Suriname
Access to electricity in Suriname
Access to electricity in Suriname: 99.6% in 1999 and 99% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 99%
- Since 1999
- −0.6 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 99.6% in 1999, the lowest 91% in 2006.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Suriname | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 99 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 99.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 99 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 98.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 98.4 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 97.9 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 97.4 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 96.6 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 95.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 95 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 94.6 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 94.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 94.6 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 94.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 91.2 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 94.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 94.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 94.7 | 82 |
| 2006 | 91 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 94.9 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 95 | 80 |
| 2003 | 95.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 95.2 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 95.3 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 95.4 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 99.6 | 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
Suriname in numbers
Every measure for Suriname on one page