Share of the population with access to electricity: Nicaragua
88.7% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1993 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 | 88.7 |
| 2023 | 88.3 |
| 2022 | 86.5 |
| 2021 | 86.3 |
| 2020 | 86 |
| 2019 | 85.7 |
| 2018 | 85.2 |
| 2017 | 84.6 |
| 2016 | 83.9 |
| 2015 | 83.2 |
| 2014 | 81.9 |
| 2013 | 81.9 |
| 2012 | 81.3 |
| 2011 | 81.2 |
| 2010 | 80.1 |
| 2009 | 77.9 |
| 2008 | 77.5 |
| 2007 | 76.9 |
| 2006 | 76.3 |
| 2005 | 73.8 |
| 2004 | 75.2 |
| 2003 | 74.6 |
| 2002 | 74.1 |
| 2001 | 72.2 |
| 2000 | 73 |
| 1999 | 72.20013 |
| 1998 | 69.047104 |
| 1997 | 71.03321 |
| 1996 | 70.44326 |
| 1995 | 69.84991 |
| 1994 | 69.25383 |
| 1993 | 72.06417 |