Share of the population with access to electricity: Dominican Republic
99.5% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 34 years from 1991 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.5 |
| 2023 | 99.6 |
| 2022 | 98.1 |
| 2021 | 98.1 |
| 2020 | 100 |
| 2019 | 99 |
| 2018 | 98.9 |
| 2017 | 100 |
| 2016 | 98.9 |
| 2015 | 98.6 |
| 2014 | 98.5 |
| 2013 | 98.4 |
| 2012 | 97.9 |
| 2011 | 97.9 |
| 2010 | 98.1 |
| 2009 | 97.9 |
| 2008 | 97.6 |
| 2007 | 96.9 |
| 2006 | 90.1 |
| 2005 | 90.1 |
| 2004 | 90.3 |
| 2003 | 89.2 |
| 2002 | 89.7 |
| 2001 | 89.8 |
| 2000 | 88.8 |
| 1999 | 91 |
| 1998 | 87.07194 |
| 1997 | 86.315445 |
| 1996 | 85.55488 |
| 1995 | 84.79091 |
| 1994 | 84.02422 |
| 1993 | 83.25549 |
| 1992 | 82.485405 |
| 1991 | 78.2 |