Mexico vs Thailand: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Mexico and 100% in Thailand, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Mexico.

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% of people · World Bank

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

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Mexico	Thailand	World
2024	99.8	100	91.9
2023	99.7	100	91.6
2022	100	99.9	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	99.4	100	90.4
2019	99.6	99.9	90.1
2018	99.5	99.8	89.8
2017	100	99.9	88.9
2016	99.5	99.9	88.1
2015	99	99.6	86.9
2014	99.2	99.5	86.2
2013	99.1	99.4	85.7
2012	99.1	99.1	84.9
2011	99	99.3	84.5
2010	99.2	99.7	83.5
2009	98.3	99	82.9
2008	98.9	94.8	82.7
2007	97.9	94.1	82
2006	99.1	99.1	81.4
2005	98.9	92.8	80.7
2004	98.6	92.2	80
2003	97.4	91.6	80
2002	97.9	91	79.1
2001	97.1	90.4	78.7
2000	98	82.1	78.2
1999	96.8	–	74.5
1998	96.1	–	73.2
1997	96.3	–	–
1996	96.1	–	–
1995	95.9	–	–
1994	95.2	–	–
1993	95.5	–	–
1992	93.2	–	–

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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Mexico vs Thailand: Access to electricity

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