Access to electricity in Haiti
Haiti: Access to electricity was 0.5% in 2013. ▼ Falling
Access to electricity in Haiti, 1990–2013
Source: World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013. Measured in % of rural population.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 0.5% for access to electricity in 2013. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 97.0% on the previous year and down 95.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity in Haiti peaked at 15.2% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2013.
That places Haiti 200th out of 201 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to electricity in Haiti, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10.3% | — |
| 1991 | 10.1% | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 9.8% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 10.1% | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 10.4% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | -62.4% |
| 1996 | 10.9% | +178.9% |
| 1997 | 11.1% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 11.4% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | -55.1% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +100.7% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 7.2% | -12.2% |
| 2006 | 11.7% | +63.2% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -55.5% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -17.8% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | -20.6% |
| 2010 | 2.6% | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -29.9% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | +744.6% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -97.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.9% | 3.9% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.6% | 3.4% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 0.5% | 15.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 197 Burundi 1.7% compare
- 198 Liberia 1.3% compare
- 199 Burkina Faso 0.8% compare
- 201 Central African Republic 0.4% compare
More reference data data for Haiti
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2934 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0485 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9837 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.6522 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2643 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity in Haiti?
- Access to electricity in Haiti was 0.5% in 2013, according to World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013.
- What is the highest access to electricity recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 15.2% in 2012.
- What is the lowest access to electricity recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2013.
- How does Haiti rank for access to electricity?
- Haiti ranks 200th out of 201 countries with data for 2013.
- Is access to electricity rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Global Electrification Database 2013, published as part of Access to electricity (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Access to electricity is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.