Bangladesh vs Nepal
Bangladesh vs Nepal: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 99.5% in Bangladesh and 97.9% in Nepal, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Nepal.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Nepal.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Bangladesh | Nepal | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5 | 97.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.5 | 94 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 99.4 | 91.3 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 99 | 89.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 96.2 | 89.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 92.2 | 89.9 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 86.9 | 93.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 88 | 86.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 75.9 | 90.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 74 | 82 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 62.4 | 84.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 61.5 | 77.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 65.5 | 75.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 59.6 | 67.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 55.3 | 68.6 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 57.1 | 59.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 54.3 | 56 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 46.5 | 52.6 | 82 |
| 2006 | 50.5 | 51.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 44.2 | 46.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 40.5 | 39.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 37.8 | 36.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 35 | 24.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 32 | 29.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 29.5 | 25.3 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 26.8 | 21.7 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 22.4 | 18.1 | – |
| 1996 | 21.1 | 17.9 | – |
| 1995 | 18.3 | – | – |
| 1994 | 17.8 | – | – |
| 1993 | 12.7 | – | – |
| 1992 | 9.9 | – | – |
| 1991 | 14.3 | – | – |
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 Nepal
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Nepal: 70.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Nepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Nepal: 16.1% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Nepal: 3.61% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Nepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Nepal: 29.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Nepal: -0.14% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Nepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Nepal: 67% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Nepal: 24.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Nepal: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Nepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Nepal: $429M in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Nepal: $14 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Nepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBangladesh: 227,000 people in 2020Nepal: 112,000 people in 2020
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Nepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Nepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Nepal: 6 million TIV in 2025