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Electricity Demand in 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

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

  • In 2021, Saudi Arabia's electricity demand increased by 5.53%
  • In total, Saudi Arabia used 356.32 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Demand increased with a total of 18.66 MWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Saudi Arabia's demand for electricity has increased with 156.94%

Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021 the electricity demand in Saudi Arabia has grown from 138.68 TW to 356.32 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 156.94% in a 21 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 138.68 %
2001 146.09 7.41 5.34%
2002 154.91 8.82 6.04%
2003 166.58 11.67 7.53%
2004 173.41 6.83 4.1%
2005 191.05 17.64 10.17%
2006 196.31 5.26 2.75%
2007 204.43 8.12 4.14%
2008 204.2 -0.23 -0.11%
2009 217.31 13.11 6.42%
2010 240.06 22.75 10.47%
2011 250.01 9.95 4.14%
2012 271.66 21.65 8.66%
2013 284.01 12.35 4.55%
2014 311.81 27.8 9.79%
2015 338.34 26.53 8.51%
2016 336.71 -1.63 -0.48%
2017 354.34 17.63 5.24%
2018 334.83 -19.51 -5.51%
2019 335.75 0.92 0.27%
2020 337.66 1.91 0.57%
2021 356.32 18.66 5.53%

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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