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Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

Global rank#114out of 148 countries
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Historical trend

1.2 K1.0 K903760616199020072023Korea, Dem. People's Rep. · 2023: 788.59Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Korea, Dem. People's Rep. records 788.59 for Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) in 2023, ranking #114 globally out of 148 countries.
  • Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) declined from 1,189.41 in 1990 to 788.59 in 2023, a decrease of 400.83.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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