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Electricity generation — North Korea

Electricity generation in North Korea in 2024 — 27.1 TWh. Ranked 74 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 40.4%.

2024 27.1 TWh +1.42% vs 2023
World rank 74of 196
Period maximum 27.1 TWh2024
Period minimum 18.93 TWh2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — North Korea, 2000–202417.52022.52527.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 19.3 TWh2001: 20.09 TWh2002: 19.66 TWh2003: 20.88 TWh2004: 21.86 TWh2005: 22.77 TWh2006: 22.31 TWh2007: 21.39 TWh2008: 23.06 TWh2009: 23.38 TWh2010: 23.57 TWh2011: 20.87 TWh2012: 21.36 TWh2013: 21.97 TWh2014: 21.48 TWh2015: 18.93 TWh2016: 23.81 TWh2017: 23.43 TWh2018: 24.83 TWh2019: 23.88 TWh2020: 24.1 TWh2021: 25.63 TWh2022: 26.55 TWh2023: 26.72 TWh2024: 27.1 TWh
Change over the period: +7.8 (+40.41%) Average annual rate: 1.42 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea

North Korea 27.1 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 13,781.34 TWh
Eastern Asia computed 12,091.35 TWh
Low-income countries computed 158.94 TWh
Electricity generation — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 27.1 +0.38 +1.42%
2023 26.72 +0.17 +0.64%
2022 26.55 +0.92 +3.59%
2021 25.63 +1.53 +6.35%
2020 24.1 +0.22 +0.92%
2019 23.88 −0.95 −3.83%
2018 24.83 +1.4 +5.98%
2017 23.43 −0.38 −1.6%
2016 23.81 +4.88 +25.78%
2015 18.93 −2.55 −11.87%
2014 21.48 −0.49 −2.23%
2013 21.97 +0.61 +2.86%
2012 21.36 +0.49 +2.35%
2011 20.87 −2.7 −11.46%
2010 23.57 +0.19 +0.81%
2009 23.38 +0.32 +1.39%
2008 23.06 +1.67 +7.81%
2007 21.39 −0.92 −4.12%
2006 22.31 −0.46 −2.02%
2005 22.77 +0.91 +4.16%
2004 21.86 +0.98 +4.69%
2003 20.88 +1.22 +6.21%
2002 19.66 −0.43 −2.14%
2001 20.09 +0.79 +4.09%
2000 19.3

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross electricity generation from all sources over the year, in terawatt-hours. One terawatt-hour is a billion kilowatt-hours, roughly the annual consumption of three hundred thousand European households. The indicator answers the question of scale, while the shares of sources answer the question of composition, and the two should not be confused: France has a higher nuclear share than the United States, yet generates half as much electricity at nuclear plants. This is the series that serves as the weight when world and regional source shares are computed: percentages cannot be added up without it.

Important: Gross generation, before deducting the plants' own use and network losses; demand is therefore lower than generation by the amount of the losses, with an adjustment for imports. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.