A display device includes a display panel having a display area in which a plurality of display pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, to display image information, a power supply driving section applying, to each of the display pixels in the display area, one of a first power supply voltage having a voltage value at which the display pixel is set to a non-display-operation state and a second power supply voltage having a voltage value at which the display pixel is set to a display operation state, and a control section controlling the power supply driving section to set a area-ratio of an first area in the display area in which the display pixels to which the first power supply voltage is applied are arranged to an second area in which the display pixels to which the second power supply voltage is applied are arranged.