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Global Electricity Demand

Global electricity demand is a dynamic and essential aspect of the modern world's energy landscape. It encompasses the fluctuating need for electrical power across various sectors and regions, reflecting the maximum capacity required at specific times. This demand is driven by factors such as population growth, urbanization, industrialization, and technological advancements.

It is a pivotal metric for energy planners and policymakers, helping them ensure a reliable supply of electricity to meet the ever-evolving needs of societies and its industries. Understanding global electricity demand is crucial for making informed decisions about expanding infrastructure, optimizing energy grids, and transitioning to cleaner and more sustainable energy sources, while keeping environmental, humanitarian and economic considerations in mind.

  • In 2021, the global demand for electricity increased by 5.86%
  • In total, the world used 27,815.87 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity demand increased with 1540.16 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, the global demand for electricity has increased with 85.79%

Global Electricity Demand 2000-2021

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the global total electricity demand has grown from 14,971.75 TWh to 27,815.87 TWh, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 85.79% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY change YoY absolute change
2000 14,971.75 %
2001 15,196.31 1.5% 224.56
2002 15,733.14 3.53% 536.83
2003 16,292.1 3.55% 558.96
2004 17,093.15 4.92% 801.05
2005 17,763.87 3.92% 670.72
2006 18,471.28 3.98% 707.41
2007 19,357.6 4.8% 886.32
2008 19,660.03 1.56% 302.43
2009 19,561.36 -0.5% -98.67
2010 20,938.14 7.04% 1376.78
2011 21,654.25 3.42% 716.11
2012 22,169.94 2.38% 515.69
2013 22,808.33 2.88% 638.39
2014 23,422.83 2.69% 614.5
2015 23,660.29 1.01% 237.46
2016 24,294.35 2.68% 634.06
2017 25,026.41 3.01% 732.06
2018 26,021.87 3.98% 995.46
2019 26,365.81 1.32% 343.94
2020 26,275.71 -0.34% -90.1
2021 27,815.87 5.86% 1540.16

What does YoY change mean?

Year over Year change (YoY change) measures the percentage of growth in an annualized metric across two comparable periods, in this case the current calendar year relative to the previous calendar year.

Formula:

YoY change = (final value – initial value) / initial value * 100

What does YoY absolute change mean?

Year over Year absolute change (YoY absolute change) refers to the simple difference in the indicator over two periods in time

Formula:

YoY absolute change = final value – initial value

Global Electricity Demand by Country in 2021

Country TW YoY change YoY absolute change
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 6.2 4.2% 0.25
🇦🇱 Albania 8.41 10.8% 0.82
🇩🇿 Algeria 77.44 6.55% 4.76
🇦🇸 American Samoa 0.16 6.67% 0.01
🇦🇴 Angola 16.43 -1.02% -0.17
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 0.35 6.06% 0.02
🇦🇷 Argentina 149.18 4.03% 5.78
🇦🇲 Armenia 6.69 3.88% 0.25
🇦🇼 Aruba 0.93 5.68% 0.05
🇦🇺 Australia 247.06 -1.53% -3.85
🇦🇹 Austria 74.49 4.34% 3.1
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 24.77 5.99% 1.4
🇧🇸 Bahamas (the) 2.12 6.53% 0.13
🇧🇭 Bahrain 31.96 6.32% 1.9
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 87.13 5.74% 4.73
🇧🇧 Barbados 1.07 7.0% 0.07
🇧🇾 Belarus 43.57 22.01% 7.86
🇧🇪 Belgium 91.15 4.1% 3.59
🇧🇿 Belize 0.99 2.06% 0.02
🇧🇯 Benin 0.88 1.15% 0.01
🇧🇲 Bermuda 0.0 % 0.0
🇧🇹 Bhutan 3.79 24.26% 0.74
🇧🇴 Bolivia 10.59 8.39% 0.82
🇧🇦 Bosnia Herzegovina 12.62 8.05% 0.94
🇧🇼 Botswana 4.03 3.33% 0.13
🇧🇷 Brazil 685.68 7.29% 46.59
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 4.69 6.59% 0.29
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 38.52 4.65% 1.71
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 2.81 6.44% 0.17
🇧🇮 Burundi 0.46 2.22% 0.01
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 0.45 4.65% 0.02
🇰🇭 Cambodia 12.3 0.33% 0.04
🇨🇲 Cameroon 8.07 -2.89% -0.24
🇨🇦 Canada 587.88 3.77% 21.38
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands (the) 0.73 5.8% 0.04
🇨🇫 Central African Republic (the) 0.15 0.0% 0.0
🇹🇩 Chad 0.31 6.9% 0.02
🇨🇱 Chile 81.51 4.84% 3.76
🇨🇳 China 8,466.32 9.69% 748.09
🇨🇴 Colombia 81.37 4.07% 3.18
🇰🇲 Comoros (the) 0.14 7.69% 0.01
🇨🇩 Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) 11.23 -7.88% -0.96
🇨🇬 Congo (the) 4.02 4.96% 0.19
🇨🇰 Cook Islands (the) 0.05 25.0% 0.01
🇨🇷 Costa Rica 11.71 10.26% 1.09
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 9.71 4.18% 0.39
🇭🇷 Croatia 19.08 6.71% 1.2
🇨🇺 Cuba 19.75 6.24% 1.16
🇨🇾 Cyprus 5.12 5.57% 0.27
🇨🇿 Czechia 72.65 3.79% 2.65
🇩🇰 Denmark 37.93 6.52% 2.32
🇩🇯 Djibouti 0.59 1.72% 0.01
🇩🇲 Dominica 0.17 6.25% 0.01
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (the) 17.58 5.65% 0.94
🇪🇨 Ecuador 31.25 3.48% 1.05
🇪🇬 Egypt 201.43 6.88% 12.96
🇸🇻 El Salvador 7.22 4.64% 0.32
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 1.42 0.71% 0.01
🇪🇷 Eritrea 0.45 7.14% 0.03
🇪🇪 Estonia 9.82 1.03% 0.1
🇸🇿 Eswatini 1.66 0.61% 0.01
🇪🇹 Ethiopia 12.94 2.78% 0.35
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (the) [Malvinas] 0.02 0.0% 0.0
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (the) 0.42 2.44% 0.01
🇫🇯 Fiji 1.13 2.73% 0.03
🇫🇮 Finland 89.31 6.55% 5.49
🇫🇷 France 505.49 4.83% 23.28
🇬🇫 French Guiana 0.0 % 0.0
🇵🇫 French Polynesia 0.7 6.06% 0.04
🇬🇦 Gabon 2.84 4.8% 0.13
🇬🇲 Gambia (the) 0.3 3.45% 0.01
🇬🇪 Georgia 14.26 13.0% 1.64
🇩🇪 Germany 562.77 2.65% 14.54
🇬🇭 Ghana 19.53 5.8% 1.07
🇬🇮 Gibraltar 0.0 % 0.0
🇬🇷 Greece 58.33 2.3% 1.31
🇬🇱 Greenland 0.6 1.69% 0.01
🇬🇩 Grenada 0.21 5.0% 0.01
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 0.0 % 0.0
🇬🇺 Guam 1.82 7.06% 0.12
🇬🇹 Guatemala 14.37 7.56% 1.01
🇬🇳 Guinea 2.78 -13.13% -0.42
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 0.08 0.0% 0.0
🇬🇾 Guyana 1.23 6.03% 0.07
🇭🇹 Haiti 0.99 7.61% 0.07
🇭🇳 Honduras 11.8 5.92% 0.66
🇭🇰 Hong Kong 47.81 4.3% 1.97
🇭🇺 Hungary 48.71 4.84% 2.25
🇮🇸 Iceland 19.26 2.56% 0.48
🇮🇳 India 1,711.87 9.55% 149.27
🇮🇩 Indonesia 310.06 5.69% 16.69
🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 354.21 6.18% 20.62
🇮🇶 Iraq 115.87 4.99% 5.51
🇮🇪 Ireland 33.19 4.31% 1.37
🇮🇱 Israel 66.56 1.82% 1.19
🇮🇹 Italy 329.18 6.09% 18.91
🇯🇲 Jamaica 4.35 6.62% 0.27
🇯🇵 Japan 958.53 -0.58% -5.6
🇯🇴 Jordan 22.01 8.8% 1.78
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 113.79 5.46% 5.89
🇰🇪 Kenya 11.97 0.84% 0.1
🇰🇮 Kiribati 0.03 0.0% 0.0
🇰🇵 Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) 14.45 -4.37% -0.66
🇰🇼 Kuwait 71.22 6.39% 4.28
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 14.52 -10.48% -1.7
🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 8.82 -11.0% -1.09
🇱🇻 Latvia 7.62 3.67% 0.27
🇱🇧 Lebanon 20.66 6.06% 1.18
🇱🇸 Lesotho 1.03 -0.96% -0.01
🇱🇷 Liberia 0.92 3.37% 0.03
🇱🇾 Libya 33.37 6.41% 2.01
🇱🇹 Lithuania 13.21 6.19% 0.77
🇱🇺 Luxembourg 6.95 4.04% 0.27
🇲🇴 Macao 5.78 6.84% 0.37
🇲🇬 Madagascar 2.09 6.09% 0.12
🇲🇼 Malawi 1.42 -15.98% -0.27
🇲🇾 Malaysia 174.03 3.81% 6.38
🇲🇻 Maldives 0.66 8.2% 0.05
🇲🇱 Mali 3.04 6.67% 0.19
🇲🇹 Malta 2.68 4.28% 0.11
🇲🇶 Martinique 0.0 % 0.0
🇲🇷 Mauritania 2.08 5.58% 0.11
🇲🇺 Mauritius 2.88 5.11% 0.14
🇲🇽 Mexico 339.37 2.99% 9.84
🇲🇩 Moldova 10.09 59.15% 3.75
🇲🇳 Mongolia 8.75 4.67% 0.39
🇲🇪 Montenegro 3.64 4.9% 0.17
🇲🇸 Montserrat 0.01 0.0% 0.0
🇲🇦 Morocco 42.27 9.48% 3.66
🇲🇿 Mozambique 16.24 5.94% 0.91
🇲🇲 Myanmar 21.02 -5.4% -1.2
🇳🇦 Namibia 3.76 -9.18% -0.38
🇳🇷 Nauru 0.04 0.0% 0.0
🇳🇵 Nepal 8.89 -2.41% -0.22
🇳🇱 Netherlands 121.86 1.44% 1.73
🇳🇨 New Caledonia 3.36 6.67% 0.21
🇳🇿 New Zealand 43.42 0.56% 0.24
🇳🇮 Nicaragua 5.99 9.11% 0.5
🇳🇪 Niger (the) 1.61 4.55% 0.07
🇳🇬 Nigeria 31.47 5.82% 1.73
🇳🇺 Niue 0.0 % 0.0
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 6.44 -16.04% -1.23
🇳🇴 Norway 133.58 0.56% 0.75
🇴🇲 Oman 36.56 6.46% 2.22
🇵🇰 Pakistan 150.68 9.67% 13.29
🇵🇸 Palestine, State of 7.07 3.97% 0.27
🇵🇦 Panama 10.68 0.85% 0.09
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 4.86 4.74% 0.22
🇵🇾 Paraguay 12.02 -35.03% -6.48
🇵🇪 Peru 58.18 10.06% 5.32
🇵🇭 Philippines (the) 108.2 5.58% 5.72
🇵🇱 Poland 179.66 5.43% 9.25
🇵🇹 Portugal 54.19 2.25% 1.19
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 18.24 6.36% 1.09
🇶🇦 Qatar 47.5 6.36% 2.84
🇷🇪 Reunion 0.0 % 0.0
🇷🇴 Romania 61.33 5.0% 2.92
🇷🇺 Russian Federation (the) 1,092.69 5.45% 56.45
🇷🇼 Rwanda 0.88 -5.38% -0.05
🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 0.0 % 0.0
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.22 4.76% 0.01
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 0.35 6.06% 0.02
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05 0.0% 0.0
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.16 6.67% 0.01
🇼🇸 Samoa 0.17 6.25% 0.01
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1 0.0% 0.0
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 356.32 5.53% 18.66
🇸🇳 Senegal 5.97 6.61% 0.37
🇷🇸 Serbia 37.74 3.06% 1.12
🇸🇨 Seychelles 0.65 8.33% 0.05
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 0.21 0.0% 0.0
🇸🇬 Singapore 53.48 5.11% 2.6
🇸🇰 Slovakia 30.43 5.55% 1.6
🇸🇮 Slovenia 15.32 2.89% 0.43
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 0.11 10.0% 0.01
🇸🇴 Somalia 0.41 7.89% 0.03
🇿🇦 South Africa 219.06 0.43% 0.93
🇰🇷 South Korea 588.52 6.72% 37.08
🇸🇸 South Sudan 0.57 5.56% 0.03
🇪🇸 Spain 271.66 3.29% 8.65
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 16.36 5.01% 0.78
🇸🇩 Sudan (the) 16.59 0.67% 0.11
🇸🇷 Suriname 2.82 3.68% 0.1
🇸🇪 Sweden 146.2 5.34% 7.41
🇨🇭 Switzerland 63.38 2.49% 1.54
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic (the) 16.44 6.13% 0.95
🇹🇼 Taiwan 287.75 3.95% 10.94
🇹🇯 Tajikistan 18.3 0.33% 0.06
🇹🇿 Tanzania, the United Republic of 8.29 2.09% 0.17
🇹🇭 Thailand 215.56 4.55% 9.38
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 0.53 6.0% 0.03
🇹🇬 Togo 1.44 3.6% 0.05
🇹🇴 Tonga 0.08 14.29% 0.01
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 8.73 6.33% 0.52
🇹🇳 Tunisia 20.35 7.22% 1.37
🇹🇷 Turkey 329.43 8.07% 24.6
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 18.2 7.57% 1.28
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (the) 0.27 8.0% 0.02
🇺🇬 Uganda 4.2 -1.18% -0.05
🇺🇦 Ukraine 153.68 5.38% 7.84
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 135.6 7.18% 9.08
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 331.3 1.94% 6.29
🇺🇸 United States of America 4,191.53 2.47% 101.04
🇺🇾 Uruguay 14.74 14.09% 1.82
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 61.73 5.58% 3.26
🇻🇺 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0% 0.0
🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 94.1 0.56% 0.52
🇻🇳 Viet Nam 246.29 3.96% 9.38
🇻🇬 Virgin Islands (British) 0.14 7.69% 0.01
🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.7 9.38% 0.06
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 0.0 % 0.0
🇾🇪 Yemen 3.52 8.64% 0.28
🇿🇲 Zambia 16.51 18.86% 2.62
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 9.79 2.19% 0.21

Global Electricity Demand by Region in 2021

Country TW YoY change YoY absolute change
🗺️ Africa 839.35 3.94% 31.78
🗺️ Asia 13,783.71 8.02% 1023.77
🗺️ EU 2,879.57 4.48% 123.38
🗺️ Europe 5,137.37 4.46% 219.26
🗺️ G20 23,433.53 6.15% 1357.55
🗺️ G7 7,461.97 2.06% 150.64
🗺️ Latin America and Caribbean 1,702.55 5.36% 86.64
🗺️ Middle East 1,271.06 5.89% 70.73
🗺️ North America 4,778.77 2.38% 110.92
🗺️ Oceania 303.06 -0.96% -2.94
🗺️ OECD 10,821.16 2.74% 288.11
🗺️ World 27,815.87 5.86% 1540.16

Electricity Demand vs Electricity Consumption

It's important to not conflate the two, electircity demnad represents how much electricity an entity, country or region need in a moment of time. While electricity consumption represents how much electricity is used over a period of time. Electricity demand is measured in kilowatt (kW) while electricity consumption is measured as kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

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Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

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