North Korea vs South Korea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 61.4% in North Korea and 100% in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, 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

South Korea 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	North Korea	South Korea	World
2024	61.4	100	91.9
2023	57.5	100	91.6
2022	54.7	100	91.3
2021	52.6	100	91.3
2020	50.5	100	90.4
2019	48.4	100	90.1
2018	46.3	100	89.8
2017	44.2	100	88.9
2016	42.1	100	88.1
2015	40	100	86.9
2014	37.8	100	86.2
2013	35.7	100	85.7
2012	33.6	100	84.9
2011	31.4	100	84.5
2010	29.3	100	83.5
2009	26	100	82.9
2008	–	100	82.7
2007	–	100	82
2006	–	100	81.4
2005	–	100	80.7
2004	–	100	80
2003	–	100	80
2002	–	100	79.1
2001	–	100	78.7
2000	–	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

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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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North Korea vs South Korea: Access to electricity

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