Access to electricity in Bolivia

96.6% of people in Bolivia had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2024 96.6% % of population
Change from 2023 −3.2percentage points 2023: 99.8%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 146th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Bolivia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to electricity (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BoliviaWorld
2024 96.6% 91.9%
2023 99.8% 91.6%
2022 99.9% 91.3%
2021 98.6% 91.3%
2020 97.2% 90.4%
2019 95.1% 90.1%
2018 92.8% 89.8%
2017 91.8% 88.9%
2016 91.8% 88.1%
2015 91.5% 86.9%
2014 90.0% 86.2%
2013 89.5% 85.7%
2012 90.4% 84.9%
2011 88.3% 84.5%
2010 88.0% 83.5%
2009 86.8% 82.9%
2008 84.7% 82.7%
2007 80.2% 82.0%
2006 76.2% 81.4%
2005 68.3% 80.7%
2004 75.9% 80.0%
2003 72.3% 80.0%
2002 64.0% 79.1%
2001 69.3% 78.7%
2000 70.0% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 99.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.0%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Bolivia has the 146th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1992 to 2024 for Bolivia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset