Access to electricity in Dominican Republic

99.5% of people in Dominican Republic had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Dominican Republic, 2024 99.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 99.6%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 131st of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Dominican Republic 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 Dominican RepublicWorld
2024 99.5% 91.9%
2023 99.6% 91.6%
2022 98.1% 91.3%
2021 98.1% 91.3%
2020 100.0% 90.4%
2019 99.0% 90.1%
2018 98.9% 89.8%
2017 100.0% 88.9%
2016 98.9% 88.1%
2015 98.6% 86.9%
2014 98.5% 86.2%
2013 98.4% 85.7%
2012 97.9% 84.9%
2011 97.9% 84.5%
2010 98.1% 83.5%
2009 97.9% 82.9%
2008 97.6% 82.7%
2007 96.9% 82.0%
2006 90.1% 81.4%
2005 90.1% 80.7%
2004 90.3% 80.0%
2003 89.2% 80.0%
2002 89.7% 79.1%
2001 89.8% 78.7%
2000 88.8% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 99.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.5%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Dominican Republic has the 131st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.

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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
1991 to 2024 for Dominican Republic
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