Myanmar (Burma) vs United Kingdom: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 80.4% in Myanmar (Burma) and 100% in United Kingdom, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 19.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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% of people · World Bank

Myanmar (Burma)United KingdomWorld

What the numbers say

United Kingdom 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	Myanmar (Burma)	United Kingdom	World
2024	80.4	100	91.9
2023	76.8	100	91.6
2022	73.7	100	91.3
2021	72.5	100	91.3
2020	70.4	100	90.4
2019	68.3	100	90.1
2018	66.1	100	89.8
2017	69.8	100	88.9
2016	55.6	100	88.1
2015	60.5	100	86.9
2014	52	100	86.2
2013	56.5	100	85.7
2012	55.3	100	84.9
2011	54.1	100	84.5
2010	48.8	100	83.5
2009	51.8	100	82.9
2008	50.6	100	82.7
2007	49.5	100	82
2006	48.4	100	81.4
2005	47.3	100	80.7
2004	46.2	100	80
2003	45.1	100	80
2002	47	100	79.1
2001	43	100	78.7
2000	41.9	100	78.2
1999	–	100	74.5
1998	–	100	73.2
1997	–	100	–
1996	–	100	–
1995	–	100	–
1994	–	100	–
1993	–	100	–
1992	–	100	–
1991	–	100	–
1990	–	100	–

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022United Kingdom: 0 deaths in 2022