Share of the population with access to electricity: Jamaica
97.7% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1990 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 | 97.7 |
| 2023 | 97.7 |
| 2022 | 100 |
| 2021 | 100 |
| 2020 | 99.7 |
| 2019 | 98.9 |
| 2018 | 98.2 |
| 2017 | 97.4 |
| 2016 | 96.6 |
| 2015 | 94.9 |
| 2014 | 93.3 |
| 2013 | 93.9 |
| 2012 | 93.1 |
| 2011 | 91.1 |
| 2010 | 92.2 |
| 2009 | 91 |
| 2008 | 92 |
| 2007 | 89.4 |
| 2006 | 88.7 |
| 2005 | 88 |
| 2004 | 87.2 |
| 2003 | 86.5 |
| 2002 | 86.7 |
| 2001 | 87.7 |
| 2000 | 84.4 |
| 1999 | 84.554115 |
| 1998 | 82.819176 |
| 1997 | 82.0294 |
| 1996 | 85.70605 |
| 1995 | 80.43829 |
| 1994 | 79.63831 |
| 1993 | 78.836296 |
| 1992 | 78.03292 |
| 1991 | 77.22887 |
| 1990 | 70.33459 |