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🇰🇼 Electricity Generation of Kuwait

The electricity generated in Kuwait has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in Kuwait reach 71.22 TWh. Whereof 99.93% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Gas.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in Kuwait increased by 6.39%
  • In total, Kuwait generated 71.22 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in Kuwait grew with 4.28 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 134.43% in Kuwait
  • In 2021, Kuwait produced 0.25604088601219% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Kuwait (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, Kuwait's electricity generation has increased from 30.38 TWh to 71.22 TWh, a 134.43% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 30.38 % %
2001 32.24 1.86% 6.12%
2002 34.18 1.94% 6.02%
2003 37.41 3.23% 9.45%
2004 38.78 1.37% 3.66%
2005 41.11 2.33% 6.01%
2006 44.75 3.64% 8.85%
2007 45.83 1.08% 2.41%
2008 48.64 2.81% 6.13%
2009 50.02 1.38% 2.84%
2010 53.66 3.64% 7.28%
2011 54.04 0.38% 0.71%
2012 57.45 3.41% 6.31%
2013 57.33 -0.12% -0.21%
2014 61.24 3.91% 6.82%
2015 64.19 2.95% 4.82%
2016 65.85 1.66% 2.59%
2017 68.4 2.55% 3.87%
2018 69.64 1.24% 1.81%
2019 70.51 0.87% 1.25%
2020 66.94 -3.57% -5.06%
2021 71.22 4.28% 6.39%

Kuwait's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Gas was the largest generator of electrical energy in Kuwait with 99.93% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Gas 99.93%
Wind 0.04%
Solar 0.03%
Bioenergy 0.0%
Coal 0.0%
Hydro 0.0%
Nuclear 0.0%
Other Fossil 0.0%
Other Renewables 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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