Laos vs Thailand: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 96.5% in Laos and 100% in Thailand, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 3.5 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Laos.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Laos.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Laos	Thailand	World
2024	96.5	100	91.9
2023	96.5	100	91.6
2022	100	99.9	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	99.3	100	90.4
2019	98.4	99.9	90.1
2018	92.9	99.8	89.8
2017	93.6	99.9	88.9
2016	89	99.9	88.1
2015	89.7	99.6	86.9
2014	82.5	99.5	86.2
2013	79.3	99.4	85.7
2012	76.4	99.1	84.9
2011	70	99.3	84.5
2010	70.2	99.7	83.5
2009	67.4	99	82.9
2008	66	94.8	82.7
2007	55	94.1	82
2006	57	99.1	81.4
2005	57.2	92.8	80.7
2004	53.5	92.2	80
2003	48	91.6	80
2002	46.3	91	79.1
2001	45.3	90.4	78.7
2000	42.6	82.1	78.2
1999	39.7	–	74.5
1998	36.9	–	73.2
1997	34.1	–	–
1996	31.3	–	–
1995	25	–	–
1994	25.6	–	–
1993	31	–	–

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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Laos vs Thailand: Access to electricity

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