Electricity demand — all countries

Electricity demand — Low-income countries

Electricity demand in low-income countries in 2024 — 164.76 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 140.7%.

2024 164.76 TWh +5.08% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 164.76 TWh2024
Period minimum 68.45 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — Low-income countries, 2000–202450751001251501752000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 68.45 TWh2001: 75.07 TWh2002: 76.57 TWh2003: 83.67 TWh2004: 90.22 TWh2005: 96.97 TWh2006: 101.33 TWh2007: 105.87 TWh2008: 111.42 TWh2009: 116.98 TWh2010: 126.64 TWh2011: 122.95 TWh2012: 118.95 TWh2013: 117.61 TWh2014: 117.59 TWh2015: 113.5 TWh2016: 123.46 TWh2017: 125.72 TWh2018: 136.41 TWh2019: 138.99 TWh2020: 139.27 TWh2021: 146.48 TWh2022: 149.67 TWh2023: 156.8 TWh2024: 164.76 TWh
Change over the period: +96.31 (+140.7%) Average annual rate: 3.73 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Low-income countries 164.76 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Electricity demand — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 164.76 +7.96 +5.08%
2023 156.8 +7.13 +4.76%
2022 149.67 +3.19 +2.18%
2021 146.48 +7.21 +5.18%
2020 139.27 +0.28 +0.2%
2019 138.99 +2.58 +1.89%
2018 136.41 +10.69 +8.5%
2017 125.72 +2.26 +1.83%
2016 123.46 +9.96 +8.78%
2015 113.5 −4.09 −3.48%
2014 117.59 −0.02 −0.02%
2013 117.61 −1.34 −1.13%
2012 118.95 −4 −3.25%
2011 122.95 −3.69 −2.91%
2010 126.64 +9.66 +8.26%
2009 116.98 +5.56 +4.99%
2008 111.42 +5.55 +5.24%
2007 105.87 +4.54 +4.48%
2006 101.33 +4.36 +4.5%
2005 96.97 +6.75 +7.48%
2004 90.22 +6.55 +7.83%
2003 83.67 +7.1 +9.27%
2002 76.57 +1.5 +2%
2001 75.07 +6.62 +9.67%
2000 68.45

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.