Solomon Islands
Access to electricity in Solomon Islands
Access to electricity in Solomon Islands: 15.7% in 1999 and 81.5% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 81.5%
- Since 1999
- +65.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 167 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 81.5% in 2024, the lowest 4.7% in 2000.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.5 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 81.3 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 76.3 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 72.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 69.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 65.8 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 62.9 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 58.2 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 55.1 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 50.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 44.7 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 42.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 39.1 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 35.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 21.2 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 28.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 12.9 | 82 |
| 2006 | 14.4 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 19.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 16.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 13.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 10.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 7.6 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 4.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 15.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Solomon Islands in numbers
Every measure for Solomon Islands on one page