Bolivia
Access to electricity in Bolivia
Access to electricity in Bolivia: 60% in 1992 and 96.6% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 96.6%
- Since 1992
- +36.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 144 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 99.9% in 2022, the lowest 60% in 1992.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Bolivia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.6 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.8 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 99.9 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 98.6 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 97.2 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 95.1 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 92.8 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 91.8 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 91.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 91.5 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 90 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 89.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 90.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 88.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 88 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 86.8 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 84.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 80.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 76.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 68.3 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 75.9 | 80 |
| 2003 | 72.3 | 80 |
| 2002 | 64 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 69.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 70 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 70.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 71.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 67.3 | – |
| 1996 | 71 | – |
| 1995 | 64.1 | – |
| 1994 | 64.1 | – |
| 1993 | 61.4 | – |
| 1992 | 60 | – |
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
Bolivia in numbers
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- Military spending1.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$570M in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel71,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.21% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2024