Australia vs North Korea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Australia and 61.4% in North Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Australia, by 38.6 percentage points, or 1.63 times that in North Korea.

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

AustraliaNorth KoreaWorld

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Australia	North Korea	World
2024	100	61.4	91.9
2023	100	57.5	91.6
2022	100	54.7	91.3
2021	100	52.6	91.3
2020	100	50.5	90.4
2019	100	48.4	90.1
2018	100	46.3	89.8
2017	100	44.2	88.9
2016	100	42.1	88.1
2015	100	40	86.9
2014	100	37.8	86.2
2013	100	35.7	85.7
2012	100	33.6	84.9
2011	100	31.4	84.5
2010	100	29.3	83.5
2009	100	26	82.9
2008	100	–	82.7
2007	100	–	82
2006	100	–	81.4
2005	100	–	80.7
2004	100	–	80
2003	100	–	80
2002	100	–	79.1
2001	100	–	78.7
2000	100	–	78.2
1999	100	–	74.5
1998	100	–	73.2
1997	100	–	–
1996	100	–	–
1995	100	–	–
1994	100	–	–
1993	100	–	–
1992	100	–	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Australia vs North Korea

Health

People

Education

Girls in primary schoolAustralia: 96.7% in 2017North Korea: 94.1% in 2009

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsAustralia: 0 deaths in 2022North Korea: 0 deaths in 2022