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Electricity generation — Iceland

Electricity generation in Iceland in 2024 — 19.05 TWh. Ranked 87 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 150.3%.

2024 19.05 TWh −3.84% vs 2023
World rank 87of 196
Period maximum 19.87 TWh2022
Period minimum 7.61 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — Iceland, 2000–202451015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.61 TWh2001: 7.96 TWh2002: 8.35 TWh2003: 8.44 TWh2004: 8.54 TWh2005: 8.61 TWh2006: 9.85 TWh2007: 11.89 TWh2008: 16.34 TWh2009: 16.71 TWh2010: 16.74 TWh2011: 16.85 TWh2012: 17.29 TWh2013: 17.99 TWh2014: 17.8 TWh2015: 18.55 TWh2016: 18.17 TWh2017: 19.07 TWh2018: 19.69 TWh2019: 19.36 TWh2020: 18.89 TWh2021: 19.39 TWh2022: 19.87 TWh2023: 19.81 TWh2024: 19.05 TWh
Change over the period: +11.44 (+150.33%) Average annual rate: 3.9 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 19.05 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 5,306.17 TWh
Northern Europe computed 801.93 TWh
High-income countries computed 12,979.05 TWh
Electricity generation — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 19.05 −0.76 −3.84%
2023 19.81 −0.06 −0.3%
2022 19.87 +0.48 +2.48%
2021 19.39 +0.5 +2.65%
2020 18.89 −0.47 −2.43%
2019 19.36 −0.33 −1.68%
2018 19.69 +0.62 +3.25%
2017 19.07 +0.9 +4.95%
2016 18.17 −0.38 −2.05%
2015 18.55 +0.75 +4.21%
2014 17.8 −0.19 −1.06%
2013 17.99 +0.7 +4.05%
2012 17.29 +0.44 +2.61%
2011 16.85 +0.11 +0.66%
2010 16.74 +0.03 +0.18%
2009 16.71 +0.37 +2.26%
2008 16.34 +4.45 +37.43%
2007 11.89 +2.04 +20.71%
2006 9.85 +1.24 +14.4%
2005 8.61 +0.07 +0.82%
2004 8.54 +0.1 +1.18%
2003 8.44 +0.09 +1.08%
2002 8.35 +0.39 +4.9%
2001 7.96 +0.35 +4.6%
2000 7.61

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.