Which country in North America has the widest access to electricity?

Antigua and Barbuda has the widest access to electricity in North America: 100.0% with electricity (2024). Next come the Bahamas (100.0% with electricity) and Barbados (100.0% with electricity).

Which country in North America has the least access to electricity?

Haiti, with 53.9% with electricity (2024).

What is the typical access to electricity of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 99.8% with electricity: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of people who have electricity at home. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in North America by access to electricity

The share of people who have electricity at home. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2024

See it on the map

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Highest

100.0%

Antigua and Barbuda

Median country

99.8%

half above, half below

Lowest

53.9%

Haiti

Countries in North America by access to electricity, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	% of people	Region
=1	Antigua and Barbuda	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Bahamas	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Barbados	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Canada	100.0%	Northern America
=1	Cuba	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Dominica	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Saint Lucia	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	Trinidad and Tobago	100.0%	Caribbean
=1	United States	100.0%	Northern America
=12	Costa Rica	99.8%	Central America
=12	Mexico	99.8%	Central America
14	Belize	99.6%	Central America
15	Dominican Republic	99.5%	Caribbean
16	El Salvador	98.7%	Central America
17	Jamaica	97.7%	Caribbean
18	Panama	96.0%	Central America
19	Grenada	95.6%	Caribbean
20	Honduras	95.5%	Central America
21	Guatemala	90.9%	Central America
22	Nicaragua	88.7%	Central America
23	Haiti	53.9%	Caribbean

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	% of people	Status
Aruba	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Bermuda	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Curaçao	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	100.0%	Territory of Denmark
Puerto Rico	100.0%	Territory of United States of America
Saint Martin	100.0%	Territory of France
Sint Maarten	100.0%	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	100.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	100.0%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in North America has the widest access to electricity?: Antigua and Barbuda has the widest access to electricity in North America: 100.0% with electricity (2024). Next come the Bahamas (100.0% with electricity) and Barbados (100.0% with electricity).
Which country in North America has the least access to electricity?: Haiti, with 53.9% with electricity (2024).
What is the typical access to electricity of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 99.8% with electricity: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: The share of people who have electricity at home. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.