Honduras — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Honduras, 1991–2024.
Electricity access for Honduras was 95.50% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1991 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 95.60% in 2023. The lowest was 54.78% in 1991 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.70% per year.
Honduras ranks 153 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Honduras sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 8%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 38 of 42 economies; Guyana (93.00%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 8% in 1992. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 41 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 100th of 108 in 1991 → 152nd of 211 in 2000 → 152nd of 215 in 2010 → 154th of 215 in 2020 → 153rd of 215 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2024
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 95.5% | -0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 95.6% | +1.2 pp |
| 2022 | 94.4% | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 94.1% | +1.0 pp |
| 2020 | 93.1% | +2.0 pp |
| 2019 | 91.1% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 91.6% | +5.1 pp |
| 2017 | 86.5% | -5.1 pp |
| 2016 | 91.6% | +1.6 pp |
| 2015 | 90% | +1.3 pp |
| 2014 | 88.7% | +1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 87.2% | +3.6 pp |
| 2012 | 83.6% | +1.4 pp |
| 2011 | 82.2% | +1.2 pp |
| 2010 | 81% | +2.7 pp |
| 2009 | 78.3% | +1.9 pp |
| 2008 | 76.4% | +2.9 pp |
| 2007 | 73.5% | +2.2 pp |
| 2006 | 71.3% | +2.4 pp |
| 2005 | 68.9% | +1.8 pp |
| 2004 | 67.1% | +2.0 pp |
| 2003 | 65.1% | +2.0 pp |
| 2002 | 63.1% | -1.1 pp |
| 2001 | 64.2% | -3.2 pp |
| 2000 | 67.4% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 67.39% | +0.5 pp |
| 1998 | 66.86% | +2.1 pp |
| 1997 | 64.79% | +3.1 pp |
| 1996 | 61.68% | -4.4 pp |
| 1995 | 66.12% | +1.4 pp |
| 1994 | 64.73% | +3.6 pp |
| 1993 | 61.1% | +2.2 pp |
| 1992 | 58.91% | +4.1 pp |
| 1991 | 54.78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Electricity access in 1992?
58.91% (1992). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of population, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Electricity access growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +74.3% in total — about 1.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 95.5%; 2023: 95.6%; 2022: 94.4%; 2021: 94.1%; 2020: 93.1%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.