Access to electricity in Panama

96.0% of people in Panama had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Panama, 2024 96.0% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.0percentage points 2023: 97.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 149th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Panama 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 PanamaWorld
2024 96.0% 91.9%
2023 97.0% 91.6%
2022 95.0% 91.3%
2021 95.3% 91.3%
2020 95.3% 90.4%
2019 93.9% 90.1%
2018 93.8% 89.8%
2017 93.7% 88.9%
2016 92.4% 88.1%
2015 91.6% 86.9%
2014 90.8% 86.2%
2013 89.1% 85.7%
2012 89.3% 84.9%
2011 88.6% 84.5%
2010 86.8% 83.5%
2009 87.0% 82.9%
2008 86.3% 82.7%
2007 85.5% 82.0%
2006 84.8% 81.4%
2005 84.1% 80.7%
2004 83.4% 80.0%
2003 87.8% 80.0%
2002 82.1% 79.1%
2001 81.5% 78.7%
2000 81.4% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 97.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 90.8%, the figure has changed by +5.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Panama has the 149th 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 Panama
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