Nicaragua

Access to electricity in Nicaragua

Access to electricity in Nicaragua: 72.1% in 1993 and 88.7% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
88.7%
Since 1993
+16.6 percentage points
Rank, 2024
163 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in NicaraguaAccess to electricity in Nicaragua: 72.1% in 1993 and 88.7% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 88.7% in 2024, the lowest 69.1% in 1998.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 88.7% in 2024, the lowest 69.1% in 1998.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearNicaraguaWorld
202488.791.9
202388.391.6
202286.591.3
202186.391.3
20208690.4
201985.790.1
201885.289.8
201784.688.9
201683.988.1
201583.286.9
201481.986.2
201381.985.7
201281.384.9
201181.284.5
201080.183.5
200977.982.9
200877.582.7
200776.982
200676.381.4
200573.880.7
200475.280
200374.680
200274.179.1
200172.278.7
20007378.2
199972.274.5
199869.173.2
199771–
199670.4–
199569.9–
199469.3–
199372.1–

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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