Electric power consumption in Bangladesh reached 632 kWh per person in 2024, up from 514 kWh in 2019, a rise of about 23%. Over the same period India’s rose from 988 to 1,223 kWh, Indonesia’s from 1,109 to 1,611 kWh and Viet Nam’s from 2,290 to 2,756 kWh.
632 kWh vs 1,223 kWh
Electricity use per person in Bangladesh and India, 2024.
Among the seven economies shown, only Pakistan (493 kWh) and Nepal (389 kWh) used less per person than Bangladesh in 2024. Sri Lanka, at 695 kWh, was slightly ahead, while Viet Nam used more than four times as much as Bangladesh.
The figure measures electricity produced by power plants, less losses in transmission and distribution and the plants’ own use, divided by population. It is a measure of how much power reaches users, not of how reliable supply is, and it mixes household, commercial and industrial demand. Low consumption therefore coincides with, but does not by itself explain, differences in industrial output or living standards.
For policy, the gap shows how much room for growth remains in a country where almost everyone is now connected to the grid. If demand rises towards its peers, planners will have to decide how to supply it affordably.
Source: International Energy Agency, Energy Statistics, via World Bank WDI (EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC), 2019 and 2024.