St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Access to electricity (% of population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' access to electricity (% of 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 +0.98 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.65 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.4 percentage points in 2001. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.05 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 46% of the movement over 10 observed 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, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 1st highest value of the 215 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. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2024 ranking

• St. Kitts and Nevis — 99th of 215: 100%
• St. Lucia — 100th of 215: 100%
• St. Martin (French part) — 101st of 215: 100%
• Sweden — 103rd of 215: 100%
• Switzerland — 104th of 215: 100%
• Thailand — 105th of 215: 100%

What this measures

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

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

All 34 values

Access to electricity (% of population) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 100% (2024)
• Argentina — 98.4% (2024)
• Aruba — 100% (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 100% (2024)
• Barbados — 100% (2024)
• Belize — 99.6% (2024)
• Bolivia — 96.6% (2024)
• Brazil — 99.8% (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 100% (2024)
• Cayman Islands — 100% (2024)

More environment data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Rural population — 51,979 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 52.02% (2025)
• Urban population — 47,945 (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 47.98% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 10 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 971 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 981 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.95% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's access to electricity (% of population)?

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

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 33.2 percentage points from 66.8% in 1991. The highest value was 100% in 2017 and the lowest 66.8% in 1991.

How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?

1st highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in access to electricity (% of population) unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines?

Source

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