Haiti: Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Haiti's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 12.1 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.9% to 15%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.1 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.2 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Haiti had the 197th highest value of the 208 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking

• Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 194th of 208: 24.4%
• Nigeria — 195th of 208: 23.5%
• Congo, Rep. — 196th of 208: 19.4%
• Burkina Faso — 198th of 208: 12.7%
• Mozambique — 199th of 208: 12.3%
• Niger — 200th of 208: 10.8%

What this measures

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 26 values

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 100% (2024)
• Argentina — 79.8% (2024)
• Aruba — 100% (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 100% (2024)
• Barbados — 100% (2024)
• Belize — 99.5% (2024)
• Bolivia — 88.7% (2024)
• Brazil — 99.2% (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 100% (2024)
• Cayman Islands

More environment data for Haiti

• Population in largest city — 3.13 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 47.32% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 3.13 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 26.31% (2025)
• Rural population — 5.28 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 44.39% (2025)
• Urban population — 6.62 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 55.61% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 313 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Haiti's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)?

15% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 5.55 percentage points from 9.45% in 1995. The highest value was 18.7% in 2003 and the lowest 1.2% in 2019.

How does Haiti rank?

197th highest of 208 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) unusual for Haiti?

In 2024, Haiti's access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) rose 12.1 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.9% to 15%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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