China vs North Korea: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

China 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	China	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	99.9	33.6	84.9
2011	99.9	31.4	84.5
2010	99.7	29.3	83.5
2009	99.1	26	82.9
2008	98.8	–	82.7
2007	98.5	–	82
2006	98.2	–	81.4
2005	97.9	–	80.7
2004	97.7	–	80
2003	97.4	–	80
2002	97.2	–	79.1
2001	97	–	78.7
2000	96.7	–	78.2
1999	–	–	74.5
1998	–	–	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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