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Access to electricity in Bulgaria

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 1 of 42 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Access to electricity, 1990 – 2024 percent · Bulgaria · World
+4.1 pp since 2014
Bulgaria World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Access to electricity · percent
Bulgaria
100.0%
World
91.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bulgaria · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 100.0% · 2024
First value 100.0% · 1990
Highest 100.0% · 1990
Lowest 88.1% · 2000
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearBulgariaChange World
2024 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.9%
2023 100.0% ±0.0 pp 91.6%
2022 100.0% +0.2 pp 91.3%
2021 99.8% +0.1 pp 91.3%
2020 99.7% +0.5 pp 90.4%
2019 99.2% +0.5 pp 90.1%
2018 98.7% +0.6 pp 89.8%
2017 98.1% +0.8 pp 88.9%
2016 97.3% +0.7 pp 88.1%
2015 96.6% +0.7 pp 86.9%
2014 95.9% +0.6 pp 86.2%
2013 95.3% +0.6 pp 85.7%
2012 94.7% +0.6 pp 84.9%
2011 94.1% +0.6 pp 84.5%
2010 93.5% +0.6 pp 83.5%
2009 92.9% +0.6 pp 82.9%
2008 92.3% +0.6 pp 82.7%
2007 91.7% +0.5 pp 82.0%
2006 91.2% +0.6 pp 81.4%
2005 90.6% +0.5 pp 80.7%
2004 90.1% +0.5 pp 80.0%
2003 89.6% +0.5 pp 80.0%
2002 89.1% +0.5 pp 79.1%
2001 88.6% +0.5 pp 78.7%
2000 88.1% −11.9 pp 78.2%
1999 100.0% ±0.0 pp 74.5%
1998 100.0% ±0.0 pp 73.2%
1997 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1996 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1995 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1994 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1993 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1992 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1991 100.0% ±0.0 pp —
1990 100.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
1 Argentina 100.0%
2 Canada 100.0%
3 China 100.0%
4 Czechia 100.0%
5 Germany 100.0%
6 Egypt 100.0%
7 Spain 100.0%
8 Finland 100.0%
9 France 100.0%
10 United Kingdom 100.0%
11 Greece 100.0%
12 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
13 Italy 100.0%
14 South Korea 100.0%
15 Lithuania 100.0%
16 Mexico 100.0%
17 Netherlands 100.0%
18 Norway 100.0%
19 Poland 100.0%
20 Romania 100.0%
21 Russia 100.0%
22 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
23 Türkiye 100.0%
24 United States 100.0%
25 Lebanon 99.9%
26 Brazil 99.8%
27 Chile 99.7%
28 Algeria 99.5%
29 Ecuador 99.2%
30 Colombia 98.5%
31 Bulgaria 98.1%
32 Indonesia 98.1%
33 Philippines 93.0%
34 India 91.8%
35 Bangladesh 88.0%
36 Honduras 86.5%
37 Gabon 86.3%
38 Yemen 79.2%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 46.2%
40 Liberia 24.2%
41 Sierra Leone 23.4%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

What it means

The share of people living in homes with electricity.

How it is calculated

Population with access to electricity divided by the total population, from household surveys.