prediction of what will happen. Forecasts are uncertain and are not financial advice.

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How we calculate this

The share of people with an electricity connection.