Electricity demand — all countries

Electricity demand — High-income countries

Electricity demand in high-income countries in 2024 — 12,964.76 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.8%.

2024 12,964.76 TWh +2.39% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 12,964.76 TWh2024
Period minimum 10,734.07 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — High-income countries, 2000–202410,00011,00012,00013,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 10,734.07 TWh2001: 10,764.1 TWh2002: 11,003.6 TWh2003: 11,156.6 TWh2004: 11,425.15 TWh2005: 11,698.6 TWh2006: 11,831.59 TWh2007: 12,102.97 TWh2008: 12,133.43 TWh2009: 11,691.06 TWh2010: 12,205.6 TWh2011: 12,171.09 TWh2012: 12,210.57 TWh2013: 12,222.14 TWh2014: 12,226.25 TWh2015: 12,305.57 TWh2016: 12,438.51 TWh2017: 12,504.66 TWh2018: 12,696.15 TWh2019: 12,584.08 TWh2020: 12,264.56 TWh2021: 12,676.75 TWh2022: 12,788.19 TWh2023: 12,662.75 TWh2024: 12,964.76 TWh
Change over the period: +2,230.69 (+20.78%) Average annual rate: 0.79 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 12,964.76 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Electricity demand — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 12,964.76 +302.01 +2.39%
2023 12,662.75 −125.44 −0.98%
2022 12,788.19 +111.44 +0.88%
2021 12,676.75 +412.19 +3.36%
2020 12,264.56 −319.52 −2.54%
2019 12,584.08 −112.07 −0.88%
2018 12,696.15 +191.49 +1.53%
2017 12,504.66 +66.15 +0.53%
2016 12,438.51 +132.94 +1.08%
2015 12,305.57 +79.32 +0.65%
2014 12,226.25 +4.11 +0.03%
2013 12,222.14 +11.57 +0.09%
2012 12,210.57 +39.48 +0.32%
2011 12,171.09 −34.51 −0.28%
2010 12,205.6 +514.54 +4.4%
2009 11,691.06 −442.37 −3.65%
2008 12,133.43 +30.46 +0.25%
2007 12,102.97 +271.38 +2.29%
2006 11,831.59 +132.99 +1.14%
2005 11,698.6 +273.45 +2.39%
2004 11,425.15 +268.55 +2.41%
2003 11,156.6 +153 +1.39%
2002 11,003.6 +239.5 +2.22%
2001 10,764.1 +30.03 +0.28%
2000 10,734.07

About the indicator

Electricity consumption inside a country over the year: generation plus imports, minus exports and losses. The difference from generation can be decisive: a country may consume noticeably more than it produces if it buys electricity from its neighbors — that is how Italy and a dozen small European states live. The reverse case is exporters such as Paraguay, whose generation is a multiple of its own demand.

Important: Demand is lower than generation by the amount of network losses and the plants' own use, but higher than generation in importing countries. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.