North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 61.4% in North Korea and 43.3% in Papua New Guinea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in North Korea, by 18.1 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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% of people · World Bank

North KoreaPapua New GuineaWorld

What the numbers say

North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
In 2024, North Korea ranked 183 and Papua New Guinea ranked 201 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	North Korea	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	61.4	43.3	91.9
2023	57.5	20.5	91.6
2022	54.7	19	91.3
2021	52.6	20.9	91.3
2020	50.5	20.5	90.4
2019	48.4	23.6	90.1
2018	46.3	16.6	89.8
2017	44.2	19.2	88.9
2016	42.1	13.5	88.1
2015	40	18.4	86.9
2014	37.8	18.1	86.2
2013	35.7	17.8	85.7
2012	33.6	17.5	84.9
2011	31.4	17.3	84.5
2010	29.3	19.5	83.5
2009	26	17.2	82.9
2008	–	15.3	82.7
2007	–	14.9	82
2006	–	12.4	81.4
2005	–	14.1	80.7
2004	–	13.8	80
2003	–	13.4	80
2002	–	13.1	79.1
2001	–	12.7	78.7
2000	–	12.4	78.2
1999	–	6.4	74.5
1998	–	4.3	73.2
1997	–	2.2	–
1996	–	11	–

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

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Deaths in conflictsNorth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022Papua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022