Australia vs Colombia: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Australia and 98.9% in Colombia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.1 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Colombia.

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% of people · World Bank

AustraliaColombiaWorld

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2023.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Australia	Colombia	World
2024	100	98.9	91.9
2023	100	98.7	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	100	99.7	90.4
2019	100	99.4	90.1
2018	100	98.5	89.8
2017	100	98.5	88.9
2016	100	98.4	88.1
2015	100	98.2	86.9
2014	100	97.8	86.2
2013	100	97.8	85.7
2012	100	97	84.9
2011	100	96.7	84.5
2010	100	96.8	83.5
2009	100	96.1	82.9
2008	100	96.8	82.7
2007	100	96	82
2006	100	95.7	81.4
2005	100	96.8	80.7
2004	100	95.3	80
2003	100	95.1	80
2002	100	94.9	79.1
2001	100	98.5	78.7
2000	100	95.2	78.2
1999	100	94.2	74.5
1998	100	93.9	73.2
1997	100	93.6	–
1996	100	93.3	–
1995	100	91.2	–
1994	100	92.7	–
1993	100	92.4	–
1992	100	92.1	–
1991	100	91.8	–
1990	100	89.9	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Australia vs Colombia: Access to electricity

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