Access to electricity in Chile

Access to electricity in Chile: 92.3% in 1990 and 99% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 99%
Since 1990: +6.7 percentage points
World, 2024: 91.9%

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 100% in 2012, the lowest 92.3% in 1990.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

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

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.

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