India vs Libya: Number of people without access to electricity

India
1.45 million people
in 2024
Libya
1.67 million people
in 2024
India rank
47th
Libya rank
45th

Number of people without access to electricity over time

  • India
  • Libya
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M200020122024

How they compare

Libya currently reports 1.67 million people against 1.45 million people in India, a difference of 217,200 people.

That makes Libya's figure about 1.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was India ahead.

India ranks 47th and Libya ranks 45th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people without access to electricity
Unit
people
Source
Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,325 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.