# Electricity consumption in South Korea

Electricity consumption in South Korea was 557.8 TWh in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_consumption`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Net electricity consumption in the country in the year: net generation plus imports, minus exports and transmission and distribution losses, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
- Note: Countries only. EIA publishes 0 for some small economies in years it has no estimate, and a few tiny negative values where losses exceed supply.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A) (https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/electricity-consumption/south-korea
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_consumption&place=kr

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 557.8 |
| 2023 | 564.2 |
| 2022 | 567 |
| 2021 | 574.8 |
| 2020 | 551.7 |
| 2019 | 548.2 |
| 2018 | 558.5 |
| 2017 | 533.9 |
| 2016 | 530.3 |
| 2015 | 521 |
| 2014 | 517.7 |
| 2013 | 511.2 |
| 2012 | 505.6 |
| 2011 | 494.3 |
| 2010 | 470.9 |
| 2009 | 427.3 |
| 2008 | 420.3 |
| 2007 | 403.7 |
| 2006 | 379.4 |
| 2005 | 364.4 |
| 2004 | 346.8 |
| 2003 | 325.4 |
| 2002 | 308.8 |
| 2001 | 290.8 |
| 2000 | 270.1 |
| 1999 | 212 |
| 1998 | 212.5 |
| 1997 | 218.3 |
| 1996 | 200 |
| 1995 | 180 |
| 1994 | 163.3 |
| 1993 | 126.1 |
| 1992 | 119 |
| 1991 | 107.5 |
| 1990 | 94.5 |
| 1989 | 81 |
| 1988 | 73.4 |
| 1987 | 63.5 |
| 1986 | 55.9 |
| 1985 | 50.1 |
| 1984 | 46.3 |
| 1983 | 41.6 |
| 1982 | 37 |
| 1981 | 34.7 |
| 1980 | 32.1 |