World Electricity Generation

Net electricity generation in the world was 30,664 terawatt-hours in 2024, an increase of 3.9% from 2023.
Fossil fuels generated 58.8% of global electricity, renewables 32.5%, and nuclear 8.9%. Low-carbon sources (nuclear + renewables) accounted for 41.4% of total generation, up 1.9% from 2023.

World Electricity Consumption

The world consumed 28,534 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, an increase of 3.9% from 2023. This represents 93.1% of total generation.
In 2024, the world consumed about 3,495.9 kilowatt-hours of electricity per capita (9.58 kilowatt-hours per day), an increase of 3% from 2023.

Electricity by Country

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	Generation		Consumption			Capacity		Trade (2024)

China	10,162	+7.2%	9,793.7	+7.1%	6,900.3	3,376.7	+14.5%	5	22	−17	350.8
United States	4,392.6	+3.2%	4,194.3	+2.7%	12,142	1,283.6	+3.9%	33.25	19.44	13.82	212
India	2,051.8	+3.5%	1,757.6	+4.8%	1,211.3	531.5	+6.5%	7.7	10	−2.3	291.9
Russia	1,160.2	+0.08%	1,045.2	−0.02%	7,217.3	299.5	−0.36%	1.6	18	−16.4	98.61
Japan	907	−5.3%	858.6	−6.3%	6,937.7	353.3	+0.07%	—	—	—	48.45
Brazil	737.1	+5.1%	636.2	+4.4%	3,000.8	264.8	+8.6%	14.1	2.51	11.59	112.5
Canada	611.3	−2%	573.2	+1.6%	14,422	161.9	+0.6%	23.21	35.64	−12.43	25.73
South Korea	577.8	−1%	557.8	−1.1%	10,786	159.7	+4.9%	—	—	—	19.97
France	537.2	+7.7%	409.7	−0.8%	6,156.1	160.9	+5.3%	15.11	105	−89.85	37.69
Germany	490.2	−0.85%	490.4	+2.8%	5,799.4	287.4	+5.2%	81.66	55.39	26.27	26.09
Saudi Arabia	445.8	+0.95%	406	+0.67%	11,954	121.4	+1.5%	0.3	0.35	−0.05	39.73
Indonesia	404.9	+5.8%	376.2	+5.6%	1,327.1	99.92	+9.9%	0.96	—	—	29.59
Iran	388.9	+2.1%	347.3	+3.3%	3,793.3	96	+2.8%	3.2	5.6	−2.4	39.12
Mexico	386.8	+5.1%	343	+5.7%	2,621.2	99.59	+0.77%	2.89	3.19	−0.31	43.52
Turkey (Türkiye)	332.9	+4.4%	303.1	+3.1%	3,464.7	118.9	+9.2%	2.68	3.66	−0.99	28.87
Vietnam	316.5	+6.4%	300.9	+6.4%	2,979.4	88.73	+1.4%	4.3	0.7	3.6	19.2
Taiwan	285.5	+2.4%	278	+2.7%	11,977	66.72	+4.2%	—	—	—	7.45
Australia	270.1	+0.42%	256.9	+0.45%	9,618.1	116.7	+8.8%	—	—	—	13.18
United Kingdom	268	+0.49%	274.6	+5%	3,971.7	114.6	+1.9%	43.73	10.33	33.41	26.79
Spain	267.2	+0.39%	233.1	+2.4%	4,865.1	140.7	+6.7%	14.35	24.58	−10.23	23.86
Italy	258.8	+1.9%	290.3	+1.2%	4,891.6	136.2	+5.5%	55.91	4.91	51	19.57
South Africa	242.8	+5.2%	216.8	+4.5%	3,387.6	63.43	+0.8%	10.7	12	−1.3	24.64
Egypt	218.5	+2.4%	173.9	+4.5%	1,492	63.45	+1.5%	0.1	1.5	−1.4	43.23
Thailand	206.1	+5.2%	223.4	+5.3%	3,116.6	58.34	+4.2%	35.99	3.58	32.41	15.19
Malaysia	195.3	+0.75%	180.8	+0.69%	5,085.4	38.97	−2.8%	0.02	1.1	−1.08	13.41
Sweden	169.5	+3.7%	126.7	+0.58%	11,941	56.96	+3.7%	5.7	39.14	−33.44	9.43
United Arab Emirates	169	+4.9%	161.2	+5.4%	14,622	45.53	+4.8%	0.36	0.6	−0.24	7.54
Poland	167.4	+2%	157.8	−0.94%	4,094.3	67.15	+7.1%	15.21	13.25	1.97	11.57
Norway	155	+1.9%	128.8	+1.1%	23,092	40.42	+0.6%	14.69	33.12	−18.44	7.81
Pakistan	151.9	+4.1%	128.2	+6.3%	510.3	46.57	+7%	0.48	—	—	24.12
Iraq	149.7	+3.3%	67.14	−6.7%	1,458.3	27.24	+0%	7.1	—	—	89.69
Argentina	147.5	+14.4%	123.2	+5.1%	2,695.3	48.72	+2.2%	10.14	0.97	9.17	33.47
Philippines	124.2	+6.4%	111.6	+5.3%	963.6	31.04	+5.9%	—	—	—	12.53
Kazakhstan	122.8	+8.5%	113.2	+7%	5,497.8	27.39	−0.55%	4.86	2.45	2.41	11.98
Netherlands	119.5	+1.4%	110.3	+2.8%	6,050.7	61.51	+6.4%	20.03	24.25	−4.22	5.03
Colombia	115.3	+32.9%	107	+35.8%	2,023.9	19.91	+10.9%	0.02	1.22	−1.2	7.02
Bangladesh	101.7	+1%	103.7	+0.79%	597.4	22.92	+4.7%	10	—	—	8.06
Ukraine	96.91	−5.7%	87.26	−6%	2,304.7	44.85	−6.2%	0.8	0.37	0.43	10.09
Algeria	96.37	+0.51%	85	+0.95%	1,815.7	22.6	−0.01%	0.08	2.6	−2.52	8.84
Kuwait	92.49	+3.1%	84.51	+2.8%	17,127	19.42	−4.3%	—	—	—	7.98
Chile	88.61	−0.71%	83.18	−1.7%	4,208.5	38.25	+6.8%	—	—	—	5.43
Venezuela	80.13	+11.4%	63.35	+37.4%	2,230.2	35.8	+6.8%	—	—	—	16.78
Finland	79.28	+1.3%	79.49	+2.8%	14,150	28.27	+6.8%	8.72	5.54	3.18	2.97
Israel	76.74	+1.4%	67.14	+3%	7,152.4	23.74	+0.77%	—	6.4	—	3.2
Uzbekistan	75.51	+2.3%	75.07	+2.7%	2,064.5	20.67	+11.9%	5	1.7	3.3	3.75
Switzerland	75.07	+9.8%	56.38	−1.4%	6,319	28.9	+6.3%	25.96	40.35	−14.4	4.29
Czech Republic (Czechia)	73.66	−2.8%	63.85	+0.44%	5,947.5	23.49	+4.2%	15.35	22.01	−6.66	3.15
Belgium	72.38	−8.4%	79.02	+2%	6,731.2	29.05	+3.8%	27.75	17.41	10.34	3.7
Austria	71.53	+9.2%	61.6	−1.2%	6,753.4	34.22	+7.9%	18.92	25.7	−6.78	3.15
Peru	59.3	−2.6%	52.6	−3%	1,537.3	16.81	+1.2%	0.03	0.005	0.03	6.72
Singapore	59.26	+2.4%	59.12	+2.4%	10,136	13.22	+0.52%	—	—	—	0.14
Qatar	56.68	+0.53%	53.44	+0.44%	17,530	12.3	+0.21%	—	—	—	3.24
Greece	53.53	+8.3%	47.87	−4.3%	4,764.4	28.67	+10.6%	5.71	6.02	−0.31	5.35
Paraguay	53.24	+20.3%	15.66	+81.1%	2,259.9	8.98	+0%	—	30	—	7.59
Laos	52.31	+0.02%	12.42	−15.2%	1,597.9	12.74	−0.13%	1.3	38	−36.7	3.19
Romania	49.24	−7.8%	46.95	+5.4%	2,469.3	22.02	+9%	14.94	11.98	2.96	5.25
Oman	46.47	+2.4%	43.16	+5%	8,171.8	11.59	+0%	—	—	—	3.31
Belarus	45.83	+9.8%	42.08	+9.9%	4,646.1	12.7	−0.07%	4	4.6	−0.6	3.15
Portugal	45.78	+1.1%	51.23	+1.7%	4,913.9	26.6	+8%	14.36	3.89	10.47	5.02
New Zealand	44	+2.6%	40.96	+3.4%	7,855.1	11.03	+6.4%	—	—	—	3.04
Morocco	42.3	−0.21%	36.9	+1.2%	969	15.7	+7.4%	2.9	0.36	2.54	7.93
Bulgaria	38.63	−3%	35.35	+2.4%	5,231.6	15.05	+15.1%	5.92	6.91	−0.99	2.29
Bahrain	37.96	+1.3%	37.44	+1.6%	23,298	5.11	+0.18%	0.51	0.02	0.49	1
Nigeria	37.55	−8.2%	29.93	−8.3%	128.7	14.15	+0%	—	2.3	—	5.32
Hong Kong	37.44	−0.82%	45.15	−1.1%	6,088.7	12.76	−5.1%	11.37	—	—	3.65
Serbia	36.99	−6.8%	33.66	+3.2%	4,997.5	8.86	+1.2%	6.94	6.42	0.52	3.85
Hungary	36.98	+8.5%	45.01	+5.4%	4,651.9	16.58	+12.6%	22.72	11.99	10.73	2.7
Libya	34.6	+2.5%	27.78	+4.2%	3,763.2	11.42	+3.8%	—	—	—	6.82
Denmark	34.52	+2.4%	36.06	+2.9%	6,031.9	20.92	+3.7%	25.17	21.46	3.71	2.18
Turkmenistan	33.01	+1.2%	20.82	+2.4%	2,778.4	6.51	+0%	—	9	—	3.18
Ecuador	32.66	−8.8%	27.88	−11.4%	1,537.2	8.48	+0.39%	1.2	0.5	0.7	5.48
Ireland	30.58	+1%	33.4	+7.6%	6,356.6	12.8	+5.3%	5.27	0.21	5.06	2.24
Slovakia	28.55	+4.1%	24.52	+7.7%	4,452.2	8.26	+3.3%	14.46	17.41	−2.96	1.08
Azerbaijan	27.83	−4.3%	24.46	+2.5%	2,366.8	8.42	+0.42%	0.17	1.4	−1.23	2.14
North Korea	27.1	+1.4%	23.15	+2.3%	873.6	8.44	+0.4%	—	—	—	3.95
Syria	24.89	−0.53%	18.84	−6.6%	763.5	10.18	+0%	—	0.6	—	5.45
Ghana	24.27	−0.08%	19.1	+0.29%	554.8	5.96	+4.6%	0.06	2.5	−2.44	2.73
Dominican Republic	24.03	−2.2%	20.99	−5.4%	1,836.9	7.16	+10.1%	—	—	—	3.04
Jordan	23.67	−0.41%	21.11	−1.2%	1,826.9	7.44	+5.3%	0.26	0.2	0.06	2.63
Tajikistan	22.2	+4.6%	15.64	+5.9%	1,476.9	6.46	+0%	0.9	3.5	−2.6	3.96
Myanmar	21.71	+2.9%	20.23	+2.1%	371.3	7.43	+0.49%	0.21	0.001	0.21	1.69
Tunisia	21.36	+0.39%	19.89	+3.9%	1,619.9	6.98	+4%	2.7	0.11	2.59	4.06
Puerto Rico	20	+0.54%	18.77	+0.54%	5,789.1	6.94	+0.54%	—	—	—	1.23
Mozambique	19.79	−0.85%	13.23	+0.86%	382	2.89	+0.91%	8.1	11.4	−3.3	3.26
Zambia	19.72	+1.4%	15.54	+12.2%	729.1	4.06	+1.8%	0.28	3.4	−3.12	1.06
Cuba	19.44	−1.6%	15.81	−3.6%	1,439.8	6.73	+0.18%	—	—	—	3.63
Iceland	19.06	−3.9%	18.49	−4.1%	46,988	2.95	−2.5%	—	—	—	0.57
Cambodia	18.1	+22.8%	19.32	+19.1%	1,095.5	4.04	+10.9%	3.3	—	—	2.07
Slovenia	16.75	+10.6%	13.53	+5.1%	6,383.8	5.12	+6.1%	9.97	12.37	−2.41	0.82
Ethiopia	16.64	−6.3%	10.86	−7.9%	82.23	6.78	+14.5%	—	1.8	—	3.98
Sri Lanka	16.62	−0.85%	15.19	−0.74%	657.6	6.41	+11.9%	—	—	—	1.43
Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.92	+1.8%	16.12	+1.8%	147.5	3.29	+1.4%	1.5	0.06	1.44	1.24
Guatemala	15.79	+5.8%	14.48	+2.8%	786.7	5.03	+0%	1.66	1.1	0.56	1.87
Kyrgyzstan	15.77	+15.9%	16.31	+11.7%	2,269.8	3.99	+3%	3.84	0.36	3.48	2.94
Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.72	−2.9%	12.05	+13.5%	3,808.8	4.88	+2.3%	4.72	7.18	−2.46	1.21
Angola	15.6	−0.93%	13.84	−1.2%	365.4	6.86	+5.6%	—	—	—	1.75
Sudan	14.77	+1.8%	11.6	+0.78%	230	4.01	+0%	0.8	—	—	3.96
Croatia	14.7	−12.1%	17.45	+7.4%	4,501.8	5.92	+7.2%	13.01	8.65	4.36	1.61
Georgia	13.93	−3.4%	13	+3.2%	3,415	4.78	+2.2%	2.3	2.12	0.18	1.11
Bolivia	13.53	+7.8%	12.44	+8.4%	1,002.2	4.39	−1.6%	—	—	—	1.09
Panama	13.43	+2.5%	12.41	+3%	2,748.5	4.58	+2%	0.13	0.27	−0.14	0.88
Uruguay	13.37	+4.3%	13.21	+2.9%	3,901.1	6.04	+0.48%	1.4	0.25	1.15	1.31
Kenya	13.26	+3.7%	11.45	+7.9%	202.8	3.74	−0.65%	1.53	0.04	1.49	3.31
Honduras	12.48	−0.07%	8.62	−4.4%	795.8	3.49	+5.8%	0.16	0.006	0.15	4.02
Nepal	11.12	+4%	9.19	+2%	310	3.53	+23.6%	1.8	1.9	−0.1	1.83
Costa Rica	11.01	−6.1%	10.09	−8.9%	1,966	3.73	−0.65%	0.36	0.14	0.22	1.15
Bhutan	11	−1.5%	12.38	+3.9%	15,635	2.46	+5.1%	1.46	—	—	0.09
Côte d'Ivoire	10.79	−1.7%	8.17	−5.3%	256	2.65	+2.4%	0.27	1	−0.73	1.89
Zimbabwe	10.26	+2.7%	10.19	+0.59%	612.4	2.52	+0.96%	2.2	0.36	1.84	1.91
Trinidad and Tobago	9.54	+0.35%	9.15	+1.4%	6,065.3	2.14	+0.04%	—	—	—	0.4
Armenia	9.03	+4.4%	7.02	+0.62%	2,359.9	4.03	+1.8%	0.14	1.54	−1.39	0.62
Tanzania	8.85	−16.3%	7.55	−13.4%	110.2	2.73	+38.1%	0.19	—	—	1.49
Mongolia	8.83	+6.6%	10.29	+7.6%	2,960.5	1.61	+5.8%	2.75	0.04	2.72	1.26
Albania	8.34	−7.4%	7.64	+11.6%	2,737.7	2.64	+6.4%	2.67	2.33	0.33	1.03
Senegal	7.63	−7%	7.16	−7.7%	387	1.91	+8.5%	0.5	—	—	0.97
Cameroon	7.27	+0.54%	5.53	+9.5%	189.8	1.8	+0.06%	0.06	—	—	1.8
Kosovo	7.02	+10.5%	6.69	+1.9%	—	1.56	+0.31%	3.16	2.62	0.54	0.86
El Salvador	6.77	+2.2%	5.6	+2.6%	884.1	3.32	+0.09%	0.17	0.5	−0.33	0.84
North Macedonia	6.17	−9.5%	6.08	+1.9%	3,336.2	2.96	+12.4%	7.65	6.94	0.71	0.8
Moldova	6.07	−4.5%	5.5	−6.5%	1,813.2	1.01	+13.1%	0.44	0.45	−0.01	0.55
Mali	5.96	−0.82%	5.04	+1.4%	206	1.33	+12.1%	0.5	1	−0.5	0.42
Latvia	5.91	−7%	6.62	−2.9%	3,538.2	3.44	+4.5%	4.25	3.17	1.07	0.36
Uganda	5.81	+0.76%	4.17	−0.79%	83.44	2.06	+12.2%	0.04	0.48	−0.44	1.2
Lithuania	5.76	+31.6%	10.34	−1.3%	3,617.6	7.49	+30.6%	9.7	4.3	5.4	0.82
Brunei	5.55	−1.1%	4.85	−5.1%	10,472	1.15	+0.62%	—	—	—	0.71
Cyprus	5.53	+4%	5.36	+3.7%	3,943.5	2.41	+6.2%	—	—	—	0.17
Republic of the Congo	5.47	+1.9%	4.08	+37%	644.4	0.84	+0%	0.02	0.1	−0.08	1.31
Estonia	5.34	−9.8%	7.12	−11.6%	5,234.6	3.89	+23.4%	5.55	2.66	2.9	1.12
Lebanon	5.33	−15%	4.82	−17.4%	830.8	4.63	−10.3%	—	—	—	0.51
Yemen	5.26	+2.6%	3.61	−22.1%	89	1.91	+6.7%	—	—	—	1.64
Jamaica	4.92	+3.2%	3.62	+0.97%	1,276.3	1.13	−9.1%	—	—	—	1.3
Papua New Guinea	4.73	+0.02%	4.4	+0.02%	416	1.15	+2.7%	—	—	—	0.33
Nicaragua	4.52	+0.14%	4.45	−1%	643.1	1.87	+0.97%	0.9	—	—	0.97
Guinea	4.03	+0.84%	3.6	+0.84%	244	1.28	+0%	—	—	—	0.43
Montenegro	3.79	−9.5%	3.2	+17.8%	5,016	1.07	+1.2%	5.95	6.11	−0.16	0.43
Botswana	3.43	+6.3%	3.95	−3.8%	1,567.7	0.76	+0%	1.39	0.15	1.24	0.71
Mauritius	3.41	+4.3%	3.21	+4.1%	2,525.1	0.99	+1.4%	—	—	—	0.2
New Caledonia	3.12	+1%	3.05	+1%	10,428	1.21	+0.27%	—	—	—	0.07
Gabon	2.61	+0.35%	2.6	+0.99%	1,025	0.8	+1.4%	0.58	—	—	0.58
Madagascar	2.42	−2.7%	2.29	−2.8%	71.49	0.88	+0.18%	—	—	—	0.14
Bahamas	2.25	+1.8%	2.03	−7.9%	5,050.5	0.71	+0.86%	—	—	—	0.22
Malta	2.12	−7.6%	2.92	+7.5%	5,414.3	0.73	+0.97%	0.97	0.0029	0.97	0.17
Mauritania	2.07	−0.81%	2.05	+1.1%	397.4	0.85	+4.2%	0.3	—	—	0.32
Guam	1.86	+3.2%	1.77	+3.2%	10,543	0.46	−13.1%	—	—	—	0.09
Malawi	1.84	+0.09%	1.59	+0.09%	73.25	0.78	+0.0026%	—	0.02	—	0.23
Suriname	1.74	+0.68%	1.5	+1.1%	2,368	0.57	−0.76%	—	—	—	0.24
Burkina Faso	1.68	−0.34%	2.88	−6%	122.2	0.79	+5.4%	1.5	—	—	0.31
Namibia	1.65	−12.6%	3.6	+4.9%	1,187.4	0.66	+0%	2.6	0.2	2.4	0.45
Equatorial Guinea	1.49	+4.6%	1.32	+5.2%	698	0.35	+0%	—	—	—	0.17
Guyana	1.39	+0.28%	1.11	−0.52%	1,331.9	0.41	−3.4%	—	—	—	0.28
Fiji	1.15	+0.16%	1.05	+0.16%	1,130.3	0.43	+0%	—	—	—	0.1
Rwanda	1.13	+3.7%	1	+0.4%	70	0.37	+7.5%	0.1	0.01	0.09	0.23
Barbados	1.1	+1.1%	1.04	+1.1%	3,668.8	0.32	−3.9%	—	—	—	0.07
Luxembourg	1.02	+25.6%	6.12	+4.1%	9,089	2.33	+6.1%	6.57	1.32	5.25	0.16
Benin	1.01	+0.46%	1.84	−3.6%	127.4	0.51	+0%	1.3	0.002	1.3	0.46
Aruba	0.99	+0.37%	0.83	+0.37%	7,653.4	0.3	−0.33%	—	—	—	0.17
State of Palestine	0.99	+15.8%	6.87	−0.99%	1,250.1	0.36	+1.4%	7	—	—	1.12
Afghanistan	0.99	+1.4%	6.08	−6%	142.6	0.66	+0%	5.83	—	—	0.74
Niger	0.95	−2.2%	1.71	−7%	63.22	0.38	+0%	1.2	—	—	0.44
Haiti	0.86	+1.3%	0.74	+5%	62.55	0.48	+2.1%	—	—	—	0.13
Maldives	0.86	+0.92%	0.83	+0.92%	1,570.6	0.47	+3.1%	—	—	—	0.03
Macao	0.78	+18.8%	6.12	+5.2%	8,499.7	0.43	−0.11%	5.5	—	—	0.16
French Polynesia	0.72	+0.99%	0.68	+0.99%	2,399.2	0.4	+17.1%	—	—	—	0.04
Togo	0.71	−1%	1.98	−3.3%	207.9	0.36	+0%	1.5	—	—	0.23
Cayman Islands	0.7	+0.46%	0.7	+0.46%	9,427.8	0.18	+0%	—	—	—	0.0021
U.S. Virgin Islands	0.68	+0%	0.63	+0%	7,394.4	0.35	+6.1%	—	—	—	0.05
Seychelles	0.63	+1.8%	0.58	+1.8%	4,459.8	0.15	−13.9%	—	—	—	0.04
Bermuda	0.61	−4.3%	0.38	−16.9%	5,946	0.17	+0%	—	—	—	0.22
Eswatini	0.6	−6.3%	1.49	−2%	1,198.3	0.28	+0%	1.04	—	—	0.16
Greenland	0.59	−2.7%	0.58	−4%	10,307	0.19	+0%	—	—	—	0.02
Liberia	0.57	−7.8%	0.4	−7.8%	71.75	0.21	+2.5%	—	—	—	0.17
South Sudan	0.56	−0.13%	0.53	+0.0089%	44.79	0.06	+83%	—	—	—	0.02
Cabo Verde	0.52	+3.2%	0.41	+3.2%	786.5	0.2	+2.5%	—	—	—	0.11
Gambia	0.51	+0.08%	0.41	+0.08%	147.7	0.19	+15.5%	—	—	—	0.1
Timor-Leste	0.51	+0.03%	0.41	+0.03%	293.9	0.32	+14.5%	—	—	—	0.1
Faroe Islands	0.49	+0%	0.46	+0%	8,380.6	0.23	−9.2%	—	—	—	0.03
Burundi	0.49	−1.6%	0.53	−4.8%	37.65	0.13	+0%	0.08	—	—	0.04
Belize	0.47	+3.4%	0.7	+18.1%	1,686.3	0.17	−0.23%	0.38	—	—	0.15
Eritrea	0.45	−6%	0.4	−7.4%	113.2	0.23	−4.9%	—	—	—	0.05
Somalia	0.42	+1.7%	0.41	+1.7%	21.35	0.48	+4.4%	—	—	—	0.02
Saint Lucia	0.4	+0.73%	0.37	+0.73%	2,046.6	0.09	+1.1%	—	—	—	0.03
Chad	0.37	+3.2%	0.29	+14.2%	14.18	0.17	+0%	—	—	—	0.08
Antigua and Barbuda	0.37	+1.4%	0.33	+1.4%	3,493.2	0.14	+0.84%	—	—	—	0.04
Turks and Caicos Islands	0.27	+0.27%	0.25	+0.27%	5,431.5	0.09	+0%	—	—	—	0.01
Grenada	0.24	+2.2%	0.23	+2.2%	1,931.3	0.07	+16.8%	—	—	—	0.02
Gibraltar	0.22	−3.1%	0.19	−17%	4,748.3	0.05	+0%	—	—	—	0.04
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.22	+0.32%	0.18	+0.32%	3,907.4	0.07	+3%	—	—	—	0.04
Sierra Leone	0.22	+1.4%	0.13	+1.4%	15.41	0.26	+0%	—	—	—	0.08
Djibouti	0.2	+0.4%	0.67	+14.2%	571.8	0.21	+0%	0.6	—	—	0.13
British Virgin Islands	0.17	+0%	0.16	+0%	4,150.4	0.07	+0%	—	—	—	0.01
American Samoa	0.17	+0.41%	0.16	+0.41%	3,377	0.06	+2.8%	—	—	—	0.01
Samoa	0.16	+2.1%	0.14	+2.1%	664.4	0.06	+0%	—	—	—	0.02
Dominica	0.15	+0%	0.15	+0%	2,199.4	0.04	−1.8%	—	—	—	0.008
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.15	+0.19%	0.14	+0.19%	1,375.5	0.06	+0%	—	—	—	0.01
Central African Republic	0.14	+0%	0.13	+0%	24.78	0.13	+12.9%	—	—	—	0.01
Comoros	0.14	+0%	0.11	+0%	130.5	0.03	+8.2%	—	—	—	0.02
Solomon Islands	0.11	−1.4%	0.09	−1.4%	112.5	0.05	+38.2%	—	—	—	0.02
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.09	+0%	0.05	+0%	199.8	0.04	+2.5%	—	—	—	0.04
Guinea-Bissau	0.09	+0.49%	0.08	+0.49%	36.43	0.04	+0%	—	—	—	0.006
Vanuatu	0.08	+0%	0.07	+0%	228.1	0.04	+0%	—	—	—	0.0053
Tonga	0.07	+1.3%	0.07	+1.3%	651.9	0.04	+3.2%	—	—	—	0.0061
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.05	+0%	0.05	+0%	8,655.7	0.03	+0%	—	—	—	0.002
Cook Islands	0.04	+5.5%	0.04	+5.5%	2,881.4	0.02	+43.6%	—	—	—	0.0034
Nauru	0.04	+1.7%	0.04	+1.7%	3,225.1	0.02	+0%	—	—	—	0.004
Kiribati	0.03	+2.6%	0.03	+2.6%	208.9	0.01	+0%	—	—	—	0.0051
Falkland Islands	0.02	+0%	0.02	+0%	5,261.3	0.01	+18.9%	—	—	—	0.0009
Montserrat	0.02	+1.7%	0.02	+1.7%	3,700.9	0.0058	+6.2%	—	—	—	0.00038
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	0.0085	+0%	0.007	+0%	1,329.5	0.0056	+3.7%	—	—	—	0.0015
Lesotho	0.0037	+2.3%	0.48	+35.1%	205.1	0.1	+0.97%	0.58	—	—	0.11
Niue	0.0034	+0%	0.003	+0%	1,649.3	0.0041	+32.3%	—	—	—	0.0004
Western Sahara	—	—	—	—	—	0.06	+0%	—	—	—	—
Guadeloupe	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
French Guiana	—	—	0.06	—	188	—	—	—	—	—	—
Martinique	—	—	0.09	—	271	—	—	—	—	—	—
Réunion	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

World Electricity History (1980-2024)

	Generation		Consumption			Capacity		Trade

2024	30,664	+3.9%	28,534	+3.9%	3,495.9	9,758.3	+7.4%	831.4	842.2	−10.78	2,120
2023	29,524	+3.7%	27,460	+3.8%	3,393.5	9,082.3	+6.4%	803.7	815.5	−11.77	2,052.4
2022	28,467	+2.2%	26,447	+2.4%	3,297	8,532.6	+4.2%	815.9	825.6	−9.69	2,010.6
2021	27,842	+5.1%	25,826	+5.3%	3,246.7	8,189.2	+4.8%	774.2	772.4	1.84	2,017.7
2020	26,479	−0.04%	24,514	+0.08%	3,108.2	7,811.2	+4.8%	746	750.3	−4.28	1,960.7
2019	26,490	+1.5%	24,495	+1.6%	3,135.8	7,450.3	+3.6%	722.8	734.8	−11.94	1,983.4
2018	26,110	+3.2%	24,111	+3.4%	3,119.2	7,191.3	+4.3%	718.5	726.3	−7.75	1,990.8
2017	25,289	+3%	23,314	+3.1%	3,049.3	6,897.3	+4%	730.9	738.9	−8	1,967.8
2016	24,560	+2.5%	22,616	+2.4%	2,992.1	6,629.6	+4.6%	728.7	720.4	8.35	1,952.7
2015	23,966	+1.2%	22,079	+1.2%	2,955.5	6,340.2	+4.6%	753.1	731.3	21.81	1,908.3
2014	23,685	+2.6%	21,814	+2.9%	2,955.1	6,063.4	+4%	716.5	700.5	15.94	1,887.8
2013	23,077	+3.5%	21,209	+3.6%	2,908.6	5,832.1	+4.2%	683.3	667.9	15.43	1,884
2012	22,302	+2.1%	20,473	+2.1%	2,843	5,596.9	+4.4%	685.8	677.6	8.17	1,836.6
2011	21,836	+3.4%	20,050	+3.6%	2,819.6	5,361.6	+4.6%	654.9	651.3	3.63	1,789.7
2010	21,110	+6.8%	19,347	+7.1%	2,755.4	5,123.4	+4.9%	593.3	591	2.29	1,764.9
2009	19,770	−0.55%	18,071	−0.53%	2,606.7	4,885.4	+4.4%	593.6	585.7	7.93	1,706.3
2008	19,879	+1.7%	18,167	+1.7%	2,654.3	4,678.2	+4%	622.4	620.3	2.07	1,713.7
2007	19,554	+4.6%	17,868	+4.6%	2,644.2	4,499.6	+3.9%	633.8	629.6	4.18	1,690.5
2006	18,701	+4.1%	17,090	+4.4%	2,561.6	4,328.7	+4.7%	620.7	618.1	2.64	1,613.8
2005	17,965	+4%	16,367	+4.1%	2,484.8	4,134.2	+3.4%	618.5	621.2	−2.69	1,595
2004	17,266	+4.7%	15,715	+4.5%	2,416.5	3,997.5	+3.8%	558.5	558	0.42	1,550.9
2003	16,493	+3.7%	15,042	+4%	2,342.9	3,852.1	+3.5%	557.9	556.1	1.82	1,452.5
2002	15,906	+3.7%	14,462	+3.5%	2,281.9	3,720.7	+3.7%	530.1	522.7	7.42	1,451.7
2001	15,345	+1.5%	13,978	+1.7%	2,234.8	3,587.5	+3.1%	509.4	501.9	7.56	1,373.9
2000	15,114	+7.8%	13,745	+8.1%	2,227	3,480.1	+5.7%	519.3	508.4	10.93	1,380
1999	14,016	+2.5%	12,713	+2.1%	2,087.9	3,290.9	+2.3%	450.8	452.1	−1.25	1,302
1998	13,678	+2.5%	12,449	+2.4%	2,072.4	3,218.5	+1.7%	420.5	416.4	4.13	1,232.5
1997	13,340	+2.5%	12,154	+2.7%	2,051.4	3,165.4	+2.1%	420.3	423.9	−3.63	1,181.7
1996	13,011	+3%	11,838	+2.9%	2,026.4	3,099.8	+2.6%	427.4	430.2	−2.78	1,170
1995	12,627	+3.6%	11,507	+3.4%	1,998.1	3,022	+1.8%	397.8	400.8	−3.06	1,117.4
1994	12,183	+2.3%	11,132	+2.3%	1,961.4	2,968.4	+2.4%	398.4	401.6	−3.25	1,047.6
1993	11,906	+2.3%	10,882	+1.9%	1,946.1	2,898.7	+2.4%	403.2	400.7	2.5	1,027.4
1992	11,633	+0.72%	10,674	+0.62%	1,938.6	2,830.1	+2.1%	400.5	400.8	−0.33	959
1991	11,551	+2.1%	10,608	+2%	1,957.6	2,772.5	+1.3%	260.7	260.7	−0.0079	942.9
1990	11,310	+2.2%	10,402	+2.7%	1,952.4	2,736.1	+1.9%	292.4	292.1	0.4	908.6
1989	11,062	+5%	10,132	+4.5%	1,935.6	2,686.3	+3.1%	280.1	278.3	1.74	931.9
1988	10,534	+4.3%	9,699.5	+4.5%	1,886.3	2,605.1	+2.7%	258.6	258.3	0.3	835.3
1987	10,100	+4.6%	9,278.7	+4.4%	1,837.5	2,536.5	+2.9%	248.9	249.2	−0.27	821.3
1986	9,660.2	+2.1%	8,888.4	+2.6%	1,792.7	2,465.5	+3%	216.1	216.4	−0.23	771.6
1985	9,463.9	+4.2%	8,662.1	+3.6%	1,779.1	2,393.5	+3.7%	213.5	216.1	−2.65	799.2
1984	9,085.1	+5.7%	8,361.7	+6.2%	1,748.5	2,308.1	+4.3%	202	202.1	−0.04	723.4
1983	8,594.8	+4.1%	7,872.4	+4%	1,675.9	2,212.1	+3.3%	194	194	0.05	722.4
1982	8,255.5	+2.3%	7,569.4	+2.1%	1,641	2,142.4	+3.6%	164.6	164.4	0.14	686.2
1981	8,073.4	+0.7%	7,410.4	+1.2%	1,636.3	2,067.5	+4.5%	166.5	166.2	0.29	663.2
1980	8,017.6	—	7,323.4	—	1,646.6	1,979.1	—	145.5	150.1	−4.59	689.6

Sources

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics.

Data topics

Reference

Tools

World Electricity

World Electricity Generation

World Electricity Consumption

Electricity by Country

World Electricity History (1980-2024)

See also

Sources