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Access to electricity in Panama

Access to electricity in Panama: 70.2% in 1990 and 96% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
96%
Since 1990
+25.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024
147 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
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% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in PanamaAccess to electricity in Panama: 70.2% in 1990 and 96% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 97% in 2023, the lowest 70.2% in 1990.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 97% in 2023, the lowest 70.2% in 1990.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearPanamaWorld
20249691.9
20239791.6
20229591.3
202195.391.3
202095.390.4
201993.990.1
201893.889.8
201793.788.9
201692.488.1
201591.686.9
201490.886.2
201389.185.7
201289.384.9
201188.684.5
201086.883.5
20098782.9
200886.382.7
200785.582
200684.881.4
200584.180.7
200483.480
200387.880
200282.179.1
200181.578.7
200081.478.2
199979.974.5
199879.173.2
199778.3–
199677.5–
199576.7–
199475.9–
199375.1–
199274.3–
199173.4–
199070.2–

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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