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India — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for India, 1993–2024.
Latest value · 2024
99.90%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +96.3% since 1993
Electricity access for India was 99.90% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1993 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 49.81% in 1994 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.20% per year.
India ranks 123 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for South Asia is 100.00%, so India sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 17%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
99.90%
First (1993)
50.90%
Change
+96.3%
Highest
99.90%
in 2024
Lowest
49.81%
in 1994
Average
75.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.20%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.9% |
| 2023 | 99.5% |
| 2022 | 99.2% |
| 2021 | 99.6% |
| 2020 | 96.5% |
| 2019 | 95.9% |
| 2018 | 95.7% |
| 2017 | 91.8% |
| 2016 | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 88% |
| 2014 | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 83.1% |
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.