North Korea's electricity generation rose from 19.3 in 2000 to 27.1 in 2024.
North Korea's primary energy consumption fell from 274.1 in 1994 to 184.5 in 2023.
North Korea · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
133rd of 194 · 24th in East Asia & Pacific
North Korea's electricity consumption per capita rose from 815.5 kWh in 2000 to 1,022.7 kWh in 2024.
North Korea's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
North Korea's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
North Korea's hydropower electricity generation rose from 10.1 in 2000 to 17 in 2024.
North Korea's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
North Korea's energy use per capita fell from 12,238 kWh in 1994 to 6,984 kWh in 2023.
North Korea's renewable energy rose from 7.7 % in 1992 to 14.7 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.7 pts50th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.7 pts60th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.7 pts60th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.6 pts28th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.1 pts140th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.5 pts168th of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −0.2 pts87th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts75th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −1.3 %163rd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −1.6 %73rd of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.9 pts185th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +13.1 %14th of 204*