44 pct. of N. Koreans have access to electricity: report

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44 pct. of N. Koreans have access to electricity: report | Yonhap News Agency
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SEOUL, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is one of the world's 20 "electricity-deficit" countries, with only less than half of its population having access to electricity, a report showed Wednesday.

According to the report posted on the website of the World Bank, 44 percent of the North's 25 million people had access to electricity as of 2017. The North was among the 20 electricity-deficit countries out of 226 whose electricity penetration situations were analyzed.

The portion is far below the world average of 89 percent. North Korea ranked among the lowest of countries assessed, along with such low-income countries as Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Mali, the report showed.

Read more at: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190529004500325?section=nk/nk

For comparison's sake, Mexico:

Access to electricity

Total electricity coverage in Mexico is 98.7% (2015).[1] With 99.7% coverage in urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants; 99.3% in locales with 15,000-99,999 inhabitants; 98.8% in areas with 2,500-14,999 inhabitants and 96.1% in locales with fewer than 2,500 inhabitants.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Mexico

So, a really bad report for North Korea. Over half the population don't even have electricity.

[Fishrrman]

I'm surprised the percentage is even 44: