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Electricity Demand in 🇦🇷 Argentina

Argentina's electricity demand is a dynamic and vital component of its energy landscape. It reflects the nation's growing need for electrical power to support various sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Over the years, Argentina has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2021, Argentina's electricity demand increased by 4.03%
  • In total, Argentina used 149.18 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Demand increased with a total of 5.78 MWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Argentina's demand for electricity has increased with 72.52%

Electricity Demand in Argentina (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the electricity demand in Argentina has grown from 86.47 TW to 149.18 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 72.52% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 86.47 %
2001 88.25 1.78 2.06%
2002 86.99 -1.26 -1.43%
2003 93.17 6.18 7.1%
2004 99.16 5.99 6.43%
2005 104.74 5.58 5.63%
2006 113.76 9.02 8.61%
2007 118.45 4.69 4.12%
2008 120.23 1.78 1.5%
2009 122.46 2.23 1.85%
2010 128.24 5.78 4.72%
2011 132.42 4.18 3.26%
2012 136.3 3.88 2.93%
2013 140.11 3.81 2.8%
2014 141.67 1.56 1.11%
2015 146.75 5.08 3.59%
2016 149.16 2.41 1.64%
2017 149.03 -0.13 -0.09%
2018 149.35 0.32 0.21%
2019 143.85 -5.5 -3.68%
2020 143.4 -0.45 -0.31%
2021 149.18 5.78 4.03%

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

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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