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Colombia — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Colombia, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
98.90%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +10.0% since 1990
Electricity access for Colombia was 98.90% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 100.00% in 2021. The lowest was 89.90% in 1990 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.28% per year.
Colombia ranks 137 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Colombia sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
98.90%
First (1990)
89.90%
Change
+10.0%
Highest
100.00%
in 2021
Lowest
89.90%
in 1990
Average
96.06%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.28%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.9% |
| 2023 | 98.7% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 99.7% |
| 2019 | 99.4% |
| 2018 | 98.5% |
| 2017 | 98.5% |
| 2016 | 98.4% |
| 2015 | 98.2% |
| 2014 | 97.8% |
| 2013 | 97.8% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.