Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — China

Access to electricity in China in 2024 — 100%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 215. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.3 pp.

2024 100% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 215
Period maximum 100%2013
Period minimum 96.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — China, 2000–2024969798991002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 96.7%2001: 97%2002: 97.2%2003: 97.4%2004: 97.7%2005: 97.9%2006: 98.2%2007: 98.5%2008: 98.8%2009: 99.1%2010: 99.7%2011: 99.9%2012: 99.9%2013: 100%2014: 100%2015: 100%2016: 100%2017: 100%2018: 100%2019: 100%2020: 100%2021: 100%2022: 100%2023: 100%2024: 100%
Change over the period: +3.3 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 100%
World 91.9%
Eastern Asia computed 99.4%
Access to electricity — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 100 +0 pp
2023 100 +0 pp
2022 100 +0 pp
2021 100 +0 pp
2020 100 +0 pp
2019 100 +0 pp
2018 100 +0 pp
2017 100 +0 pp
2016 100 +0 pp
2015 100 +0 pp
2014 100 +0 pp
2013 100 +0.1 pp
2012 99.9 +0 pp
2011 99.9 +0.2 pp
2010 99.7 +0.6 pp
2009 99.1 +0.3 pp
2008 98.8 +0.3 pp
2007 98.5 +0.3 pp
2006 98.2 +0.3 pp
2005 97.9 +0.2 pp
2004 97.7 +0.3 pp
2003 97.4 +0.2 pp
2002 97.2 +0.2 pp
2001 97 +0.3 pp
2000 96.7

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population with access to electricity — both through centralized grids and through off-grid and mini-grid solutions. The target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 is universal access by 2030. Having a connection does not mean that supply is reliable: in a number of countries with formal coverage of 100% outages happen daily.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.