Guyana
Access to electricity in Guyana
Access to electricity in Guyana: 72.4% in 1993 and 93% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 93%
- Since 1993
- +20.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 155 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 98.9% in 2023, the lowest 70.7% in 1994.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 93 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 98.9 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 93 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 92.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 92.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 91.6 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 90.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 90 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 89 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 88 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 86.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 86 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 85.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 84.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 83.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 77.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 79.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 78.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 73.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 77.5 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 76.8 | 80 |
| 2003 | 76.2 | 80 |
| 2002 | 75.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 75.1 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 74.6 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 73.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 73.3 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 72.6 | – |
| 1996 | 72 | – |
| 1995 | 71.4 | – |
| 1994 | 70.7 | – |
| 1993 | 72.4 | – |
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
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- Military spending0.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$240M in 2025
- Military spending per person$297 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1976