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Access to electricity in Bangladesh
1991 – 2024 · 34 data points
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section.updated Oct 22, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2024
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Latest value · 2024
99.5%
±0.0 pp
section.change_since
Countries · 2024
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
+37.1 pp
vs section.levels.world
+7.6 pp
section.levels.world: 91.9% · 2024
Access to electricity, 1991 – 2024 percent · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
+37.1 pp section.change_since
0%
25%
50%
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100%
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2005
2010
2015
2024
Bangladesh
section.levels.world
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2024
section.compare Access to electricity · percent
Bangladesh
99.5%
section.levels.world
91.9%
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1991 – 2024
Latest value
99.5% · 2024
First value
14.3% · 1991
Highest
99.5% · 2023
Lowest
9.9% · 1992
Data points
34
By year
section.all_years · 1991 – 2024
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | section.levels.world |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5% | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 99.5% | +0.1 pp | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | +0.4 pp | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +2.8 pp | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 96.2% | +4.0 pp | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 92.2% | +5.3 pp | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | −1.1 pp | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | +12.1 pp | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 75.9% | +1.9 pp | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 74.0% | +11.6 pp | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 62.4% | +0.9 pp | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 61.5% | −4.0 pp | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 65.5% | +5.9 pp | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 59.6% | +4.3 pp | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 55.3% | −1.8 pp | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 57.1% | +2.8 pp | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 54.3% | +7.8 pp | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 46.5% | −4.0 pp | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 50.5% | +6.3 pp | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 44.2% | +3.6 pp | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 40.6% | +0.1 pp | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 40.5% | +2.7 pp | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 37.8% | +2.8 pp | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 35.0% | +3.0 pp | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 32.0% | +2.5 pp | 78.2% |
| 1999 | 29.5% | +2.8 pp | 74.5% |
| 1998 | 26.7% | +4.3 pp | 73.2% |
| 1997 | 22.4% | +1.3 pp | — |
| 1996 | 21.1% | +2.8 pp | — |
| 1995 | 18.3% | +0.5 pp | — |
| 1994 | 17.8% | +5.1 pp | — |
| 1993 | 12.7% | +2.8 pp | — |
| 1992 | 9.9% | −4.4 pp | — |
| 1991 | 14.3% | — |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1991 – 2024
Ranking · Countries
2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Access to electricity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Algeria | 100.0% | |
| 1 | Argentina | 100.0% | |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 99.5% | |
| 28 | Brazil | 99.8% | |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 100.0% | |
| 3 | Canada | 100.0% | |
| 4 | Chile | 100.0% | |
| 5 | China | 100.0% | |
| 33 | Colombia | 98.7% | |
| 39 | Congo - Brazzaville | 51.3% | |
| 42 | Congo - Kinshasa | 22.1% | |
| 6 | Czechia | 100.0% | |
| 34 | Ecuador | 98.7% | |
| 9 | Egypt | 100.0% | |
| 11 | Finland | 100.0% | |
| 12 | France | 100.0% | |
| 37 | Gabon | 94.1% | |
| 7 | Germany | 100.0% | |
| 14 | Greece | 100.0% | |
| 36 | Honduras | 95.6% | |
| 15 | Hong Kong SAR China | 100.0% | |
| 31 | India | 99.5% | |
| 32 | Indonesia | 99.4% | |
| 16 | Italy | 100.0% | |
| 18 | Lebanon | 100.0% | |
| 41 | Liberia | 32.5% | |
| 19 | Lithuania | 100.0% | |
| 29 | Mexico | 99.7% | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 100.0% | |
| 21 | Norway | 100.0% | |
| 35 | Philippines | 98.0% | |
| 22 | Poland | 100.0% | |
| 23 | Romania | 100.0% | |
| 24 | Russia | 100.0% | |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 35.5% | |
| 17 | South Korea | 100.0% | |
| 10 | Spain | 100.0% | |
| 26 | Türkiye | 100.0% | |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | |
| 27 | United States | 100.0% | |
| 38 | Yemen | 83.6% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023
section.what
The share of people living in homes with electricity.
section.how
Population with access to electricity divided by the total population, from household surveys.
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