China vs South Korea: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in China and 100% in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 both had 100%.
ChinaSouth Korea
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · World Bank
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 100 2024 | 100 | 1 of 213 |
| South Korea | 100 2024 | 100 | 1 of 213 |
| World | 91.9 2024 | 86.2 |
What the numbers say
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | China | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 100 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 100 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 100 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 100 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 100 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 100 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 100 | 100 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 100 | 100 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 100 | 100 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.9 | 100 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.9 | 100 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.7 | 100 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 99.1 | 100 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 98.8 | 100 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.5 | 100 | 82 |
| 2006 | 98.2 | 100 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.9 | 100 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.7 | 100 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.4 | 100 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.2 | 100 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97 | 100 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.7 | 100 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 100 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 100 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 100 | – |
| 1996 | – | 100 | – |
| 1995 | – | 100 | – |
| 1994 | – | 100 | – |
| 1993 | – | 100 | – |
| 1992 | – | 99.9 | – |
| 1991 | – | 99.9 | – |
| 1990 | – | 99.9 | – |
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