Access to electricity in India

Access to electricity in India: 50.9% in 1993 and 99.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 99.9%
Since 1993: +49 percentage points
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 99.9% in 2024, the lowest 49.8% in 1994.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	India	World
2024	99.9	91.9
2023	99.5	91.6
2022	99.2	91.3
2021	99.6	91.3
2020	96.5	90.4
2019	95.9	90.1
2018	95.7	89.8
2017	91.8	88.9
2016	89.6	88.1
2015	88	86.9
2014	85.1	86.2
2013	83.1	85.7
2012	79.9	84.9
2011	79.5	84.5
2010	76.3	83.5
2009	75	82.9
2008	74.1	82.7
2007	72.3	82
2006	67.9	81.4
2005	68.8	80.7
2004	64.4	80
2003	65.4	80
2002	62.3	79.1
2001	62	78.7
2000	60.3	78.2
1999	60.1	74.5
1998	56.2	73.2
1997	54.6	–
1996	53	–
1995	51.4	–
1994	49.8	–
1993	50.9	–

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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