Electricity generation — all countries

Electricity generation — World

Electricity generation in the world in 2024 — 30,793.66 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 101.6%.

2024 30,793.66 TWh +4.28% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 30,793.66 TWh2024
Period minimum 15,274.05 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — World, 2000–202415,00020,00025,00030,00035,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 15,274.05 TWh2001: 15,497.14 TWh2002: 16,046.18 TWh2003: 16,622.78 TWh2004: 17,409.44 TWh2005: 18,128.69 TWh2006: 18,833.95 TWh2007: 19,711.13 TWh2008: 20,098.88 TWh2009: 19,938.31 TWh2010: 21,256.09 TWh2011: 21,967.76 TWh2012: 22,510.86 TWh2013: 23,147.98 TWh2014: 23,742.26 TWh2015: 23,996.37 TWh2016: 24,686.64 TWh2017: 25,436.42 TWh2018: 26,455.85 TWh2019: 26,827.13 TWh2020: 26,707.38 TWh2021: 28,235.15 TWh2022: 28,886.66 TWh2023: 29,528.55 TWh2024: 30,793.66 TWh
Change over the period: +15,519.61 (+101.61%) Average annual rate: 2.96 %

Comparison, 2024

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

World 30,793.66 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Electricity generation — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 30,793.66 +1,265.11 +4.28%
2023 29,528.55 +641.89 +2.22%
2022 28,886.66 +651.51 +2.31%
2021 28,235.15 +1,527.77 +5.72%
2020 26,707.38 −119.75 −0.45%
2019 26,827.13 +371.28 +1.4%
2018 26,455.85 +1,019.43 +4.01%
2017 25,436.42 +749.78 +3.04%
2016 24,686.64 +690.27 +2.88%
2015 23,996.37 +254.11 +1.07%
2014 23,742.26 +594.28 +2.57%
2013 23,147.98 +637.12 +2.83%
2012 22,510.86 +543.1 +2.47%
2011 21,967.76 +711.67 +3.35%
2010 21,256.09 +1,317.78 +6.61%
2009 19,938.31 −160.57 −0.8%
2008 20,098.88 +387.75 +1.97%
2007 19,711.13 +877.18 +4.66%
2006 18,833.95 +705.26 +3.89%
2005 18,128.69 +719.25 +4.13%
2004 17,409.44 +786.66 +4.73%
2003 16,622.78 +576.6 +3.59%
2002 16,046.18 +549.04 +3.54%
2001 15,497.14 +223.09 +1.46%
2000 15,274.05

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.