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Bulgaria — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Bulgaria, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
100.00%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · broadly flat since 1990
Electricity access for Bulgaria was 100.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 100.00% in 1990. The lowest was 88.10% in 2000 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.00% per year.
Bulgaria ranks 35 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 100.00%, so Bulgaria sits level with it. It peaked in 1990 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
100.00%
First (1990)
100.00%
Change
0.0%
Highest
100.00%
in 1990
Lowest
88.10%
in 2000
Average
96.20%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.00%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 100% |
| 2023 | 100% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 99.8% |
| 2020 | 99.7% |
| 2019 | 99.2% |
| 2018 | 98.7% |
| 2017 | 98.1% |
| 2016 | 97.3% |
| 2015 | 96.6% |
| 2014 | 95.9% |
| 2013 | 95.3% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.