Colombia vs Japan: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

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

Every year

% of people · World Bank

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

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