India - Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in India was 98.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 98.46 in 2020, while its lowest value was 37.12 in 1994.

Definition: Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural 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
1993 39.58
1994 37.12
1995 38.93
1996 40.75
1997 42.57
1998 44.41
1999 48.29
2000 47.24
2001 43.48
2002 51.47
2003 53.53
2004 53.64
2005 57.72
2006 57.32
2007 61.94
2008 64.07
2009 65.70
2010 68.37
2011 56.09
2012 72.40
2013 75.22
2014 77.58
2015 83.37
2016 84.76
2017 88.76
2018 93.95
2019 96.03
2020 98.46

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