Papua New Guinea vs South Korea: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 43.3% in Papua New Guinea and 100% in South Korea, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Korea, by 56.7 percentage points, or 2.31 times that in Papua New Guinea.

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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 1996.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Papua New Guinea	South Korea	World
2024	43.3	100	91.9
2023	20.5	100	91.6
2022	19	100	91.3
2021	20.9	100	91.3
2020	20.5	100	90.4
2019	23.6	100	90.1
2018	16.6	100	89.8
2017	19.2	100	88.9
2016	13.5	100	88.1
2015	18.4	100	86.9
2014	18.1	100	86.2
2013	17.8	100	85.7
2012	17.5	100	84.9
2011	17.3	100	84.5
2010	19.5	100	83.5
2009	17.2	100	82.9
2008	15.3	100	82.7
2007	14.9	100	82
2006	12.4	100	81.4
2005	14.1	100	80.7
2004	13.8	100	80
2003	13.4	100	80
2002	13.1	100	79.1
2001	12.7	100	78.7
2000	12.4	100	78.2
1999	6.4	100	74.5
1998	4.3	100	73.2
1997	2.2	100	–
1996	11	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

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Deaths in conflictsPapua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022South Korea: 0 deaths in 2022