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Lao PDR — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Lao PDR, 1993–2024.
Latest value · 2024
96.50%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +211.3% since 1993
Electricity access for Lao PDR was 96.50% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1993 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 100.00% in 2021. The lowest was 25.00% in 1995 (about 3.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.73% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 148 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 100.00%, so Lao PDR sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 17%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
96.50%
First (1993)
31.00%
Change
+211.3%
Highest
100.00%
in 2021
Lowest
25.00%
in 1995
Average
65.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.73%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.5% |
| 2023 | 96.5% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 99.3% |
| 2019 | 98.4% |
| 2018 | 92.9% |
| 2017 | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 89% |
| 2015 | 89.7% |
| 2014 | 82.5% |
| 2013 | 79.3% |
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.