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Electricity Demand in 🇱🇾 Libya

Libya'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, Libya has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2021, Libya's electricity demand increased by 6.41%
  • In total, Libya used 33.37 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Demand increased with a total of 2.01 MWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Libya's demand for electricity has increased with 129.19%

Electricity Demand in Libya (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the electricity demand in Libya has grown from 14.56 TW to 33.37 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 129.19% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 14.56 %
2001 15.14 0.58 3.98%
2002 16.48 1.34 8.85%
2003 17.81 1.33 8.07%
2004 18.99 1.18 6.63%
2005 21.36 2.37 12.48%
2006 23.3 1.94 9.08%
2007 24.63 1.33 5.71%
2008 28.83 4.2 17.05%
2009 29.15 0.32 1.11%
2010 30.53 1.38 4.73%
2011 24.39 -6.14 -20.11%
2012 32.27 7.88 32.31%
2013 35.7 3.43 10.63%
2014 35.56 -0.14 -0.39%
2015 35.26 -0.3 -0.84%
2016 29.92 -5.34 -15.14%
2017 31.59 1.67 5.58%
2018 32.6 1.01 3.2%
2019 32.48 -0.12 -0.37%
2020 31.36 -1.12 -3.45%
2021 33.37 2.01 6.41%

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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