Bangladesh vs Indonesia
Bangladesh vs Indonesia: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 99.5% in Bangladesh and 99.9% in Indonesia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1 times that in Bangladesh.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Bangladesh.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Bangladesh | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5 | 99.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.5 | 99.4 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 99.4 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 99 | 99.2 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 96.2 | 97 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 92.2 | 98.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 86.9 | 98.5 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 88 | 98.1 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 75.9 | 97.6 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 74 | 97.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 62.4 | 97 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 61.5 | 96.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 65.5 | 96 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 59.6 | 94.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 55.3 | 94.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 57.1 | 93.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 54.3 | 92.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 46.5 | 91.1 | 82 |
| 2006 | 50.5 | 90.6 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 44.2 | 84.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 40.6 | 89 | 80 |
| 2003 | 40.5 | 87.9 | 80 |
| 2002 | 37.8 | 87.6 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 35 | 86.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 32 | 86.3 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 29.5 | 83.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 26.8 | 80.9 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 22.4 | 80.3 | – |
| 1996 | 21.1 | 72.4 | – |
| 1995 | 18.3 | 66.9 | – |
| 1994 | 17.8 | 62.8 | – |
| 1993 | 12.7 | 55.4 | – |
| 1992 | 9.9 | 66.7 | – |
| 1991 | 14.3 | 48.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bangladesh vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021