Access to electricity in Solomon Islands
81.5% of people in Solomon Islands had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Solomon Islands, 2024
81.5%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
169th of 215
Access to electricity in Solomon Islands over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.5% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 81.3% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 76.0% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 76.3% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 72.9% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 69.4% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 65.8% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 62.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 58.2% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 55.1% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 44.7% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 42.9% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 39.1% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 35.4% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 14.4% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 19.2% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 16.3% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 7.6% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 4.7% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 81.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 50.5%, the figure has changed by +31.0 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Solomon Islands has the 169th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.