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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Access to electricity

Share of people with an electricity connection. India went from leaving a large part of its population in the dark to near-universal access inside two decades — one of the largest electrification efforts ever undertaken.

Latest
99.9
2024
Published by
World Bank
annual

Access to electricity over time

40.0%60.0%80.0%100.0%1993199820032008201320182023202499.9%
1993–2024 · 32 observations · % of population
View as table
PeriodAccess to electricity
202499.9%
202399.5%
202299.2%
202199.6%
202096.5%
201995.9%
201895.7%
201791.8%
201689.6%
201588.0%
201485.1%
201383.1%
201279.9%
201179.5%
201076.3%
200975.0%
200874.1%
200772.3%
200667.9%
200568.8%
200464.4%
200365.4%
200262.3%
200162.0%
200060.3%
199960.1%
199856.2%
199754.6%
199653.0%
199551.4%
199449.8%
199350.9%

Compared with

China
100.0%
United States
100.0%
Japan
100.0%
Germany
100.0%
Vietnam
100.0%
Sri Lanka
100.0%
India
99.9%
Indonesia
99.9%
Brazil
99.8%
Bangladesh
99.5%
Nepal
97.9%
Pakistan
95.7%
South Africa
90.2%
Latest available year for each country · % of population

Source

World Bank — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS