Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea
Korea: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.6% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea is 99.6%, measured in 2019.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea peaked at 99.6% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 99.4%, in 2013.
That places Korea 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.5% | — |
| 2010 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.4% | 99.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Korea
- 29 Luxembourg 99.6% compare
- 30 Lithuania 99.6% compare
- 31 Portugal 99.6% compare
- 33 Kazakhstan 99.6% compare
- 34 Brunei Darussalam 99.5% compare
- 35 Germany 99.5% compare
More private sector data for Korea
- Merchandise trade 71.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 631.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 709.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3788 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Korea was 99.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 99.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.4% in 2013.
- How does Korea rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Korea ranks 32nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.