Access to electricity in Colombia

98.9% of people in Colombia had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Colombia, 2024 98.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 98.7%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 100.0% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 137th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Colombia 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 ColombiaWorld
2024 98.9% 91.9%
2023 98.7% 91.6%
2022 100.0% 91.3%
2021 100.0% 91.3%
2020 99.7% 90.4%
2019 99.4% 90.1%
2018 98.5% 89.8%
2017 98.5% 88.9%
2016 98.4% 88.1%
2015 98.2% 86.9%
2014 97.8% 86.2%
2013 97.8% 85.7%
2012 97.0% 84.9%
2011 96.7% 84.5%
2010 96.8% 83.5%
2009 96.1% 82.9%
2008 96.8% 82.7%
2007 96.0% 82.0%
2006 95.7% 81.4%
2005 96.8% 80.7%
2004 95.3% 80.0%
2003 95.1% 80.0%
2002 94.9% 79.1%
2001 98.5% 78.7%
2000 95.2% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 98.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.8%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Colombia has the 137th 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
1990 to 2024 for Colombia
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