South Korea vs Sri Lanka: Share of electricity production by source

South Korea
31.1%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
27.5%
in 2025
South Korea rank
26th
Sri Lanka rank
29th

Share of electricity production by source over time

  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 31.1% against 27.5% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 3.6%.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2011 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 26th and Sri Lanka ranks 29th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity production by source
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,128 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.