North Korea
Access to electricity in North Korea
Access to electricity in North Korea: 26% in 2009 and 61.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 61.4%
- Since 2009
- +35.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 183 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | North Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 57.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 54.7 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 52.6 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 50.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 48.4 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 46.3 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 44.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 42.1 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 40 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 37.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 35.7 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 33.6 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 31.4 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 29.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 26 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | – | 82.7 |
| 2007 | – | 82 |
| 2006 | – | 81.4 |
| 2005 | – | 80.7 |
| 2004 | – | 80 |
| 2003 | – | 80 |
| 2002 | – | 79.1 |
| 2001 | – | 78.7 |
| 2000 | – | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
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 in numbers
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