Bhutan vs China: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Bhutan and 100% in China, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 100%.

% of people · World Bank

BhutanChinaWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · World Bank

Year	Bhutan	China	World
2024	100	100	91.9
2023	100	100	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	100	100	90.4
2019	100	100	90.1
2018	100	100	89.8
2017	97.7	100	88.9
2016	99.3	100	88.1
2015	95.4	100	86.9
2014	91.4	100	86.2
2013	87.4	100	85.7
2012	91.5	99.9	84.9
2011	81.8	99.9	84.5
2010	73.3	99.7	83.5
2009	71.5	99.1	82.9
2008	67.6	98.8	82.7
2007	71.8	98.5	82
2006	59.7	98.2	81.4
2005	59.8	97.9	80.7
2004	51.9	97.7	80
2003	41.1	97.4	80
2002	44.1	97.2	79.1
2001	40.2	97	78.7
2000	31.1	96.7	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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