Access to electricity in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
100.0 %
half above, half below
World
91.9 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
61.4 to 100.0
North Korea - United Arab Emirates

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in United Arab Emirates (100.0 %) and the lowest in North Korea (61.4 %).

The median country is at 100.0 %: half are above, half below.

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

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Source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is… · via World Bank WDI (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) · licence

Electricity access over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1United Arab Emirates100.0
2Armenia100.0
3Azerbaijan100.0
4Bahrain100.0
5Brunei100.0
6Bhutan100.0
7China100.0
8Cyprus100.0
9Georgia100.0
10Hong Kong100.0
11Iran100.0
12Iraq100.0
13Israel100.0
14Jordan100.0
15Japan100.0
16Kazakhstan100.0
17Kyrgyzstan100.0
18South Korea100.0
19Kuwait100.0
20Lebanon100.0
21Sri Lanka100.0
22Macao100.0
23Maldives100.0
24Malaysia100.0
25Oman100.0
26Palestine100.0
27Qatar100.0
28Saudi Arabia100.0
29Singapore100.0
30Thailand100.0
31Turkmenistan100.0
32Türkiye100.0
33Uzbekistan100.0
34Vietnam100.0
35Indonesia99.9
36India99.9
37Tajikistan99.9
38Bangladesh99.5
39Cambodia99.2
40Mongolia99.1
41Nepal97.9
42Laos96.5
43Pakistan95.7
44Philippines94.8
45Timor-Leste94.3
46Syria89.3
47Afghanistan87.8
48Yemen86.3
49Myanmar80.4
50North Korea61.4
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