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🇮🇶 Electricity Generation of Iraq

The electricity generated in Iraq has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in Iraq reach 97.26 TWh. Whereof 77.69% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Gas.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in Iraq increased by 6.01%
  • In total, Iraq generated 97.26 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in Iraq grew with 5.51 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 223.98% in Iraq
  • In 2021, Iraq produced 0.34965650903603% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Iraq (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, Iraq's electricity generation has increased from 30.02 TWh to 97.26 TWh, a 223.98% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 30.02 % %
2001 30.34 0.32% 1.07%
2002 31.85 1.51% 4.98%
2003 26.66 -5.19% -16.3%
2004 30.38 3.72% 13.95%
2005 28.88 -1.5% -4.94%
2006 32.11 3.23% 11.18%
2007 31.53 -0.58% -1.81%
2008 34.8 3.27% 10.37%
2009 43.02 8.22% 23.62%
2010 46.21 3.19% 7.42%
2011 50.83 4.62% 10.0%
2012 43.48 -7.35% -14.46%
2013 55.21 11.73% 26.98%
2014 63.9 8.69% 15.74%
2015 64.75 0.85% 1.33%
2016 75.46 10.71% 16.54%
2017 82.29 6.83% 9.05%
2018 83.11 0.82% 1.0%
2019 89.19 6.08% 7.32%
2020 91.75 2.56% 2.87%
2021 97.26 5.51% 6.01%

Iraq's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Gas was the largest generator of electrical energy in Iraq with 77.69% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Gas 77.69%
Other Fossil 16.88%
Hydro 5.04%
Solar 0.39%
Bioenergy 0.0%
Coal 0.0%
Nuclear 0.0%
Other Renewables 0.0%
Wind 0.0%

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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