Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Latin America & Caribbean

Access to electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 98%. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 9.3 pp.

2024 98% −0.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 98.6%2022
Period minimum 88.6%1995

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, 1992–202487.59092.59597.51001992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 88.7%1993: 89.3%1994: 90.2%1995: 88.6%1996: 89.6%1997: 90%1998: 90.6%1999: 91.3%2000: 91.7%2001: 92.3%2002: 92.7%2003: 92.7%2004: 93.2%2005: 93.5%2006: 94.3%2007: 94.5%2008: 95.2%2009: 95.4%2010: 95.9%2011: 96.2%2012: 96.6%2013: 96.9%2014: 97.1%2015: 97.3%2016: 97.5%2017: 97.7%2018: 97.8%2019: 98%2020: 98.1%2021: 98.3%2022: 98.6%2023: 98.4%2024: 98%
Change over the period: +9.3 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 98%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98 −0.4 pp
2023 98.4 −0.2 pp
2022 98.6 +0.3 pp
2021 98.3 +0.1 pp
2020 98.1 +0.1 pp
2019 98 +0.2 pp
2018 97.8 +0 pp
2017 97.7 +0.2 pp
2016 97.5 +0.2 pp
2015 97.3 +0.2 pp
2014 97.1 +0.2 pp
2013 96.9 +0.3 pp
2012 96.6 +0.4 pp
2011 96.2 +0.3 pp
2010 95.9 +0.5 pp
2009 95.4 +0.2 pp
2008 95.2 +0.7 pp
2007 94.5 +0.2 pp
2006 94.3 +0.7 pp
2005 93.5 +0.3 pp
2004 93.2 +0.5 pp
2003 92.7 +0.1 pp
2002 92.7 +0.3 pp
2001 92.3 +0.6 pp
2000 91.7 +0.5 pp
1999 91.3 +0.6 pp
1998 90.6 +0.6 pp
1997 90 +0.5 pp
1996 89.6 +1 pp
1995 88.6 −1.6 pp
1994 90.2 +0.9 pp
1993 89.3 +0.6 pp
1992 88.7

About the indicator

The share of the population with access to electricity — both through centralized grids and through off-grid and mini-grid solutions. The target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 is universal access by 2030. Having a connection does not mean that supply is reliable: in a number of countries with formal coverage of 100% outages happen daily.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.