Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Southern Asia

Access to electricity in Southern Asia in 2024 — 99.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 39.5 pp.

2024 99.1% +0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.1%2024
Period minimum 59.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Southern Asia, 2000–202450607080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 59.6%2001: 61.1%2002: 62.1%2003: 64.7%2004: 64.2%2005: 68.1%2006: 68.3%2007: 71.3%2008: 73.6%2009: 74.9%2010: 76.2%2011: 78.9%2012: 80.4%2013: 82.4%2014: 84.6%2015: 87.4%2016: 89.4%2017: 92%2018: 94.9%2019: 95.5%2020: 96.4%2021: 98.8%2022: 98.4%2023: 98.7%2024: 99.1%
Change over the period: +39.5 pp Annual average: 1.65 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 99.1%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99.1 +0.4 pp
2023 98.7 +0.3 pp
2022 98.4 −0.5 pp
2021 98.8 +2.5 pp
2020 96.4 +0.8 pp
2019 95.5 +0.7 pp
2018 94.9 +2.8 pp
2017 92 +2.6 pp
2016 89.4 +2 pp
2015 87.4 +2.8 pp
2014 84.6 +2.1 pp
2013 82.4 +2.1 pp
2012 80.4 +1.4 pp
2011 78.9 +2.8 pp
2010 76.2 +1.3 pp
2009 74.9 +1.3 pp
2008 73.6 +2.3 pp
2007 71.3 +3 pp
2006 68.3 +0.2 pp
2005 68.1 +3.8 pp
2004 64.2 −0.5 pp
2003 64.7 +2.6 pp
2002 62.1 +1 pp
2001 61.1 +1.5 pp
2000 59.6

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.