Access to electricity in South America

12 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
99.0 %
half above, half below
World
91.9 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
93.0 to 100.0
Guyana - Uruguay

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Uruguay (100.0 %) and the lowest in Guyana (93.0 %).

The median country is at 99.0 %: 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
1Uruguay100.0
2Venezuela100.0
3Brazil99.8
4Paraguay99.8
5Chile99.0
6Suriname99.0
7Colombia98.9
8Ecuador98.5
9Argentina98.4
10Bolivia96.6
11Peru96.5
12Guyana93.0
World Bank, WDI · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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