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Digital & energy access in East Asia & Pacific: how the countries rank

Internet, mobile and broadband, electricity and clean cooking fuels. 12 indicators for the 37 economies of East Asia & Pacific, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Internet users88.4%East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 73.6%Mobile subscriptions135.1East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 111.5Fixed broadband36.5East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 20.1Fixed telephone12.0East Asia & Pacific, 2025 · world 9.9Secure servers5,322East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 16,381Electricity access98.6%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 91.9%Electricity access, rural97.3%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 84.9%Electricity access, urban99.9%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 97.8%
Internet users
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0%25%50%75%100%20052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific88.4%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
Mobile subscriptions
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0.0501001501995200020052010201520202025East Asia & Pacific135.1WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 37 economies, digital & energy access

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its digital & energy access profile.

37 shown
CountryInternet usersMobile subscriptionsFixed broadbandFixed telephoneSecure serversElectricity accessElectricity access, ruralElectricity access, urban
Malaysia98.0%#1 · 2024139.7#9 · 202413.5#15 · 202423.1#10 · 20247,475#9 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024
South Korea97.9%#2 · 2024172.5#5 · 202447.8#1 · 202441.2#6 · 202411,902#7 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024
Brunei96.3%#3 · 2024118.1#16 · 202421.2#11 · 202427.7#8 · 202416,129#6 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024100.0%#2 · 2024
Australia96.1%#4 · 2024112.6#21 · 202436.5#6 · 202422.3#11 · 202444,299#3 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2024
Hong Kong95.8%#5 · 2024364.8#2 · 202440.3#3 · 202444.6#3 · 2024156,139#2 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024
Singapore94.4%#6 · 2024170.8#6 · 202427.8#9 · 202435.0#7 · 2024209,665#1 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024
New Zealand93.5%#7 · 2024130.1#12 · 202438.0#5 · 202410.8#19 · 202418,709#5 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024100.0%#12 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024
China91.6%#8 · 2025131.8#11 · 202447.2#2 · 202411.7#17 · 20241,413#19 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024
Thailand90.9%#9 · 2024160.6#7 · 202414.9#14 · 20245.4#22 · 20243,150#12 · 2024100.0%#18 · 2024100.0%#18 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024
Macao89.8%#10 · 2024201.1#3 · 202429.9#8 · 202411.3#18 · 20246,587#10 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024
Kiribati89.4%#11 · 202453.5#30 · 20240.0#33 · 20240.0#36 · 202422#36 · 202497.7%#25 · 202494.3%#26 · 202097.0%#31 · 2024
Japan85.5%#12 · 2024178.4#4 · 202338.6#4 · 202347.7#1 · 202332,929#4 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#7 · 2024100.0%#9 · 2024
Mongolia85.1%#13 · 2024140.7#8 · 202415.8#13 · 202414.9#16 · 20242,564#15 · 202499.1%#24 · 202498.4%#24 · 202499.4%#27 · 2024
Vietnam84.2%#14 · 2024127.6#13 · 202423.7#10 · 20242.6#27 · 20245,734#11 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024100.0%#21 · 2024100.0%#25 · 2024
Palau83.9%#15 · 2024135.4#10 · 20237.3#18 · 202345.1#2 · 20231,469#17 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024100.0%#17 · 2024
Nauru83.0%#16 · 202487.2#25 · 202210.0#16 · 20220.0#37 · 2022670#23 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024
Fiji74.7%#17 · 2024574.2#1 · 20241.8#28 · 20248.4#20 · 2024222#29 · 202495.9%#28 · 202492.5%#28 · 202498.2%#29 · 2024
Indonesia72.8%#18 · 2024122.5#14 · 20244.9#21 · 20241.6#30 · 20242,939#13 · 202499.9%#22 · 202499.7%#22 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024
Cambodia68.5%#19 · 2024116.1#18 · 20244.1#23 · 20240.2#34 · 2024817#22 · 202499.2%#23 · 202498.6%#23 · 2024100.0%#3 · 2024
Tonga67.4%#20 · 202461.7#29 · 20228.2#17 · 20223.1#26 · 2022970#21 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024100.0%#19 · 2024100.0%#23 · 2024
Philippines67.3%#21 · 2024115.3#19 · 20247.1#19 · 20243.8#25 · 2024132#32 · 202494.8%#29 · 202488.5%#30 · 202499.8%#26 · 2024
Marshall Islands65.9%#22 · 202439.7#31 · 20222.4#26 · 20224.9#23 · 2022213#30 · 202497.2%#26 · 202496.3%#25 · 202497.4%#30 · 2024
Laos65.6%#23 · 202464.8#26 · 20232.7#25 · 202316.1#15 · 2023302#27 · 202496.5%#27 · 202494.2%#27 · 2024100.0%#10 · 2024
Myanmar45.4%#24 · 2020114.3#20 · 20242.9#24 · 20241.0#31 · 202424#35 · 202480.4%#33 · 202473.9%#33 · 202495.3%#32 · 2024
Micronesia39.5%#25 · 202420.0#34 · 20225.8#20 · 20225.8#21 · 2022194#31 · 202488.9%#31 · 202486.0%#31 · 202498.8%#28 · 2024
Timor-Leste35.0%#26 · 2021116.4#17 · 20240.0#34 · 20240.1#35 · 2024265#28 · 202494.3%#30 · 202492.1%#29 · 2024100.0%#22 · 2024
Solomon Islands29.0%#27 · 202462.1#28 · 20220.1#32 · 20220.9#33 · 202281#34 · 202481.5%#32 · 202481.1%#32 · 202482.3%#34 · 2024
Papua New Guinea18.8%#28 · 202438.8#32 · 20240.2#31 · 20241.7#29 · 202288#33 · 202443.3%#36 · 202439.0%#35 · 202466.8%#35 · 2024
American Samoa———20.1#13 · 2022513#25 · 2024———
French Polynesia—118.8#15 · 202335.6#7 · 202323.5#9 · 20232,771#14 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#4 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024
Guam——1.8#27 · 202243.2#4 · 20221,299#20 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#5 · 2024100.0%#6 · 2024
New Caledonia—91.7#23 · 202219.4#12 · 202216.2#14 · 20227,542#8 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024100.0%#11 · 2024100.0%#14 · 2024
North Korea—24.1#33 · 2022—4.5#24 · 202210#37 · 202461.4%#35 · 2024——
Northern Mariana Islands———42.3#5 · 20221,445#18 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024100.0%#13 · 2024100.0%#16 · 2024
Samoa—62.4#27 · 20220.9#30 · 20222.1#28 · 2022605#24 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024100.0%#15 · 2024100.0%#18 · 2024
Tuvalu—98.9#22 · 20224.5#22 · 202221.1#12 · 2022311#26 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024100.0%#20 · 2024100.0%#24 · 2024
Vanuatu—89.3#24 · 20231.2#29 · 20240.9#32 · 20241,919#16 · 202465.5%#34 · 202458.5%#34 · 202490.1%#33 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Internet users28 countries
  1. 1Malaysia98.0%2024
  2. 2South Korea97.9%2024
  3. 3Brunei96.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 28Papua New Guinea18.8%2024
  2. 27Solomon Islands29.0%2024
  3. 26Timor-Leste35.0%2021
Median country 84.0% · group 88.4%
Mobile subscriptions34 countries
  1. 1Fiji574.22024
  2. 2Hong Kong364.82024
  3. 3Macao201.12024
Lowest
  1. 34Micronesia20.02022
  2. 33North Korea24.12022
  3. 32Papua New Guinea38.82024
Median country 116.2 · group 135.1
Fixed broadband34 countries
  1. 1South Korea47.82024
  2. 2China47.22024
  3. 3Hong Kong40.32024
Lowest
  1. 34Timor-Leste0.02024
  2. 33Kiribati0.02024
  3. 32Solomon Islands0.12022
Median country 7.8 · group 36.5
Fixed telephone37 countries
  1. 1Japan47.72023
  2. 2Palau45.12023
  3. 3Hong Kong44.62024
Lowest
  1. 37Nauru0.02022
  2. 36Kiribati0.02024
  3. 35Timor-Leste0.12024
Median country 10.8 · group 12.0
Secure servers37 countries
  1. 1Singapore209,6652024
  2. 2Hong Kong156,1392024
  3. 3Australia44,2992024
Lowest
  1. 37North Korea102024
  2. 36Kiribati222024
  3. 35Myanmar242024
Median country 1,413 · group 5,322
Electricity access36 countries
  1. 1Australia100.0%2024
  2. 2Brunei100.0%2024
  3. 3China100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 36Papua New Guinea43.3%2024
  2. 35North Korea61.4%2024
  3. 34Vanuatu65.5%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 98.6%
Electricity access, rural35 countries
  1. 1Australia100.0%2024
  2. 2Brunei100.0%2024
  3. 3China100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 35Papua New Guinea39.0%2024
  2. 34Vanuatu58.5%2024
  3. 33Myanmar73.9%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 97.3%
Electricity access, urban35 countries
  1. 1Australia100.0%2024
  2. 2Brunei100.0%2024
  3. 3Cambodia100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 35Papua New Guinea66.8%2024
  2. 34Solomon Islands82.3%2024
  3. 33Vanuatu90.1%2024
Median country 100.0% · group 99.9%
Clean cooking30 countries
  1. 1Australia100.0%2024
  2. 2Brunei100.0%2024
  3. 3Japan100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 30Laos10.0%2024
  2. 29Papua New Guinea12.0%2024
  3. 28Solomon Islands14.0%2024
Median country 82.0% · group 87.0%
Electricity use per person18 countries
  1. 1South Korea12,071 kWh2025
  2. 2Brunei10,963 kWh2024
  3. 3Singapore9,947 kWh2024
Lowest
  1. 18Myanmar296 kWh2024
  2. 17North Korea794 kWh2024
  3. 16Philippines988 kWh2024
Median country 4,249 kWh · group 5,715 kWh
Energy use per person18 countries
  1. 1Brunei8,930 kgoe2024
  2. 2South Korea5,564 kgoe2024
  3. 3Singapore5,246 kgoe2024
Lowest
  1. 18Myanmar417 kgoe2024
  2. 17Cambodia593 kgoe2024
  3. 16Philippines612 kgoe2024
Median country 2,115 kgoe · group 2,488 kgoe
Power losses18 countries
  1. 1North Korea15.5%2024
  2. 2Mongolia13.1%2024
  3. 3Brunei12.7%2024
Lowest
  1. 18Singapore0.2%2024
  2. 17South Korea3.0%2025
  3. 16China3.1%2024
Median country 6.8% · group 3.9%
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