Bangladesh vs China: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.5% in Bangladesh and 100% in China, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Bangladesh.

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% of people · World Bank

BangladeshChinaWorld

What the numbers say

China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Bangladesh	China	World
2024	99.5	100	91.9
2023	99.5	100	91.6
2022	99.4	100	91.3
2021	99	100	91.3
2020	96.2	100	90.4
2019	92.2	100	90.1
2018	86.9	100	89.8
2017	88	100	88.9
2016	75.9	100	88.1
2015	74	100	86.9
2014	62.4	100	86.2
2013	61.5	100	85.7
2012	65.5	99.9	84.9
2011	59.6	99.9	84.5
2010	55.3	99.7	83.5
2009	57.1	99.1	82.9
2008	54.3	98.8	82.7
2007	46.5	98.5	82
2006	50.5	98.2	81.4
2005	44.2	97.9	80.7
2004	40.6	97.7	80
2003	40.5	97.4	80
2002	37.8	97.2	79.1
2001	35	97	78.7
2000	32	96.7	78.2
1999	29.5	–	74.5
1998	26.8	–	73.2
1997	22.4	–	–
1996	21.1	–	–
1995	18.3	–	–
1994	17.8	–	–
1993	12.7	–	–
1992	9.9	–	–
1991	14.3	–	–

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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