Nepal vs Sri Lanka
Nepal vs Sri Lanka: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 97.9% in Nepal and 100% in Sri Lanka, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sri Lanka, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Nepal.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Sri Lanka 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 | Nepal | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.9 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 94 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 91.3 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 89.9 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 89.9 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 89.9 | 99.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 93.9 | 99.6 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 86.6 | 97.5 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 90.7 | 97.5 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 82 | 94.3 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 84.9 | 92.7 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 77.4 | 90.2 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 75.2 | 87 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 67.3 | 87.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 68.6 | 85.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 59.3 | 87.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 56 | 82.9 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 52.6 | 80 | 82 |
| 2006 | 51.2 | 82 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 46.1 | 78.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 37.2 | 76.5 | 80 |
| 2003 | 39.6 | 75 | 80 |
| 2002 | 36.4 | 80.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 24.6 | 63.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 29.9 | 70.3 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 25.3 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 21.7 | – | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 18.1 | – | – |
| 1996 | 17.9 | – | – |
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
Nepal vs Sri Lanka
Health
- Life expectancyNepal: 70.4 years in 2023Sri Lanka: 77.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNepal: 2.5 per 100 live births in 2024Sri Lanka: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNepal: 21.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sri Lanka: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterNepal: 16.1% in 2022Sri Lanka: 47.1% in 2022
- DepressionNepal: 3.61% in 2017Sri Lanka: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateNepal: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Sri Lanka: 19.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNepal: 29.7 million people in 2023Sri Lanka: 23 million people in 2023
- Population growthNepal: -0.14% a year in 2023Sri Lanka: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNepal: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Sri Lanka: 1.97 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNepal: 67% in 2025Sri Lanka: 20.5% in 2025
- Median ageNepal: 24.7 years in 2023Sri Lanka: 32.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNepal: 6.4% in 2023Sri Lanka: 11.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateNepal: -13.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Sri Lanka: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNepal: 0.97% of GDP in 2025Sri Lanka: 1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsNepal: $429M in 2025Sri Lanka: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personNepal: $14 in 2025Sri Lanka: $60 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingNepal: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Sri Lanka: 4.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelNepal: 112,000 people in 2020Sri Lanka: 317,000 people in 2020
- National powerNepal: 0.18% of world capability in 2022Sri Lanka: 0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNepal: 1.4% of the labour force in 2020Sri Lanka: 3.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNepal: 6 million TIV in 2025Sri Lanka: 11 million TIV in 2025