What share of Haitians have electricity?
Access to electricity was 53.9 percent of the population in 2024, according to the World Bank.
Updated 11 August 2026.
Definition and limits
The figure is the share of the population with a connection from any source, grid or off-grid solar included, at a minimum service level. The World Bank's Global Electrification Database models it from household surveys. The last national survey with an electricity module, the 2016-17 EMMUS demographic and health survey, measured 40.4 percent, and later years are extrapolations. The rural rate jumped from 2.9 percent in 2023 to 15.0 percent in 2024 when the model's survey inputs were revised. The measure counts a connection only. Hours of supply, voltage, affordability and metering are the binding constraints in Haiti.
Source: World Bank, Haiti Poverty and Equity Brief, April 2025Share of population with access to electricity
percent of the population · 1995 to 2024 · World Bank, World Development Indicators
Data
| Period | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 31.3 percent of the population | observed |
| 1996 | 30.0 percent of the population | observed |
| 1997 | 30.6 percent of the population | observed |
| 1998 | 31.1 percent of the population | observed |
| 1999 | 31.6 percent of the population | observed |
| 2000 | 33.7 percent of the population | observed |
| 2001 | 31.5 percent of the population | observed |
| 2002 | 33.1 percent of the population | observed |
| 2003 | 31.6 percent of the population | observed |
| 2004 | 34.1 percent of the population | observed |
| 2005 | 34.5 percent of the population | observed |
| 2006 | 33.9 percent of the population | observed |
| 2007 | 35.5 percent of the population | observed |
| 2008 | 36.1 percent of the population | observed |
| 2009 | 36.6 percent of the population | observed |
| 2010 | 37.2 percent of the population | observed |
| 2011 | 37.8 percent of the population | observed |
| 2012 | 37.9 percent of the population | observed |
| 2013 | 38.9 percent of the population | observed |
| 2014 | 39.6 percent of the population | observed |
| 2015 | 40.8 percent of the population | observed |
| 2016 | 40.4 percent of the population | observed |
| 2017 | 43.3 percent of the population | observed |
| 2018 | 44.4 percent of the population | observed |
| 2019 | 45.4 percent of the population | observed |
| 2020 | 46.3 percent of the population | observed |
| 2021 | 47.2 percent of the population | observed |
| 2022 | 49.3 percent of the population | observed |
| 2023 | 51.3 percent of the population | observed |
| 2024 | 53.9 percent of the population | observed |
From the reports
- GEAPP's 2025 stocktake puts the electrification rate at about 49 percent on 2021 data. That leaves 5.8 million people, in 1.3 million households, without electricity. Residential consumption is about 68 kWh per person a year and losses about 65 percent of power generated. Source: GEAPP, Electrification in Haiti: Deep Dive, 2025
- Access to electricity was 40.4 percent in 2016, and 64.3 percent of the population lacked electricity on the 2012 multidimensional poverty measure. Source: World Bank, Haiti Poverty and Equity Brief, April 2025
- In 2018 EDH collected payment on about 20 percent of the electricity it sold. Between 20 and 40 percent of the population received service. Source: Boston University, Haiti Electricity Sector Assessment, 2018
Sources and data
- Access to electricity, World Bank, World Development Indicators, 1995 to 2024, percent of the population. JSON
- Electricity tariffs, EDH, published tariff grid, December 2005 to October 2020, gourdes per kilowatt-hour. JSON