North Korea vs Vietnam: Access to electricity

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

Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

North KoreaVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

Vietnam 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	Vietnam	World
2024	61.4	100	91.9
2023	57.5	99.8	91.6
2022	54.7	100	91.3
2021	52.6	100	91.3
2020	50.5	99.8	90.4
2019	48.4	99.4	90.1
2018	46.3	100	89.8
2017	44.2	100	88.9
2016	42.1	99.2	88.1
2015	40	99.3	86.9
2014	37.8	99.2	86.2
2013	35.7	98.5	85.7
2012	33.6	97.9	84.9
2011	31.4	99	84.5
2010	29.3	97.4	83.5
2009	26	96.1	82.9
2008	–	93.8	82.7
2007	–	93.1	82
2006	–	96	81.4
2005	–	96.1	80.7
2004	–	91	80
2003	–	90.3	80
2002	–	89.1	79.1
2001	–	88.9	78.7
2000	–	88.2	78.2
1999	–	87	74.5
1998	–	86.2	73.2
1997	–	78.4	–

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

North Korea vs Vietnam

Health

People

Education

Adult literacyNorth Korea: 100% in 2008Vietnam: 96.1% in 2022

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsNorth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022Vietnam: 0 deaths in 2022