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Electricity demand — Malawi

Electricity demand in Malawi in 2024 — 1.81 TWh. Ranked 152 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 49.6%.

2024 1.81 TWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 152of 196
Period maximum 2.15 TWh2014
Period minimum 1.21 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — Malawi, 2000–202411.251.51.7522.252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.21 TWh2001: 1.21 TWh2002: 1.27 TWh2003: 1.3 TWh2004: 1.46 TWh2005: 1.52 TWh2006: 1.56 TWh2007: 1.56 TWh2008: 1.68 TWh2009: 1.65 TWh2010: 1.9 TWh2011: 1.95 TWh2012: 2.03 TWh2013: 2.03 TWh2014: 2.15 TWh2015: 2.15 TWh2016: 2.13 TWh2017: 1.89 TWh2018: 1.79 TWh2019: 1.78 TWh2020: 1.73 TWh2021: 1.81 TWh2022: 1.81 TWh2023: 1.81 TWh2024: 1.81 TWh
Change over the period: +0.6 (+49.59%) Average annual rate: 1.69 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 1.81 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 532.4 TWh
Eastern Africa computed 110.09 TWh
Low-income countries computed 164.76 TWh
Electricity demand — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 1.81 +0 +0%
2023 1.81 +0 +0%
2022 1.81 +0 +0%
2021 1.81 +0.08 +4.62%
2020 1.73 −0.05 −2.81%
2019 1.78 −0.01 −0.56%
2018 1.79 −0.1 −5.29%
2017 1.89 −0.24 −11.27%
2016 2.13 −0.02 −0.93%
2015 2.15 +0 +0%
2014 2.15 +0.12 +5.91%
2013 2.03 +0 +0%
2012 2.03 +0.08 +4.1%
2011 1.95 +0.05 +2.63%
2010 1.9 +0.25 +15.15%
2009 1.65 −0.03 −1.79%
2008 1.68 +0.12 +7.69%
2007 1.56 +0 +0%
2006 1.56 +0.04 +2.63%
2005 1.52 +0.06 +4.11%
2004 1.46 +0.16 +12.31%
2003 1.3 +0.03 +2.36%
2002 1.27 +0.06 +4.96%
2001 1.21 +0 +0%
2000 1.21

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.