Electricity demand — all countries

Electricity demand — South Asia

Electricity demand in South Asia in 2024 — 2,351.73 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 253.8%.

2024 2,351.73 TWh +5.78% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2,351.73 TWh2024
Period minimum 664.78 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — South Asia, 2000–202401,0002,0003,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 664.78 TWh2001: 686.96 TWh2002: 716.35 TWh2003: 753.77 TWh2004: 823.69 TWh2005: 841.35 TWh2006: 893.06 TWh2007: 944.67 TWh2008: 977.66 TWh2009: 1,035.07 TWh2010: 1,097.08 TWh2011: 1,198.13 TWh2012: 1,262.53 TWh2013: 1,327.85 TWh2014: 1,451.11 TWh2015: 1,512.72 TWh2016: 1,619.22 TWh2017: 1,700.52 TWh2018: 1,814.33 TWh2019: 1,859.44 TWh2020: 1,830.31 TWh2021: 1,978.7 TWh2022: 2,112.54 TWh2023: 2,223.13 TWh2024: 2,351.73 TWh
Change over the period: +1,686.95 (+253.76%) Average annual rate: 5.41 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 2,351.73 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Electricity demand — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 2,351.73 +128.6 +5.78%
2023 2,223.13 +110.59 +5.23%
2022 2,112.54 +133.84 +6.76%
2021 1,978.7 +148.39 +8.11%
2020 1,830.31 −29.13 −1.57%
2019 1,859.44 +45.11 +2.49%
2018 1,814.33 +113.81 +6.69%
2017 1,700.52 +81.3 +5.02%
2016 1,619.22 +106.5 +7.04%
2015 1,512.72 +61.61 +4.25%
2014 1,451.11 +123.26 +9.28%
2013 1,327.85 +65.32 +5.17%
2012 1,262.53 +64.4 +5.38%
2011 1,198.13 +101.05 +9.21%
2010 1,097.08 +62.01 +5.99%
2009 1,035.07 +57.41 +5.87%
2008 977.66 +32.99 +3.49%
2007 944.67 +51.61 +5.78%
2006 893.06 +51.71 +6.15%
2005 841.35 +17.66 +2.14%
2004 823.69 +69.92 +9.28%
2003 753.77 +37.42 +5.22%
2002 716.35 +29.39 +4.28%
2001 686.96 +22.18 +3.34%
2000 664.78

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.