Jamaica vs Nepal: Share of the population with access to basic services

Jamaica

97.7%

in 2024

Nepal

97.9%

in 2024

Jamaica rank

142nd

Nepal rank

141st

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Jamaica
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 97.9% against 97.7% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Jamaica ahead.

Jamaica ranks 142nd and Nepal ranks 141st of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Jamaica
Share of the population with access to basic services in Nepal
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.