St. Martin (French part): Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, St. Martin (French part)'s access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 100% to 100%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.3 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.23 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2024, St. Martin (French part) had the 1st highest value of the 212 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 St. Martin (French part) in the 2024 ranking

• Sri Lanka — 107th of 212: 100%
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 108th of 212: 100%
• St. Lucia — 109th of 212: 100%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 111th of 212: 100%
• Suriname — 112th of 212: 100%
• Sweden — 113th of 212: 100%

What this measures

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

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

All 35 values

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

• Antigua and Barbuda — 100% (2024)
• Argentina — 100% (2024)
• Aruba — 100% (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 100% (2024)
• Barbados — 100% (2024)
• Belize — 99.8% (2024)
• Bolivia — 99.8% (2024)
• Brazil — 99.9% (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 100% (2024)
• Cayman Islands

More environment data for St. Martin (French part)

• Rural population — 0 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 0% (2025)
• Urban population — 24,941 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 100% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — -4.65% (2025)
• Access to electricity (% of population) — 100% (2024)
• Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) — 0% (2021)
• Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) — 99.19% (2021)
• Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Martin (French part)'s access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)?

100% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 0.5 percentage points from 99.5% in 1990. The highest value was 100% in 2010 and the lowest 99.5% in 2002.

How does St. Martin (French part) rank?

1st highest of 212 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) unusual for St. Martin (French part)?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.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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