United Kingdom vs Vietnam: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in United Kingdom and 100% in Vietnam, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 100%.

% of people · World Bank

United KingdomVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

% of people · World Bank

Year	United Kingdom	Vietnam	World
2024	100	100	91.9
2023	100	99.8	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	100	99.8	90.4
2019	100	99.4	90.1
2018	100	100	89.8
2017	100	100	88.9
2016	100	99.2	88.1
2015	100	99.3	86.9
2014	100	99.2	86.2
2013	100	98.5	85.7
2012	100	97.9	84.9
2011	100	99	84.5
2010	100	97.4	83.5
2009	100	96.1	82.9
2008	100	93.8	82.7
2007	100	93.1	82
2006	100	96	81.4
2005	100	96.1	80.7
2004	100	91	80
2003	100	90.3	80
2002	100	89.1	79.1
2001	100	88.9	78.7
2000	100	88.2	78.2
1999	100	87	74.5
1998	100	86.2	73.2
1997	100	78.4	–
1996	100	–	–
1995	100	–	–
1994	100	–	–
1993	100	–	–
1992	100	–	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

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