Access to electricity in Guatemala

90.9% of people in Guatemala had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1995 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guatemala, 2024 90.9% % of population
Change from 2023 −9.1percentage points 2023: 100.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 160th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Guatemala 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 GuatemalaWorld
2024 90.9% 91.9%
2023 100.0% 91.6%
2022 99.1% 91.3%
2021 97.9% 91.3%
2020 96.6% 90.4%
2019 95.4% 90.1%
2018 94.2% 89.8%
2017 93.3% 88.9%
2016 91.8% 88.1%
2015 90.5% 86.9%
2014 85.5% 86.2%
2013 88.1% 85.7%
2012 86.8% 84.9%
2011 84.0% 84.5%
2010 84.3% 83.5%
2009 83.1% 82.9%
2008 81.9% 82.7%
2007 80.7% 82.0%
2006 83.7% 81.4%
2005 78.3% 80.7%
2004 77.2% 80.0%
2003 78.5% 80.0%
2002 78.7% 79.1%
2001 73.7% 78.7%
2000 73.3% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −9.1 percentage points from 100.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 85.5%, the figure has changed by +5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Guatemala has the 160th 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 Guatemala
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