# Share of the population with access to electricity: North Korea

61.4% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 16 years from 2009 to 2024 are below.

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.

Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 61.4 |
| 2023 | 57.5 |
| 2022 | 54.7 |
| 2021 | 52.6 |
| 2020 | 50.5 |
| 2019 | 48.4 |
| 2018 | 46.3 |
| 2017 | 44.2 |
| 2016 | 42.1 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2014 | 37.8 |
| 2013 | 35.7 |
| 2012 | 33.6 |
| 2011 | 31.4 |
| 2010 | 29.3 |
| 2009 | 26 |

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