Electricity generation — all countries

Electricity generation — High-income countries

Electricity generation in high-income countries in 2024 — 12,979.05 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.9%.

2024 12,979.05 TWh +2.4% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 12,979.05 TWh2024
Period minimum 10,739.33 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — High-income countries, 2000–202410,00011,00012,00013,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 10,739.33 TWh2001: 10,765.5 TWh2002: 11,002.38 TWh2003: 11,151.81 TWh2004: 11,410.14 TWh2005: 11,684.5 TWh2006: 11,818.22 TWh2007: 12,099.39 TWh2008: 12,128.65 TWh2009: 11,682.38 TWh2010: 12,189.89 TWh2011: 12,167.12 TWh2012: 12,209.96 TWh2013: 12,210.25 TWh2014: 12,215.76 TWh2015: 12,292.83 TWh2016: 12,430.08 TWh2017: 12,507.48 TWh2018: 12,678.73 TWh2019: 12,578.8 TWh2020: 12,266.42 TWh2021: 12,672.25 TWh2022: 12,794.36 TWh2023: 12,674.69 TWh2024: 12,979.05 TWh
Change over the period: +2,239.72 (+20.86%) 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 12,979.05 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Electricity generation — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 12,979.05 +304.36 +2.4%
2023 12,674.69 −119.67 −0.94%
2022 12,794.36 +122.11 +0.96%
2021 12,672.25 +405.83 +3.31%
2020 12,266.42 −312.38 −2.48%
2019 12,578.8 −99.93 −0.79%
2018 12,678.73 +171.25 +1.37%
2017 12,507.48 +77.4 +0.62%
2016 12,430.08 +137.25 +1.12%
2015 12,292.83 +77.07 +0.63%
2014 12,215.76 +5.51 +0.05%
2013 12,210.25 +0.29 +0%
2012 12,209.96 +42.84 +0.35%
2011 12,167.12 −22.77 −0.19%
2010 12,189.89 +507.51 +4.34%
2009 11,682.38 −446.27 −3.68%
2008 12,128.65 +29.26 +0.24%
2007 12,099.39 +281.17 +2.38%
2006 11,818.22 +133.72 +1.14%
2005 11,684.5 +274.36 +2.4%
2004 11,410.14 +258.33 +2.32%
2003 11,151.81 +149.43 +1.36%
2002 11,002.38 +236.88 +2.2%
2001 10,765.5 +26.17 +0.24%
2000 10,739.33

About the indicator

Gross electricity generation from all sources over the year, in terawatt-hours. One terawatt-hour is a billion kilowatt-hours, roughly the annual consumption of three hundred thousand European households. The indicator answers the question of scale, while the shares of sources answer the question of composition, and the two should not be confused: France has a higher nuclear share than the United States, yet generates half as much electricity at nuclear plants. This is the series that serves as the weight when world and regional source shares are computed: percentages cannot be added up without it.

Important: Gross generation, before deducting the plants' own use and network losses; demand is therefore lower than generation by the amount of the losses, with an adjustment for imports. The series starts in 2000.

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