India vs United States: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.9% in India and 100% in United States, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.1 percentage points, or 1 times that in India.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	India	United States	World
2024	99.9	100	91.9
2023	99.5	100	91.6
2022	99.2	100	91.3
2021	99.6	100	91.3
2020	96.5	100	90.4
2019	95.9	100	90.1
2018	95.7	100	89.8
2017	91.8	100	88.9
2016	89.6	100	88.1
2015	88	100	86.9
2014	85.1	100	86.2
2013	83.1	100	85.7
2012	79.9	100	84.9
2011	79.5	100	84.5
2010	76.3	100	83.5
2009	75	100	82.9
2008	74.1	100	82.7
2007	72.3	100	82
2006	67.9	100	81.4
2005	68.8	100	80.7
2004	64.4	100	80
2003	65.4	100	80
2002	62.3	100	79.1
2001	62	100	78.7
2000	60.3	100	78.2
1999	60.1	100	74.5
1998	56.2	100	73.2
1997	54.6	100	–
1996	53	100	–
1995	51.4	100	–
1994	49.8	100	–
1993	50.9	100	–
1992	–	100	–
1991	–	100	–
1990	–	100	–

Each country on its own

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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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India vs United States: Access to electricity

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