Colombia
Access to electricity in Colombia
Access to electricity in Colombia: 89.9% in 1990 and 98.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 98.9%
- Since 1990
- +9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 135 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2021, the lowest 89.9% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 98.7 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 99.7 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 99.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 98.5 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 98.5 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 98.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 98.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 97.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 97.8 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 97 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 96.7 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 96.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 96.1 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 96.8 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 96 | 82 |
| 2006 | 95.7 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 96.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 95.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 95.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 94.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 98.5 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 95.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 94.2 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 93.9 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 93.6 | – |
| 1996 | 93.3 | – |
| 1995 | 91.2 | – |
| 1994 | 92.7 | – |
| 1993 | 92.4 | – |
| 1992 | 92.1 | – |
| 1991 | 91.8 | – |
| 1990 | 89.9 | – |
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
Colombia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$273 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel428,000 people in 2020
- National power0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2020