Access to electricity in North America

34 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
100.0 %
half above, half below
World
91.9 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
53.9 to 100.0
Haiti - Aruba

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Aruba (100.0 %) and the lowest in Haiti (53.9 %).

The median country is at 100.0 %: half are above, half below.

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

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Source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is… · via World Bank WDI (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS) · licence

Electricity access over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Aruba100.0
2Antigua and Barbuda100.0
3Bahamas100.0
4Bermuda100.0
5Barbados100.0
6Canada100.0
7Cuba100.0
8Curaçao100.0
9Cayman Islands100.0
10Dominica100.0
11Greenland100.0
12Saint Kitts and Nevis100.0
13Saint Lucia100.0
14Saint-Martin100.0
15Puerto Rico100.0
16Sint Maarten100.0
17Turks and Caicos Islands100.0
18Trinidad and Tobago100.0
19United States100.0
20Saint Vincent and the Grenadines100.0
21British Virgin Islands100.0
22United States Virgin Islands100.0
23Costa Rica99.8
24Mexico99.8
25Belize99.6
26Dominican Republic99.5
27El Salvador98.7
28Jamaica97.7
29Panama96.0
30Grenada95.6
31Honduras95.5
32Guatemala90.9
33Nicaragua88.7
34Haiti53.9
World Bank, WDI · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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