Bangladesh

Access to electricity in Bangladesh

Access to electricity in Bangladesh: 14.3% in 1991 and 99.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
99.5%
Since 1991
+85.2 percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in BangladeshAccess to electricity in Bangladesh: 14.3% in 1991 and 99.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 99.5% in 2023, the lowest 9.9% in 1992.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99.5% in 2023, the lowest 9.9% in 1992.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearBangladeshWorld
202499.591.9
202399.591.6
202299.491.3
20219991.3
202096.290.4
201992.290.1
201886.989.8
20178888.9
201675.988.1
20157486.9
201462.486.2
201361.585.7
201265.584.9
201159.684.5
201055.383.5
200957.182.9
200854.382.7
200746.582
200650.581.4
200544.280.7
200440.680
200340.580
200237.879.1
20013578.7
20003278.2
199929.574.5
199826.873.2
199722.4–
199621.1–
199518.3–
199417.8–
199312.7–
19929.9–
199114.3–

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.

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