India's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) was 99.9% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 20.5 percentage points from 79.4% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.9% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 93.8% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 79.4% | 2014 |
| Highest | 99.9% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 37.12% | 1994 |
| Average since 2015 | 93.74% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 39.58% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, India's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 0.7 percentage points on 2023 (from 99.2% to 99.9%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.2 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.46 percentage points in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.92 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, India had the 121st highest value of the 208 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| India | 99.9% | 2024 |
| World | 84.89% | 2024 |
| South Asia | 99.82% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 88.04% | 2024 |
Closest to India in the 2024 ranking
- Viet Nam — 118th of 208: 100%
- Virgin Islands (US) — 119th of 208: 100%
- West Bank and Gaza — 120th of 208: 100%
- Tajikistan — 122nd of 208: 99.9%
- Indonesia — 123rd of 208: 99.7%
- Bangladesh — 124th of 208: 99.6%
What this measures
Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.9 |
| 2023 | 99.2 |
| 2022 | 99.1 |
| 2021 | 99.3 |
| 2020 | 95.2 |
| 2019 | 93.8 |
| 2018 | 93.9 |
| 2017 | 88.3 |
| 2016 | 85.3 |
| 2015 | 83.4 |
| 2014 |
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 99.6% (2024)
- Bhutan — 100% (2024)
- Maldives — 100% (2024)
- Nepal — 94.2% (2024)
- Sri Lanka — 100% (2024)
More environment data for India
- Population in largest city — 34.67 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 6.64% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 248.3 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 16.96% (2025)
- Rural population — 941.42 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 64.31% (2025)
- Urban population — 522.44 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 35.69% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 12.09 million (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is India's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)?
- 99.9% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 60.32 percentage points from 39.58% in 1993. The highest value was 99.9% in 2024 and the lowest 37.12% in 1994.
- How does India rank?
- 121st highest of 208 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) unusual for India?
- In 2024, India's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 0.7 percentage points on 2023 (from 99.2% to 99.9%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.27 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original 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 released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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