Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population (Not) in Nepal
Nepal: Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population (Not) was 93.7 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population in Nepal, 2000–2022
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 93.7 for access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population in Nepal peaked at 93.7 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.7, in 2001.
Nepal ranks 147th of 211 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population (Not) in Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.3 | — |
| 2001 | 14.7 | -31.0% |
| 2002 | 28 | +90.5% |
| 2003 | 31.5 | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 28.5 | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 38.6 | +35.4% |
| 2006 | 44.1 | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 45.8 | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 49.5 | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 53.2 | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 63.2 | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 61.7 | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 70.9 | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 73.5 | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 82.1 | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 79 | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 89.8 | +13.7% |
| 2017 | 84.6 | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 93.5 | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 93.7 | +0.2% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 93.7 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72.65, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 93.7 is below the median for South Asia, which is 99.65, 94% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population (Not) in Nepal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +90.5% | 14.7 | 28 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.52 | 14.7 | 53.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.59 | 61.7 | 93.5 | 9 |
| 2020s | 93.7 | 93.7 | 93.7 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More climate change data for Nepal
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.93 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,478 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,890 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,588 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 699.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,853 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,263 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,590 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.76 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population in Nepal?
- Access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population in Nepal was 93.7 in 2022, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7 in 2022.
- What is the lowest access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7 in 2001.
- How does Nepal rank for access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population?
- Nepal ranks 147th out of 211 countries with data for 2022.
- Is access to electricity, rural, percent of rural population rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population (Not Applicable). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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