El Salvador

Access to electricity in El Salvador

Access to electricity in El Salvador: 69.6% in 1991 and 98.7% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
98.7%
Since 1991
+29.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024
136 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in El SalvadorAccess to electricity in El Salvador: 69.6% in 1991 and 98.7% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 100% in 2022, the lowest 69.6% in 1991.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 100% in 2022, the lowest 69.6% in 1991.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearEl SalvadorWorld
202498.791.9
202398.391.6
202210091.3
202197.991.3
202099.790.4
201997.490.1
20189789.8
201796.888.9
20169688.1
201595.486.9
201495.186.2
20139585.7
201293.784.9
201192.684.5
201091.683.5
200991.182.9
20089182.7
200791.182
200689.281.4
200587.580.7
200487.480
20038780
200287.579.1
200187.178.7
200084.578.2
199979.174.5
199881.673.2
199780–
199677.9–
199577–
199477.2–
199376.3–
199275.3–
199169.6–

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

El Salvador in numbers

Every measure for El Salvador on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment

Other places nearby