Caribbean small states - Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in Caribbean small states was 98.09 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 98.09 in 2020, while its lowest value was 71.68 in 1993.

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

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1993 71.68
1994 72.21
1995 73.09
1996 77.07
1997 74.87
1998 75.78
1999 80.28
2000 79.12
2001 83.70
2002 83.25
2003 83.58
2004 84.32
2005 85.51
2006 86.04
2007 87.20
2008 87.26
2009 87.78
2010 89.73
2011 89.15
2012 90.83
2013 92.05
2014 91.70
2015 92.85
2016 94.16
2017 95.16
2018 95.85
2019 96.87
2020 98.09

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use