Myanmar (Burma)
Access to electricity in Myanmar (Burma)
Access to electricity in Myanmar (Burma): 41.9% in 2000 and 80.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 80.4%
- Since 2000
- +38.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 168 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 76.8 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 73.7 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 72.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 70.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 68.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 66.1 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 69.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 55.6 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 60.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 52 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 56.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 55.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 54.1 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 48.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 51.8 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 50.6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 49.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 48.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 47.3 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 46.2 | 80 |
| 2003 | 45.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 47 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 43 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 41.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
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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Myanmar (Burma) in numbers
Every measure for Myanmar (Burma) on one page
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Military
- Military spending6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollars$4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per person$92 in 2024
- Military share of state spending32% of government spending in 2024
- Armed forces personnel463,000 people in 2020
- National power0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports70 million TIV in 2025