Costa Rica vs Panama: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Costa Rica and 96% in Panama, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Costa Rica, by 3.8 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Panama.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Costa Rica has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Costa Rica	Panama	World
2024	99.8	96	91.9
2023	100	97	91.6
2022	100	95	91.3
2021	100	95.3	91.3
2020	99.9	95.3	90.4
2019	99.7	93.9	90.1
2018	99.7	93.8	89.8
2017	99.6	93.7	88.9
2016	99.5	92.4	88.1
2015	99.4	91.6	86.9
2014	99.4	90.8	86.2
2013	99.6	89.1	85.7
2012	99.5	89.3	84.9
2011	99.2	88.6	84.5
2010	99	86.8	83.5
2009	99.4	87	82.9
2008	99.3	86.3	82.7
2007	99.2	85.5	82
2006	99.1	84.8	81.4
2005	99.1	84.1	80.7
2004	99	83.4	80
2003	98.7	87.8	80
2002	98.5	82.1	79.1
2001	98.2	81.5	78.7
2000	96.9	81.4	78.2
1999	–	79.9	74.5
1998	–	79.1	73.2
1997	–	78.3	–
1996	–	77.5	–
1995	–	76.7	–
1994	–	75.9	–
1993	–	75.1	–
1992	–	74.3	–
1991	–	73.4	–
1990	–	70.2	–

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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