Home / Electricity access / Jamaica
Jamaica — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Jamaica, 1990–2024.
Latest value · 2024
97.70%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +38.9% since 1990
Electricity access for Jamaica was 97.70% 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 70.33% in 1990 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.97% per year.
Jamaica ranks 143 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Jamaica sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
97.70%
First (1990)
70.33%
Change
+38.9%
Highest
100.00%
in 2021
Lowest
70.33%
in 1990
Average
89.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.97%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 97.7% |
| 2023 | 97.7% |
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 99.7% |
| 2019 | 98.9% |
| 2018 | 98.2% |
| 2017 | 97.4% |
| 2016 | 96.6% |
| 2015 | 94.9% |
| 2014 | 93.3% |
| 2013 | 93.9% |
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.