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El Salvador — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for El Salvador, 1991–2024.
Latest value · 2024
98.70%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +41.8% since 1991
Electricity access for El Salvador was 98.70% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1991 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 100.00% in 2022. The lowest was 69.61% in 1991 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.06% per year.
El Salvador ranks 138 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so El Salvador sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
98.70%
First (1991)
69.61%
Change
+41.8%
Highest
100.00%
in 2022
Lowest
69.61%
in 1991
Average
88.90%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.06%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.7% |
| 2023 | 98.3% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 97.9% |
| 2020 | 99.7% |
| 2019 | 97.4% |
| 2018 | 97% |
| 2017 | 96.8% |
| 2016 | 96% |
| 2015 | 95.4% |
| 2014 | 95.1% |
| 2013 | 95% |
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.