Australia vs Brazil: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Australia and 99.8% in Brazil, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Brazil.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2023.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Australia	Brazil	World
2024	100	99.8	91.9
2023	100	99.8	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	99.5	91.3
2020	100	99.7	90.4
2019	100	99.8	90.1
2018	100	99.7	89.8
2017	100	99.8	88.9
2016	100	99.7	88.1
2015	100	99.7	86.9
2014	100	99.7	86.2
2013	100	99.6	85.7
2012	100	99.5	84.9
2011	100	99.3	84.5
2010	100	98.6	83.5
2009	100	98.9	82.9
2008	100	98.5	82.7
2007	100	98.1	82
2006	100	97.6	81.4
2005	100	97.1	80.7
2004	100	96.8	80
2003	100	97	80
2002	100	96.7	79.1
2001	100	96	78.7
2000	100	94.4	78.2
1999	100	94.8	74.5
1998	100	94.2	73.2
1997	100	93.4	–
1996	100	92.9	–
1995	100	91.7	–
1994	100	91.9	–
1993	100	90	–
1992	100	88.8	–
1991	100	90.6	–
1990	100	87.5	–

Each country on its own

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The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Australia vs Brazil: Access to electricity

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