Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea
South Korea: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 99.89 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in South Korea is 99.89, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.0% over ten years.
That places South Korea 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 99.87 | — |
| 2015 | 99.88 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.88 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.89 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.89 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.89 | +0.0% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 99.89 is above the median for high income countries, which is 84.1, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 99.89 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76.47, 1.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Korea
More private sector data for South 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 (db16-20 methodology) - score in South Korea?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in South Korea was 99.89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 99.89 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.87 in 2014.
- How does South Korea rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- South Korea ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Korea data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.