# Share of the population with access to electricity: Latin America and Caribbean (WB)

98.04591% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1992 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](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 98.04591 |
| 2023 | 98.422615 |
| 2022 | 98.57888 |
| 2021 | 98.27563 |
| 2020 | 98.14728 |
| 2019 | 97.998215 |
| 2018 | 97.756714 |
| 2017 | 97.7106 |
| 2016 | 97.478386 |
| 2015 | 97.28473 |
| 2014 | 97.05402 |
| 2013 | 96.864685 |
| 2012 | 96.56924 |
| 2011 | 96.184105 |
| 2010 | 95.87839 |
| 2009 | 95.42666 |
| 2008 | 95.22308 |
| 2007 | 94.47654 |
| 2006 | 94.25934 |
| 2005 | 93.52274 |
| 2004 | 93.21914 |
| 2003 | 92.73841 |
| 2002 | 92.65545 |
| 2001 | 92.33255 |
| 2000 | 91.736084 |
| 1999 | 91.25764 |
| 1998 | 90.648254 |
| 1997 | 90.0309 |
| 1996 | 89.57627 |
| 1995 | 88.62126 |
| 1994 | 90.24101 |
| 1993 | 89.34345 |
| 1992 | 88.73448 |

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