Access to electricity in Ecuador

98.5% of people in Ecuador had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1995 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ecuador, 2024 98.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 98.7%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 139th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Ecuador 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 EcuadorWorld
2024 98.5% 91.9%
2023 98.7% 91.6%
2022 100.0% 91.3%
2021 100.0% 91.3%
2020 98.8% 90.4%
2019 99.1% 90.1%
2018 98.7% 89.8%
2017 99.2% 88.9%
2016 98.7% 88.1%
2015 98.8% 86.9%
2014 99.0% 86.2%
2013 98.0% 85.7%
2012 97.2% 84.9%
2011 96.9% 84.5%
2010 97.5% 83.5%
2009 96.5% 82.9%
2008 97.2% 82.7%
2007 96.8% 82.0%
2006 96.3% 81.4%
2005 95.8% 80.7%
2004 94.8% 80.0%
2003 95.0% 80.0%
2002 94.2% 79.1%
2001 94.0% 78.7%
2000 93.7% 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 99.0%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Ecuador has the 139th 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
1995 to 2024 for Ecuador
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