Chile vs Dominican Republic: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99% in Chile and 99.5% in Dominican Republic, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Chile.

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% of people · World Bank

ChileDominican RepublicWorld

What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Chile.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Chile	Dominican Republic	World
2024	99	99.5	91.9
2023	100	99.6	91.6
2022	100	98.1	91.3
2021	100	98.1	91.3
2020	100	100	90.4
2019	100	99	90.1
2018	100	98.9	89.8
2017	99.7	100	88.9
2016	100	98.9	88.1
2015	99.7	98.6	86.9
2014	100	98.5	86.2
2013	99.6	98.4	85.7
2012	100	97.9	84.9
2011	99.6	97.9	84.5
2010	99.5	98.1	83.5
2009	99.6	97.9	82.9
2008	98.2	97.6	82.7
2007	98	96.9	82
2006	99.4	90.1	81.4
2005	97.7	90.1	80.7
2004	97.5	90.3	80
2003	98.8	89.2	80
2002	97.3	89.7	79.1
2001	97.1	89.8	78.7
2000	97.9	88.8	78.2
1999	96.7	91	74.5
1998	97.2	87.1	73.2
1997	96.2	86.3	–
1996	95.6	85.6	–
1995	95.8	84.8	–
1994	95.5	84	–
1993	95.3	83.3	–
1992	94.6	82.5	–
1991	94.8	78.2	–
1990	92.3	–	–

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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