Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Caribbean

Access to electricity in the Caribbean in 2024 — 87.2%. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 17.5 pp.

2024 87.2% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 87.2%2024
Period minimum 69.7%1995

Trend over time

1995–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Caribbean, 1995–2024657075808590199519982001200420072010201320162019202220241995: 69.7%1996: 70.1%1997: 70.1%1998: 70.6%1999: 72.2%2000: 80.2%2001: 80%2002: 79.9%2003: 79.6%2004: 80.4%2005: 80.4%2006: 80.4%2007: 82.3%2008: 82.8%2009: 82.8%2010: 83.1%2011: 83%2012: 83.2%2013: 83.6%2014: 83.7%2015: 84.1%2016: 84.1%2017: 85.1%2018: 85.1%2019: 85.4%2020: 85.8%2021: 85.5%2022: 86%2023: 86.6%2024: 87.2%
Change over the period: +17.5 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Caribbean 87.2%
World 91.9%
Access to electricity — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 87.2 +0.6 pp
2023 86.6 +0.6 pp
2022 86 +0.4 pp
2021 85.5 −0.3 pp
2020 85.8 +0.5 pp
2019 85.4 +0.3 pp
2018 85.1 −0 pp
2017 85.1 +1 pp
2016 84.1 +0 pp
2015 84.1 +0.4 pp
2014 83.7 +0.1 pp
2013 83.6 +0.4 pp
2012 83.2 +0.2 pp
2011 83 −0.1 pp
2010 83.1 +0.3 pp
2009 82.8 +0 pp
2008 82.8 +0.4 pp
2007 82.3 +2 pp
2006 80.4 −0 pp
2005 80.4 −0.1 pp
2004 80.4 +0.8 pp
2003 79.6 −0.3 pp
2002 79.9 −0.1 pp
2001 80 −0.2 pp
2000 80.2 +8 pp
1999 72.2 +1.6 pp
1998 70.6 +0.5 pp
1997 70.1 −0 pp
1996 70.1 +0.4 pp
1995 69.7

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.