Congo - Kinshasa vs Thailand: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 100% in Thailand, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 77.5 percentage points, or 4.44 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Thailand 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	Congo - Kinshasa	Thailand	World
2024	22.5	100	91.9
2023	22.1	100	91.6
2022	21.5	99.9	91.3
2021	20.8	100	91.3
2020	20.1	100	90.4
2019	19.1	99.9	90.1
2018	18.7	99.8	89.8
2017	18	99.9	88.9
2016	17.3	99.9	88.1
2015	16.6	99.6	86.9
2014	13.5	99.5	86.2
2013	15.2	99.4	85.7
2012	15.4	99.1	84.9
2011	13.7	99.3	84.5
2010	13	99.7	83.5
2009	12.3	99	82.9
2008	11.6	94.8	82.7
2007	15.2	94.1	82
2006	10.2	99.1	81.4
2005	6	92.8	80.7
2004	9	92.2	80
2003	8.3	91.6	80
2002	7.7	91	79.1
2001	7.1	90.4	78.7
2000	6.7	82.1	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	73.2

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.

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Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Thailand: 46 deaths in 2022