Philippines
Access to electricity in Philippines
Access to electricity in Philippines: 65.4% in 1993 and 94.8% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 94.8%
- Since 1993
- +29.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 153 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 98% in 2023, the lowest 65.4% in 1993.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.8 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 98 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 94.8 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 97.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 96.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 95.3 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 94.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 93 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 92 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 89.1 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 89.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 87.5 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 87.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 87.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 85.5 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 84.3 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 83.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 82 | 82 |
| 2006 | 80.2 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 79.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 87.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 76.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 76.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 75.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 74.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 71.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 71.3 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 71.4 | – |
| 1996 | 70.2 | – |
| 1995 | 69.1 | – |
| 1994 | 68 | – |
| 1993 | 65.4 | – |
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 spending1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel157,000 people in 2020
- National power0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2007