South Korea's electricity generation rose from 225.8 in 1996 to 624.7 in 2025.
South Korea's primary energy consumption rose from 1,780 in 1995 to 3,616 in 2024.
South Korea · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
South Korea's electricity consumption per capita rose from 4,948.6 kWh in 1996 to 12,090.1 kWh in 2025.
South Korea's solar electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 37.8 in 2025.
South Korea's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 3.6 in 2025.
South Korea's hydropower electricity generation rose from 2.4 in 1996 to 3.8 in 2025.
South Korea's nuclear electricity generation rose from 73.9 in 1996 to 184.7 in 2025.
South Korea's energy use per capita rose from 39,243.3 kWh in 1995 to 69,922.4 kWh in 2024.
South Korea's renewable energy rose from 0.8 % in 1992 to 3.6 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.7 pts80th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.1 pts57th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.1 pts57th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.1 pts76th of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −0.6 pts11th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +0.8 pts44th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.0 pts69th of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +0.6 pts71st of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.6 pts34th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −0.9 pts7th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts46th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −1.2 %142nd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +0.4 %51st of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −18.1 %79th of 204*
- Coal productiondown −15.8 %31st of 34