Electricity generation — all countries

Electricity generation — Iraq

Electricity generation in Iraq in 2024 — 149.73 TWh. Ranked 32 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 369.4%.

2024 149.73 TWh +3.25% vs 2023
World rank 32of 196
Period maximum 149.73 TWh2024
Period minimum 28.33 TWh2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — Iraq, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 31.9 TWh2001: 32.25 TWh2002: 33.86 TWh2003: 28.33 TWh2004: 32.29 TWh2005: 30.4 TWh2006: 33.83 TWh2007: 33.24 TWh2008: 36.88 TWh2009: 37.85 TWh2010: 48.91 TWh2011: 53.9 TWh2012: 46.02 TWh2013: 58.9 TWh2014: 69.03 TWh2015: 70.64 TWh2016: 81.93 TWh2017: 93.58 TWh2018: 98.41 TWh2019: 115.21 TWh2020: 117.12 TWh2021: 120.46 TWh2022: 133.86 TWh2023: 145.01 TWh2024: 149.73 TWh
Change over the period: +117.83 (+369.37%) Average annual rate: 6.65 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 149.73 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 1,986.28 TWh
Western Asia computed 1,556.2 TWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 13,656.79 TWh
Electricity generation — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 149.73 +4.72 +3.25%
2023 145.01 +11.15 +8.33%
2022 133.86 +13.4 +11.12%
2021 120.46 +3.34 +2.85%
2020 117.12 +1.91 +1.66%
2019 115.21 +16.8 +17.07%
2018 98.41 +4.83 +5.16%
2017 93.58 +11.65 +14.22%
2016 81.93 +11.29 +15.98%
2015 70.64 +1.61 +2.33%
2014 69.03 +10.13 +17.2%
2013 58.9 +12.88 +27.99%
2012 46.02 −7.88 −14.62%
2011 53.9 +4.99 +10.2%
2010 48.91 +11.06 +29.22%
2009 37.85 +0.97 +2.63%
2008 36.88 +3.64 +10.95%
2007 33.24 −0.59 −1.74%
2006 33.83 +3.43 +11.28%
2005 30.4 −1.89 −5.85%
2004 32.29 +3.96 +13.98%
2003 28.33 −5.53 −16.33%
2002 33.86 +1.61 +4.99%
2001 32.25 +0.35 +1.1%
2000 31.9

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.