Brazil vs India: Share of the population with access to basic services

Brazil

99.8%

in 2024

India

99.9%

in 2024

Brazil rank

125th

India rank

122nd

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Brazil
India

How they compare

India currently reports 99.9% against 99.8% in Brazil, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 125th and India ranks 122nd of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Brazil
Share of the population with access to basic services in India
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.