An embodiment of the invention discloses a general motor and a household electrical appliance having the general motor. The motor comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator comprises a stator iron core and an excitation winding. The stator iron core comprises at least two salient poles surrounding the rotor, and yoke parts connecting with the salient poles. Each salient pole comprises a pole body and a pole shoe. The ratio of the diameter of the rotor and the dimension of the stator in the height direction of the pole body is 0.65-0.95; and the ratio of the width of the yoke part and the diameter of the rotor is 0.15-0.25. According to the general motor and the household electrical appliance having the general motor, power density of the motor can be improved, excitation magnetomotive force wasted at the yoke parts of the stator is reduced, and paying-off process difficulty of the excitation winding of the stator is reduced.