Bangladesh - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Bangladesh was 97.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 99.50 in 2017, while its lowest value was 58.06 in 1991.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1991 58.06
1992 67.59
1993 68.75
1994 75.20
1995 71.05
1996 72.19
1997 79.50
1998 74.41
1999 75.49
2000 81.20
2001 77.61
2002 78.65
2003 79.70
2004 76.60
2005 82.61
2006 77.80
2007 82.10
2008 85.22
2009 86.37
2010 90.10
2011 90.20
2012 90.62
2013 88.00
2014 90.70
2015 93.44
2016 94.01
2017 99.50
2018 96.50
2019 97.80
2020 97.80

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use