Access to electricity in Uruguay

Access to electricity in Uruguay: 96.2% in 1992 and 100% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 100%
Since 1992: +3.8 percentage points
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 100% in 2020, the lowest 95.9% in 1996.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Uruguay	World
2024	100	91.9
2023	100	91.6
2022	100	91.3
2021	100	91.3
2020	100	90.4
2019	99.9	90.1
2018	99.8	89.8
2017	99.8	88.9
2016	99.7	88.1
2015	99.7	86.9
2014	99.7	86.2
2013	99.6	85.7
2012	99.6	84.9
2011	99.2	84.5
2010	99.3	83.5
2009	99.1	82.9
2008	98.8	82.7
2007	98.7	82
2006	98.5	81.4
2005	98	80.7
2004	98	80
2003	97.9	80
2002	97.8	79.1
2001	97.7	78.7
2000	97.6	78.2
1999	97.4	74.5
1998	97.2	73.2
1997	97.1	–
1996	95.9	–
1995	96.7	–
1994	96.5	–
1993	96.4	–
1992	96.2	–

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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