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Global Electricity Generation

Global electricity generation is the cornerstone of modern civilization, providing the energy necessary to power homes, industries, and technologies that drive our interconnected world that we live in. The electricity generated globaly, on a anual basis, has been on a steady rise since the start of the millennium.

  • In 2021, the global electricity generation increased by 5.86%
  • In total, the world generated 27,815.87 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation grew with 1540.16 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, the global production of electricity has increased by 85.79%
  • In 2021, Coal stood for 36.23% of global electricity production.

Global Total Electricity Generation 2000-2021

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

Year TWh 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 Generation by Country in 2021

Country TWh YoY change YoY absolute change
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 0.83 3.75% 0.03
🇦🇱 Albania 8.96 68.74% 3.65
🇩🇿 Algeria 77.54 6.6% 4.8
🇦🇸 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 146.68 5.76% 7.99
🇦🇲 Armenia 7.32 -1.74% -0.13
🇦🇼 Aruba 0.93 5.68% 0.05
🇦🇺 Australia 247.06 -1.53% -3.85
🇦🇹 Austria 66.95 -3.24% -2.24
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 26.29 7.83% 1.91
🇧🇸 Bahamas (the) 2.12 6.53% 0.13
🇧🇭 Bahrain 31.76 6.36% 1.9
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 80.57 6.39% 4.84
🇧🇧 Barbados 1.07 7.0% 0.07
🇧🇾 Belarus 43.87 21.15% 7.66
🇧🇪 Belgium 99.03 12.67% 11.14
🇧🇿 Belize 0.64 3.23% 0.02
🇧🇯 Benin 0.24 4.35% 0.01
🇧🇲 Bermuda 0.0 % 0.0
🇧🇹 Bhutan 9.0 0.56% 0.05
🇧🇴 Bolivia 10.59 8.39% 0.82
🇧🇦 Bosnia Herzegovina 17.38 10.49% 1.65
🇧🇼 Botswana 2.19 6.31% 0.13
🇧🇷 Brazil 662.58 7.85% 48.21
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 4.69 6.59% 0.29
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 47.3 17.6% 7.08
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 1.75 6.71% 0.11
🇧🇮 Burundi 0.36 2.86% 0.01
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 0.45 4.65% 0.02
🇰🇭 Cambodia 8.69 2.96% 0.25
🇨🇲 Cameroon 8.05 -2.9% -0.24
🇨🇦 Canada 625.95 0.3% 1.87
🇰🇾 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 8,484.02 9.68% 748.75
🇨🇴 Colombia 80.91 4.89% 3.77
🇰🇲 Comoros (the) 0.14 7.69% 0.01
🇨🇩 Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) 11.04 -7.62% -0.91
🇨🇬 Congo (the) 4.02 4.96% 0.19
🇨🇰 Cook Islands (the) 0.05 25.0% 0.01
🇨🇷 Costa Rica 12.71 8.26% 0.97
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire 10.98 3.88% 0.41
🇭🇷 Croatia 15.12 14.2% 1.88
🇨🇺 Cuba 19.75 6.24% 1.16
🇨🇾 Cyprus 5.12 5.57% 0.27
🇨🇿 Czechia 83.73 4.47% 3.58
🇩🇰 Denmark 33.06 15.07% 4.33
🇩🇯 Djibouti 0.06 20.0% 0.01
🇩🇲 Dominica 0.17 6.25% 0.01
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (the) 17.58 5.65% 0.94
🇪🇨 Ecuador 32.34 3.36% 1.05
🇪🇬 Egypt 202.25 6.85% 12.96
🇸🇻 El Salvador 6.56 4.79% 0.3
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 1.42 0.71% 0.01
🇪🇷 Eritrea 0.45 7.14% 0.03
🇪🇪 Estonia 7.19 18.26% 1.11
🇸🇿 Eswatini 0.74 0.0% 0.0
🇪🇹 Ethiopia 14.69 3.23% 0.46
🇫🇰 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 71.54 4.1% 2.82
🇫🇷 France 550.38 4.39% 23.13
🇬🇫 French Guiana 0.0 % 0.0
🇵🇫 French Polynesia 0.7 6.06% 0.04
🇬🇦 Gabon 2.29 4.09% 0.09
🇬🇲 Gambia (the) 0.3 3.45% 0.01
🇬🇪 Georgia 12.64 13.26% 1.48
🇩🇪 Germany 581.35 2.48% 14.09
🇬🇭 Ghana 20.94 3.66% 0.74
🇬🇮 Gibraltar 0.0 % 0.0
🇬🇷 Greece 54.65 13.48% 6.49
🇬🇱 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 14.44 7.52% 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 11.97 5.84% 0.66
🇭🇰 Hong Kong 35.25 6.37% 2.11
🇭🇺 Hungary 35.96 3.39% 1.18
🇮🇸 Iceland 19.26 2.56% 0.48
🇮🇳 India 1,713.75 9.67% 151.04
🇮🇩 Indonesia 309.09 5.92% 17.27
🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 357.84 6.11% 20.62
🇮🇶 Iraq 97.26 6.01% 5.51
🇮🇪 Ireland 31.6 -1.16% -0.37
🇮🇱 Israel 73.08 2.05% 1.47
🇮🇹 Italy 286.39 2.99% 8.32
🇯🇲 Jamaica 4.35 6.62% 0.27
🇯🇵 Japan 958.53 -0.58% -5.6
🇯🇴 Jordan 21.88 9.18% 1.84
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 114.35 5.26% 5.71
🇰🇪 Kenya 11.83 0.68% 0.08
🇰🇮 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 14.47 -10.51% -1.7
🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) 39.97 1.76% 0.69
🇱🇻 Latvia 5.85 2.27% 0.13
🇱🇧 Lebanon 20.57 5.6% 1.09
🇱🇸 Lesotho 0.5 0.0% 0.0
🇱🇷 Liberia 0.92 3.37% 0.03
🇱🇾 Libya 32.02 6.38% 1.92
🇱🇹 Lithuania 4.17 -7.95% -0.36
🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1.23 0.82% 0.01
🇲🇴 Macao 0.59 5.36% 0.03
🇲🇬 Madagascar 2.09 6.09% 0.12
🇲🇼 Malawi 1.42 -16.96% -0.29
🇲🇾 Malaysia 175.68 3.76% 6.37
🇲🇻 Maldives 0.66 8.2% 0.05
🇲🇱 Mali 3.39 5.94% 0.19
🇲🇹 Malta 2.17 0.93% 0.02
🇲🇶 Martinique 0.0 % 0.0
🇲🇷 Mauritania 1.88 6.21% 0.11
🇲🇺 Mauritius 2.88 5.11% 0.14
🇲🇽 Mexico 336.95 3.51% 11.43
🇲🇩 Moldova 6.66 7.94% 0.49
🇲🇳 Mongolia 7.12 5.95% 0.4
🇲🇪 Montenegro 3.81 12.39% 0.42
🇲🇸 Montserrat 0.01 0.0% 0.0
🇲🇦 Morocco 41.3 7.61% 2.92
🇲🇿 Mozambique 19.91 2.95% 0.57
🇲🇲 Myanmar 22.36 -5.09% -1.2
🇳🇦 Namibia 1.57 -19.49% -0.38
🇳🇷 Nauru 0.04 0.0% 0.0
🇳🇵 Nepal 6.12 -3.32% -0.21
🇳🇱 Netherlands 121.61 -0.96% -1.18
🇳🇨 New Caledonia 3.36 6.67% 0.21
🇳🇿 New Zealand 43.42 0.56% 0.24
🇳🇮 Nicaragua 4.63 4.75% 0.21
🇳🇪 Niger (the) 0.45 4.65% 0.02
🇳🇬 Nigeria 31.47 5.82% 1.73
🇳🇺 Niue 0.0 % 0.0
🇲🇰 North Macedonia 3.96 -25.84% -1.38
🇳🇴 Norway 151.16 -1.4% -2.14
🇴🇲 Oman 36.56 6.46% 2.22
🇵🇰 Pakistan 150.17 9.71% 13.29
🇵🇸 Palestine, State of 0.86 7.5% 0.06
🇵🇦 Panama 11.19 1.36% 0.15
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 4.86 4.74% 0.22
🇵🇾 Paraguay 40.02 -13.94% -6.48
🇵🇪 Peru 58.14 10.07% 5.32
🇵🇭 Philippines (the) 108.2 5.58% 5.72
🇵🇱 Poland 178.77 13.76% 21.63
🇵🇹 Portugal 49.44 -4.07% -2.1
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 18.24 6.36% 1.09
🇶🇦 Qatar 47.5 6.36% 2.84
🇷🇪 Reunion 0.0 % 0.0
🇷🇴 Romania 59.13 6.31% 3.51
🇷🇺 Russian Federation (the) 1,110.36 6.26% 65.45
🇷🇼 Rwanda 0.85 -6.59% -0.06
🇸🇭 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 356.62 5.5% 18.59
🇸🇳 Senegal 5.61 7.06% 0.37
🇷🇸 Serbia 37.09 -0.38% -0.14
🇸🇨 Seychelles 0.65 8.33% 0.05
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 0.21 0.0% 0.0
🇸🇬 Singapore 53.48 5.11% 2.6
🇸🇰 Slovakia 29.66 4.03% 1.15
🇸🇮 Slovenia 15.59 -7.7% -1.3
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 0.11 10.0% 0.01
🇸🇴 Somalia 0.41 7.89% 0.03
🇿🇦 South Africa 223.2 0.56% 1.25
🇰🇷 South Korea 588.52 6.72% 37.08
🇸🇸 South Sudan 0.57 5.56% 0.03
🇪🇸 Spain 270.81 4.27% 11.08
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 16.36 5.01% 0.78
🇸🇩 Sudan (the) 16.59 0.67% 0.11
🇸🇷 Suriname 2.02 5.21% 0.1
🇸🇪 Sweden 171.77 4.87% 7.98
🇨🇭 Switzerland 60.72 -9.91% -6.68
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic (the) 16.76 6.01% 0.95
🇹🇼 Taiwan 287.75 3.95% 10.94
🇹🇯 Tajikistan 19.73 0.0% 0.0
🇹🇿 Tanzania, the United Republic of 8.17 2.0% 0.16
🇹🇭 Thailand 186.88 4.26% 7.63
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 0.53 6.0% 0.03
🇹🇬 Togo 0.63 8.62% 0.05
🇹🇴 Tonga 0.08 14.29% 0.01
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 8.73 6.33% 0.52
🇹🇳 Tunisia 20.93 6.89% 1.35
🇹🇷 Turkey 331.28 8.47% 25.86
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 21.4 6.36% 1.28
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands (the) 0.27 8.0% 0.02
🇺🇬 Uganda 4.4 -1.12% -0.05
🇺🇦 Ukraine 155.72 5.03% 7.46
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 135.63 7.18% 9.08
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 307.15 -0.07% -0.21
🇺🇸 United States of America 4,152.22 2.7% 109.04
🇺🇾 Uruguay 15.82 16.75% 2.27
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 59.21 5.83% 3.26
🇻🇺 Vanuatu 0.07 0.0% 0.0
🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 94.75 0.55% 0.52
🇻🇳 Viet Nam 244.77 3.98% 9.37
🇻🇬 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 17.71 17.28% 2.61
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 8.04 5.79% 0.44

Global Electricity Generation by Region in 2021

Country TWh 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

Global Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Coal was the largest generator of electrical energy in the world with 36.23% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Coal 36.23%
Gas 22.82%
Hydro 15.24%
Nuclear 9.85%
Wind 6.64%
Solar 3.73%
Other Fossil 2.75%
Bioenergy 2.4%
Other Renewables 0.34%

What is electricity generation and what does it refer to?

Electricity generation refers to the process of producing electrical energy from various sources. It is a critical component of modern society, powering homes, businesses, and industries. There are several methods of generating electricity, including both conventional and renewable sources.

Some of the ways societies generate electricity includes burning fossil fuels such as Coal or Natural Gas. Coal-fired power plants burn coal to produce steam, which drives turbines connected to generators. While atural gas power plants use combustion turbines or combined-cycle systems to generate electricity.

Nuclear Power is another vital way the world generate electricity, Nuclear reactors produce heat through a process called nuclear fission. This heat is then used to generate steam, which drives turbines to produce electricity.

In modern times, humanity has started utilizing more renewable sources of energy. Where most of the energy is harnessed from Solar Power, Wind Power, Hydropower, Biomass and Geothermal Power.

The development of other sources include Tidal Power, where turbines utilize the kinetic energy from tidal movements to generate electricity. and Wave Power where wave energy converters capture the energy from ocean waves and convert it into electrical energy. However these technologies has yet to reach the broader market, and is not yet utilized at utility scale, like their renewable counterparts.

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

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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