Colombia vs Dominican Republic: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 98.9% in Colombia and 99.5% in Dominican Republic, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Colombia.

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% of people · World Bank

ColombiaDominican RepublicWorld

What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Colombia.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Colombia	Dominican Republic	World
2024	98.9	99.5	91.9
2023	98.7	99.6	91.6
2022	100	98.1	91.3
2021	100	98.1	91.3
2020	99.7	100	90.4
2019	99.4	99	90.1
2018	98.5	98.9	89.8
2017	98.5	100	88.9
2016	98.4	98.9	88.1
2015	98.2	98.6	86.9
2014	97.8	98.5	86.2
2013	97.8	98.4	85.7
2012	97	97.9	84.9
2011	96.7	97.9	84.5
2010	96.8	98.1	83.5
2009	96.1	97.9	82.9
2008	96.8	97.6	82.7
2007	96	96.9	82
2006	95.7	90.1	81.4
2005	96.8	90.1	80.7
2004	95.3	90.3	80
2003	95.1	89.2	80
2002	94.9	89.7	79.1
2001	98.5	89.8	78.7
2000	95.2	88.8	78.2
1999	94.2	91	74.5
1998	93.9	87.1	73.2
1997	93.6	86.3	–
1996	93.3	85.6	–
1995	91.2	84.8	–
1994	92.7	84	–
1993	92.4	83.3	–
1992	92.1	82.5	–
1991	91.8	78.2	–
1990	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

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Deaths in conflictsColombia: 109 deaths in 2022Dominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022