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Nicaragua — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Nicaragua, 1993–2024.
Latest value · 2024
88.70%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +23.1% since 1993
Electricity access for Nicaragua was 88.70% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1993 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 69.05% in 1998 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.67% per year.
Nicaragua ranks 165 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Nicaragua sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
88.70%
First (1993)
72.06%
Change
+23.1%
Highest
88.70%
in 2024
Lowest
69.05%
in 1998
Average
78.44%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.67%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 88.7% |
| 2023 | 88.3% |
| 2022 | 86.5% |
| 2021 | 86.3% |
| 2020 | 86% |
| 2019 | 85.7% |
| 2018 | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 84.6% |
| 2016 | 83.9% |
| 2015 | 83.2% |
| 2014 | 81.9% |
| 2013 | 81.9% |
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.