Access to electricity in Colombia
Colombia: Access to electricity was 99.0% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Access to electricity in Colombia, 1990–2016
Source: World Bank Global Electrification Database 2012. Measured in % of total population.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 99.0% for access to electricity in 2016. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity in Colombia peaked at 99.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 89.9%, in 1990.
Colombia ranks 128th of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Access to electricity in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of total population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 89.9% | — |
| 1991 | 90.8% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 91.2% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 91.5% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 91.9% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 91.2% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 92.7% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 93.0% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 93.3% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 95.2% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 94.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 94.5% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 94.7% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 94.9% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 96.8% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 95.5% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 95.7% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 96.8% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 96.1% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 96.8% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 96.7% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 97.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 98.2% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.8% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 99.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 99.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 99.6%, 99% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.9% | 89.9% | 93.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.4% | 94.2% | 96.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.7% | 99.0% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More reference data data for Colombia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.92 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.17 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4113 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 19.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 9.81 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 61.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 94.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.24 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity in Colombia?
- Access to electricity in Colombia was 99.0% in 2016, according to World Bank Global Electrification Database 2012.
- What is the highest access to electricity recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest access to electricity recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.9% in 1990.
- How does Colombia rank for access to electricity?
- Colombia ranks 128th out of 218 countries with data for 2016.
- Is access to electricity rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Global Electrification Database 2012, published as part of Access to electricity (% of total population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity.