Mexico vs South Korea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 99.8% in Mexico and 100% in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1 times that in Mexico.

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Watch it change on the map

Change since 1992, percentage points · World Bank

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Latest figures

% of people · World Bank

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2024
Mexico	99.8 2024	99.2	124 of 213
South Korea	100 2024	100	1 of 213
World	91.9 2024	86.2

What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2023.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Mexico	South Korea	World
2024	99.8	100	91.9
2023	99.7	100	91.6
2022	100	100	91.3
2021	100	100	91.3
2020	99.4	100	90.4
2019	99.6	100	90.1
2018	99.5	100	89.8
2017	100	100	88.9
2016	99.5	100	88.1
2015	99	100	86.9
2014	99.2	100	86.2
2013	99.1	100	85.7
2012	99.1	100	84.9
2011	99	100	84.5
2010	99.2	100	83.5
2009	98.3	100	82.9
2008	98.9	100	82.7
2007	97.9	100	82
2006	99.1	100	81.4
2005	98.9	100	80.7
2004	98.6	100	80
2003	97.4	100	80
2002	97.9	100	79.1
2001	97.1	100	78.7
2000	98	100	78.2
1999	96.8	100	74.5
1998	96.1	100	73.2
1997	96.3	100	–
1996	96.1	100	–
1995	95.9	100	–
1994	95.2	100	–
1993	95.5	100	–
1992	93.2	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