Access to electricity in Guatemala

Access to electricity in Guatemala: 60.8% in 1995 and 90.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 90.9%
Since 1995: +30.1 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 158 of 213; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 100% in 2023, the lowest 60.8% in 1995.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Guatemala	World
2024	90.9	91.9
2023	100	91.6
2022	99.1	91.3
2021	97.9	91.3
2020	96.6	90.4
2019	95.4	90.1
2018	94.2	89.8
2017	93.3	88.9
2016	91.8	88.1
2015	90.5	86.9
2014	85.5	86.2
2013	88.1	85.7
2012	86.8	84.9
2011	84	84.5
2010	84.3	83.5
2009	83.1	82.9
2008	81.9	82.7
2007	80.7	82
2006	83.7	81.4
2005	78.3	80.7
2004	77.2	80
2003	78.5	80
2002	78.7	79.1
2001	73.7	78.7
2000	73.3	78.2
1999	70.9	74.5
1998	70.1	73.2
1997	68.9	–
1996	67.7	–
1995	60.8	–

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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