Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in South Korea
South Korea: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 100 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in South Korea, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in South Korea stood at 100. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in South Korea peaked at 100 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 100, in 2009.
That places South Korea 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in South Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 100 | — |
| 2010 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100 | +0.0% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.04, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.87, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1 |
| 2010s | 100 | 100 | 100 | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 compare
- 1 United Arab Emirates 100 compare
- 4 Iceland 98.26 compare
- 4 Taiwan 98.26 compare
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: time (days) - score in South Korea?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in South Korea was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2009.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 in 2009.
- How does South Korea rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- South Korea ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time 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.