Access to electricity in Philippines

94.8% of people in Philippines had access to electricity in 2024.

Measure: Access to electricity Unit: % of population Data: 1993 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Philippines, 2024 94.8% % of population
Change from 2023 −3.2percentage points 2023: 98.0%
World, 2024 91.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 155th of 215 See the full ranking

Access to electricity in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2024 94.8% 91.9%
2023 98.0% 91.6%
2022 94.8% 91.3%
2021 97.5% 91.3%
2020 96.4% 90.4%
2019 95.3% 90.1%
2018 94.2% 89.8%
2017 93.0% 88.9%
2016 92.0% 88.1%
2015 89.1% 86.9%
2014 89.8% 86.2%
2013 87.5% 85.7%
2012 87.1% 84.9%
2011 87.2% 84.5%
2010 85.5% 83.5%
2009 84.3% 82.9%
2008 83.3% 82.7%
2007 82.0% 82.0%
2006 80.2% 81.4%
2005 79.8% 80.7%
2004 87.6% 80.0%
2003 76.6% 80.0%
2002 76.7% 79.1%
2001 75.7% 78.7%
2000 74.7% 78.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 98.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 89.8%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Philippines has the 155th 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
1993 to 2024 for Philippines
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