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Access to electricity (% of population)
Percentage of population with access to electricity, whether measured by a household survey or an administrative dataset.
Unit
%
Latest
97.9 (2024)
Coverage
1990–2023
Sources
2 in this build
Data table
| Year | Nepal (%) |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 17.9 |
| 1997 | 18.13 |
| 1998 | 21.73 |
| 1999 | 25.33 |
| 2000 | 29.9 |
| 2001 | 24.6 |
| 2002 | 36.4 |
| 2003 | 39.6 |
| 2004 | 37.2 |
| 2005 | 46.1 |
| 2006 | 51.2 |
| 2007 | 52.6 |
| 2008 | 56 |
| 2009 | 59.3 |
| 2010 | 68.6 |
| 2011 | 67.3 |
| 2012 | 75.2 |
| 2013 | 77.4 |
| 2014 | 84.9 |
| 2015 | 82 |
| 2016 | 90.7 |
| 2017 | 86.6 |
| 2018 | 93.9 |
| 2019 | 89.9 |
| 2020 | 89.9 |
| 2021 | 89.9 |
| 2022 | 91.3 |
| 2023 | 94 |
| 2024 | 97.9 |
Per-source values, 2024
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our World in Data | access-to-electricity-vs-gdp-per-capita | 97.9 | 2024 | 2026-08-09 |
| World Bank | WDI | 97.9 | 2024 | 2026-08-09 |
Sources currently disagree by about 0.00 percentage points for this indicator and geography. Both figures are shown below rather than one being picked as correct.
Two sources, two numbers
97.9–97.9 % two sources differ by 0.00 percentage points
Why do these differ, and what each source reported
OWID republishes the same World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS series verbatim; matched exactly for Nepal's 2024 figure (97.9%).
Our World in Data
97.9
Our World in Data · share-of-the-population-with-access-to-electricity · 2026-08-09
Our World in Data
97.9
Our World in Data · share-of-the-population-with-access-to-electricity · 2026-08-09
Caveats
Nepal has reached near-universal grid access in recent years despite continued load-shedding/reliability issues not captured by this indicator.