Cambodia vs North Korea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.2% in Cambodia and 61.4% in North Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 37.8 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in North Korea.

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% of people · World Bank

CambodiaNorth KoreaWorld

What the numbers say

Cambodia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook North Korea.
In 2024, Cambodia ranked 131 and North Korea ranked 183 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Cambodia	North Korea	World
2024	99.2	61.4	91.9
2023	95	57.5	91.6
2022	92.3	54.7	91.3
2021	82.5	52.6	91.3
2020	86.4	50.5	90.4
2019	84	48.4	90.1
2018	80.7	46.3	89.8
2017	89.1	44.2	88.9
2016	68.8	42.1	88.1
2015	62.7	40	86.9
2014	56.1	37.8	86.2
2013	50.9	35.7	85.7
2012	42.3	33.6	84.9
2011	37.4	31.4	84.5
2010	31.1	29.3	83.5
2009	25.6	26	82.9
2008	26.4	–	82.7
2007	20.2	–	82
2006	27.5	–	81.4
2005	20.5	–	80.7
2004	14.2	–	80
2003	19.3	–	80
2002	13.1	–	79.1
2001	9.5	–	78.7
2000	16.6	–	78.2
1999	8.8	–	74.5
1998	18.7	–	73.2

Each country on its own

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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.

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