Laos vs Vietnam: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

LaosVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

Vietnam has been higher since 2023.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Laos	Vietnam	World
2024	96.5	100	91.9
2023	96.5	99.8	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	99.3	99.8	90.4
2019	98.4	99.4	90.1
2018	92.9	100	89.8
2017	93.6	100	88.9
2016	89	99.2	88.1
2015	89.7	99.3	86.9
2014	82.5	99.2	86.2
2013	79.3	98.5	85.7
2012	76.4	97.9	84.9
2011	70	99	84.5
2010	70.2	97.4	83.5
2009	67.4	96.1	82.9
2008	66	93.8	82.7
2007	55	93.1	82
2006	57	96	81.4
2005	57.2	96.1	80.7
2004	53.5	91	80
2003	48	90.3	80
2002	46.3	89.1	79.1
2001	45.3	88.9	78.7
2000	42.6	88.2	78.2
1999	39.7	87	74.5
1998	36.9	86.2	73.2
1997	34.1	78.4	–
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 Vietnam: Access to electricity

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