Electricity demand — all countries

Electricity demand — Latin America & Caribbean

Electricity demand in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 1,833.5 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 82.1%.

2024 1,833.5 TWh +2.34% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1,833.5 TWh2024
Period minimum 999.47 TWh2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–20247501,0001,2501,5001,7502,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1,006.6 TWh2001: 999.47 TWh2002: 1,030.86 TWh2003: 1,075.55 TWh2004: 1,132.38 TWh2005: 1,182.44 TWh2006: 1,236.72 TWh2007: 1,290.56 TWh2008: 1,333.11 TWh2009: 1,339.2 TWh2010: 1,404.34 TWh2011: 1,461.27 TWh2012: 1,521.14 TWh2013: 1,571.47 TWh2014: 1,571.36 TWh2015: 1,610.93 TWh2016: 1,629.05 TWh2017: 1,631.31 TWh2018: 1,669.54 TWh2019: 1,679.6 TWh2020: 1,643.75 TWh2021: 1,702.94 TWh2022: 1,733.82 TWh2023: 1,791.62 TWh2024: 1,833.5 TWh
Change over the period: +826.9 (+82.15%) Average annual rate: 2.53 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 1,833.5 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Electricity demand — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 1,833.5 +41.88 +2.34%
2023 1,791.62 +57.8 +3.33%
2022 1,733.82 +30.88 +1.81%
2021 1,702.94 +59.19 +3.6%
2020 1,643.75 −35.85 −2.13%
2019 1,679.6 +10.06 +0.6%
2018 1,669.54 +38.23 +2.34%
2017 1,631.31 +2.26 +0.14%
2016 1,629.05 +18.12 +1.12%
2015 1,610.93 +39.57 +2.52%
2014 1,571.36 −0.11 −0.01%
2013 1,571.47 +50.33 +3.31%
2012 1,521.14 +59.87 +4.1%
2011 1,461.27 +56.93 +4.05%
2010 1,404.34 +65.14 +4.86%
2009 1,339.2 +6.09 +0.46%
2008 1,333.11 +42.55 +3.3%
2007 1,290.56 +53.84 +4.35%
2006 1,236.72 +54.28 +4.59%
2005 1,182.44 +50.06 +4.42%
2004 1,132.38 +56.83 +5.28%
2003 1,075.55 +44.69 +4.34%
2002 1,030.86 +31.39 +3.14%
2001 999.47 −7.13 −0.71%
2000 1,006.6

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.