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Lao PDR - Electricity Access 2023

Name: Lao PDR Electricity Access 2023
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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

96.50% −3.50pp from 2022 Global rank: 150th

Lao PDR's electricity access was 96.50% in 2023, decreased +3.50pp from 100.00% in 2022. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Electricity Access by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Aruba	100.00%	0.1%
2nd	Albania	100.00%	0.0%
3rd	Andorra	100.00%	0.0%
4th	United Arab Emirates	100.00%	0.0%
5th	Argentina	100.00%	0.0%
6th	Armenia	100.00%	0.0%
7th	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00%	0.0%
8th	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
9th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
10th	Azerbaijan	100.00%	0.0%
11th	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
12th	Bulgaria	100.00%	0.0%
13th	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
14th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
15th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00%	0.0%
16th	Belarus	100.00%	0.0%
17th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
18th	Barbados	100.00%	0.0%
19th	Brunei Darussalam	100.00%	0.0%
20th	Bhutan	100.00%	0.0%
21st	Canada	100.00%	0.0%
22nd	Switzerland	100.00%	0.0%
23rd	Channel Islands	100.00%	0.0%
24th	Chile	100.00%	0.0%
25th	China	100.00%	0.0%
26th	Costa Rica	100.00%	0.0%
27th	Cuba	100.00%	0.0%
28th	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
29th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
30th	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
31st	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
32nd	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
33rd	Dominica	100.00%	0.0%
34th	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
35th	Algeria	100.00%	0.0%
36th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
40th	France	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Georgia	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Guatemala	100.00%	0.9%
48th	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
51st	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
54th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
55th	Iraq	100.00%	0.0%
56th	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
58th	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
59th	Jordan	100.00%	0.0%
60th	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
61st	Kazakhstan	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Kyrgyz Republic	100.00%	0.3%
63rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	100.00%	0.0%
64th	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
65th	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
66th	Lebanon	100.00%	0.0%
67th	St. Lucia	100.00%	0.0%
68th	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
69th	Sri Lanka	100.00%	0.0%
70th	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
71st	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
72nd	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
73rd	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
74th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Morocco	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Moldova	100.00%	0.0%
78th	Maldives	100.00%	0.0%
79th	Marshall Islands	100.00%	0.0%
80th	North Macedonia	100.00%	0.0%
81st	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
82nd	Montenegro	100.00%	0.0%
83rd	Mongolia	100.00%	0.0%
84th	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
85th	Mauritius	100.00%	0.0%
86th	Malaysia	100.00%	0.0%
87th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
88th	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
89th	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
90th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
91st	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
92nd	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
93rd	Palau	100.00%	0.0%
94th	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
95th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
96th	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
97th	West Bank and Gaza	100.00%	0.0%
98th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
99th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
100th	Romania	100.00%	0.0%
101st	Russian Federation	100.00%	0.0%
102nd	Saudi Arabia	100.00%	0.0%
103rd	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
104th	San Marino	100.00%	0.0%
105th	Serbia	100.00%	0.0%
106th	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
107th	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
108th	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
109th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
110th	Seychelles	100.00%	0.0%
111th	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.00%	0.1%
112th	Thailand	100.00%	0.1%
113th	Tajikistan	100.00%	0.0%
114th	Turkmenistan	100.00%	0.0%
115th	Timor-Leste	100.00%	0.3%
116th	Tonga	100.00%	0.0%
117th	Tunisia	100.00%	0.0%
118th	Türkiye	100.00%	0.0%
119th	Tuvalu	100.00%	0.0%
120th	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
121st	Uruguay	100.00%	0.0%
122nd	United States	100.00%	0.0%
123rd	Uzbekistan	100.00%	0.0%
124th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.00%	0.0%
125th	British Virgin Islands	100.00%	0.0%
126th	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
127th	Samoa	100.00%	1.7%
128th	European Union	100.00%	0.0%
129th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	99.80%	-0.1%
130th	Brazil	99.80%	-0.2%
131st	Paraguay	99.80%	-0.2%
132nd	Viet Nam	99.80%	-0.2%
133rd	Mexico	99.70%	-0.3%
134th	Belize	99.60%	1.0%
135th	Dominican Republic	99.60%	1.5%
136th	Suriname	99.60%	0.6%
137th	Bangladesh	99.50%	0.1%
138th	India	99.50%	0.3%
139th	Indonesia	99.40%	-0.6%
140th	Fiji	99.30%	7.9%
141st	Guyana	98.90%	6.3%
142nd	Colombia	98.70%	-1.3%
143rd	Ecuador	98.70%	-1.3%
144th	Trinidad and Tobago	98.70%	-1.3%
145th	Cabo Verde	98.60%	1.5%
146th	El Salvador	98.30%	-1.7%
147th	Philippines	98.00%	3.4%
148th	Jamaica	97.70%	-2.3%
149th	Panama	97.00%	2.1%
150th	Lao PDR	96.50%	-3.5%
151st	Peru	96.20%	0.0%
152nd	Kiribati	95.90%	1.6%
153rd	Honduras	95.60%	1.3%
154th	Pakistan	95.60%	0.6%
155th	Cambodia	95.00%	2.9%
156th	Grenada	94.40%	0.2%
157th	Gabon	94.10%	0.6%
158th	Nepal	94.00%	3.0%
159th	Comoros	89.80%	-0.1%
160th	Ghana	89.50%	5.2%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	88.40%	-0.7%
162nd	Nicaragua	88.30%	2.1%
163rd	South Africa	87.70%	1.4%
164th	Micronesia, Federated States of	86.90%	1.9%
165th	Eswatini	86.40%	5.0%
166th	Afghanistan	85.30%	0.0%
167th	Yemen, Republic of	83.60%	10.0%
168th	Solomon Islands	81.30%	7.0%
169th	São Tomé and Principe	81.30%	4.2%
170th	Myanmar	76.80%	4.3%
171st	Kenya	76.20%	0.3%
172nd	Botswana	76.00%	0.1%
173rd	Senegal	74.20%	9.3%
174th	Libya	73.20%	4.6%
175th	Côte d'Ivoire	72.40%	0.6%
176th	Cameroon	72.00%	1.4%
177th	Gambia, The	66.90%	2.3%
178th	Equatorial Guinea	66.90%	-0.1%
179th	Sudan	66.00%	4.4%
180th	Djibouti	65.20%	0.3%
181st	Rwanda	63.90%	26.3%
182nd	Zimbabwe	62.00%	23.8%
183rd	Vanuatu	61.60%	-14.0%
184th	Nigeria	61.20%	1.2%
185th	Togo	59.20%	3.5%
186th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.50%	5.1%
187th	Lesotho	57.30%	14.6%
188th	Benin	57.00%	0.9%
189th	Namibia	56.70%	0.9%
190th	Mali	54.50%	2.8%
191st	Eritrea	54.40%	1.9%
192nd	Uganda	51.50%	9.3%
193rd	Congo, Republic of	51.30%	1.4%
194th	Haiti	51.30%	4.1%
195th	Angola	51.10%	5.4%
196th	Guinea	51.10%	7.1%
197th	Zambia	51.10%	6.9%
198th	Mauritania	50.30%	2.7%
199th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.30%	2.9%
200th	Tanzania	48.30%	5.5%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	40.50%	8.3%
202nd	Madagascar	39.40%	9.1%
203rd	Mozambique	36.00%	8.4%
204th	Sierra Leone	35.50%	20.7%
205th	Liberia	32.50%	2.2%
206th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	22.10%	2.8%
207th	Burkina Faso	21.70%	11.3%
208th	Papua New Guinea	20.50%	7.9%
209th	Niger	20.10%	3.1%
210th	Central African Republic	17.60%	12.1%
211th	Malawi	15.60%	11.4%
212th	Chad	12.00%	2.6%
213th	Burundi	11.60%	12.6%
214th	South Sudan	5.40%	-35.7%

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's electricity access in 2023?▾

Lao PDR's electricity access in 2023 was 96.50%. This ranked 150th globally.

How did Lao PDR's electricity access change in 2023?▾

Lao PDR's electricity access decreased by 3.5% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 2023?▾

Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2023 at 100.00%.

What is the electricity access of Lao PDR in 2023?▾

The electricity access of Lao PDR in 2023 was 96.50%. This ranked 150th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Lao PDR's electricity access?▾

Lao PDR's electricity access went from 100.00% in 2022 to 96.50% in 2023, a 3.5% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Lao PDR matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →

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