Access to Electricity by Country, 2000-2023

About This Dataset

The share of the population with access to electricity in eleven countries where the gap was widest in 2000, plus the world average, at six points to 2023 using World Bank data. It tracks one of the fastest infrastructure rollouts of the century alongside the places it has not reached.

✨ AI Insight

India is the standout: 60.3 percent of its population had electricity in 2000 and 99.5 percent did by 2023, an increase of 39.2 points covering hundreds of millions of people. Bangladesh went further still, from 32.0 to 99.5 percent, the largest gain in the group at 67.5 points. Uganda and Tanzania both started under 10 percent and have passed 48 percent. Of the countries that began below half, DR Congo has added the least - 15.4 points, reaching only 22.1 percent after 23 years - and Nigeria the next least, moving from 43.2 to 61.2 percent for a gain of 18.0 points over the same period in which India added 39.2. The world average rose from 78.2 to 91.6 percent.

Source: World Bank Open Data

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Bangladesh leads with 100 in 2023.

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Uganda grew fastest: +595.9% from 2000 to 2023 (7.40 → 51.50).

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Average value in 2023: 73 · median: 77.

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2023 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2023: Bangladesh is 4.5× larger than DR Congo.