Argentina vs Canada: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 98.4% in Argentina and 100% in Canada, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Argentina.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher since 2024.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Argentina	Canada	World
2024	98.4	100	91.9
2023	100	100	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	100	100	90.4
2019	100	100	90.1
2018	100	100	89.8
2017	100	100	88.9
2016	99.9	100	88.1
2015	99.7	100	86.9
2014	100	100	86.2
2013	99.3	100	85.7
2012	99.1	100	84.9
2011	99	100	84.5
2010	98.8	100	83.5
2009	97.8	100	82.9
2008	97.5	100	82.7
2007	97.2	100	82
2006	97	100	81.4
2005	96.7	100	80.7
2004	96.5	100	80
2003	96.3	100	80
2002	96.1	100	79.1
2001	95.5	100	78.7
2000	95.7	100	78.2
1999	95.1	100	74.5
1998	94.8	100	73.2
1997	94.5	100	–
1996	94.2	100	–
1995	93.8	100	–
1994	93.5	100	–
1993	93.2	100	–
1992	92.8	100	–
1991	92.5	100	–
1990	92.2	100	–

Each country on its own

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The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Argentina vs Canada: Access to electricity

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