China vs India
China vs India: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in China and 99.9% in India, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1 times that in India.
% of people · World Bank
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 | China | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 99.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 99.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 99.2 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 99.6 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 96.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 95.9 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 95.7 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 91.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 89.6 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 88 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 85.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 83.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.9 | 79.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.9 | 79.5 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.7 | 76.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.1 | 75 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.8 | 74.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.5 | 72.3 | 82 |
| 2006 | 98.2 | 67.9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.9 | 68.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.7 | 64.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.4 | 65.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.2 | 62.3 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97 | 62 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.7 | 60.3 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 60.1 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 56.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 54.6 | – |
| 1996 | – | 53 | – |
| 1995 | – | 51.4 | – |
| 1994 | – | 49.8 | – |
| 1993 | – | 50.9 | – |
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
China vs India
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChina: 2.54 million people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChina: 880 million TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025