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Suriname — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Suriname, 1999–2024.
Latest value · 2024
99.00%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · -0.6% since 1999
Electricity access for Suriname was 99.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1999 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 99.62% in 1999. The lowest was 91.00% in 2006 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.03% per year.
Suriname ranks 136 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 99.80%, so Suriname sits below it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
99.00%
First (1999)
99.62%
Change
-0.6%
Highest
99.62%
in 1999
Lowest
91.00%
in 2006
Average
95.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.03%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99% |
| 2023 | 99.6% |
| 2022 | 99% |
| 2021 | 98.8% |
| 2020 | 98.4% |
| 2019 | 97.9% |
| 2018 | 97.4% |
| 2017 | 96.6% |
| 2016 | 95.8% |
| 2015 | 95% |
| 2014 | 94.6% |
| 2013 | 94.6% |
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.