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Electricity Demand in 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (the)

Dominican Republic (the)'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, Dominican Republic (the) has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2021, Dominican Republic (the)'s electricity demand increased by 5.65%
  • In total, Dominican Republic (the) used 17.58 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Demand increased with a total of 0.94 MWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Dominican Republic (the)'s demand for electricity has increased with 116.77%

Electricity Demand in Dominican Republic (the) (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the electricity demand in Dominican Republic (the) has grown from 8.11 TW to 17.58 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 116.77% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 8.11 %
2001 9.77 1.66 20.47%
2002 11.86 2.09 21.39%
2003 12.57 0.71 5.99%
2004 11.18 -1.39 -11.06%
2005 12.05 0.87 7.78%
2006 13.1 1.05 8.71%
2007 13.68 0.58 4.43%
2008 11.72 -1.96 -14.33%
2009 11.59 -0.13 -1.11%
2010 13.98 2.39 20.62%
2011 14.93 0.95 6.8%
2012 15.8 0.87 5.83%
2013 16.72 0.92 5.82%
2014 16.29 -0.43 -2.57%
2015 16.91 0.62 3.81%
2016 18.67 1.76 10.41%
2017 19.01 0.34 1.82%
2018 19.63 0.62 3.26%
2019 19.27 -0.36 -1.83%
2020 16.64 -2.63 -13.65%
2021 17.58 0.94 5.65%

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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