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Economy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on China & North Korea

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  • Consumption: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Consumption per capita: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Exports per capita: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Imports per capita: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Production per capita: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT China North Korea HISTORY
Consumption 3.44 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd. 182 times more than North Korea
18.85 billion kWh
Ranked 50th.
Consumption per capita 2,595.39 kWh
Ranked 60th. 3 times more than North Korea
777.52 kWh
Ranked 95th.
Exports 17.39 billion kWh
Ranked 10th.
0.0
Ranked 63th.

Exports per capita 13.06 kWh
Ranked 48th.
0.0
Ranked 63th.

Imports 11.38 billion kWh
Ranked 13th.
0.0
Ranked 71st.

Imports per capita 8.55 kWh
Ranked 59th.
0.0
Ranked 70th.

Production 3.45 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd. 153 times more than North Korea
22.52 billion kWh
Ranked 31st.
Production per capita 2,588.53 kWh
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than North Korea
928.89 kWh
Ranked 69th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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