Share of the population with access to electricity: El Salvador
98.7% 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 | 98.7 |
| 2023 | 98.3 |
| 2022 | 100 |
| 2021 | 97.9 |
| 2020 | 99.7 |
| 2019 | 97.4 |
| 2018 | 97 |
| 2017 | 96.8 |
| 2016 | 96 |
| 2015 | 95.4 |
| 2014 | 95.1 |
| 2013 | 95 |
| 2012 | 93.7 |
| 2011 | 92.6 |
| 2010 | 91.6 |
| 2009 | 91.1 |
| 2008 | 91 |
| 2007 | 91.1 |
| 2006 | 89.2 |
| 2005 | 87.5 |
| 2004 | 87.4 |
| 2003 | 87 |
| 2002 | 87.5 |
| 2001 | 87.1 |
| 2000 | 84.5 |
| 1999 | 79.12959 |
| 1998 | 81.637985 |
| 1997 | 80.03152 |
| 1996 | 77.883 |
| 1995 | 76.99551 |
| 1994 | 77.21872 |
| 1993 | 76.27614 |
| 1992 | 75.33219 |
| 1991 | 69.60788 |