Vietnam Electricity
Generation (2024)#16 World
316.5TWh+6.4% YoY
Consumption (2024)#16 World
300.9TWh+6.4% YoY
Generation Mix (2024)
Fossil Fuels (oil + gas + coal)
(nuclear + renewables) Low-Carbon
54.1%45.9%
Electricity Generation in Vietnam
- Net electricity generation in Vietnam reached 316.5 terawatt-hours in 2024 (#16 in the world), an increase of 6.4% from 297.4 terawatt-hours in 2023. This is equivalent to 1.0% of global electricity generation.
- In 2024, fossil fuels generated 54.1% (171.1 terawatt-hours) of electricity in Vietnam and renewables 45.9% (145.4 terawatt-hours).
- Vietnam increased its fossil fuel use for electricity generation 2024 by 2.8% compared to 2023, with low-carbon sources (renewables) generating 45.9% of the total electricity.
Electricity Consumption in Vietnam
- Vietnam consumed 300.9 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (#16 in the world), an increase of 6.4% from 2023. This represents 1.1% of the world's total electricity consumption.
- Per capita, electricity consumption in Vietnam averaged 2,979.4 kilowatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 8.16 kilowatt-hours per day (#91 in the world).
Installed Electricity Capacity in Vietnam
- Vietnam had a total installed electricity capacity of 88.73 gigawatts in 2024 (#20 in the world), an increase of 1.4% from the previous year.
- fossil fuels made up 44.8% and renewables at 55.2% of Vietnam's installed capacity in 2024.
- Vietnam's power plants ran at an overall capacity factor of 40.7% in 2024, with fossil fuels at 49.2%, hydro at 46.2% and wind at 24.9%.
Electricity Imports & Exports in Vietnam
- Vietnam imported 4.3 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈1.4% of consumption).
- Vietnam exported 0.7 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈0.22% of generation).
- This made Vietnam a net importer of 3.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024.
Grid Efficiency in Vietnam
- Distribution losses in Vietnam were 19.2 terawatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 6.1% of total generation, down from 9.3% in 2014.
Electricity Balance in Vietnam
- In 2024, Vietnam generated approximately 0.87 terawatt-hours per day and consumed 0.82 terawatt-hours per day. This represents a daily surplus of 0.04 terawatt-hours.
Vietnam Electricity History (1980-2024)
| Generation | Consumption | Capacity | Trade | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 316.5 | +6.4% | 16 | 1.0% | 300.9 | +6.4% | 16 | 1.1% | 2,979.4 | 88.73 | +1.4% | 20 | 0.91% | 4.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 19.2 |
| 2023 | 297.4 | +7.3% | 16 | 1.0% | 282.7 | +7.8% | 17 | 1.0% | 2,817 | 87.51 | +4.5% | 20 | 0.96% | 4.22 | 0.74 | 3.48 | 18.2 |
| 2022 | 277.1 | +9.4% | 19 | 0.97% | 262.3 | +10.3% | 19 | 0.99% | 2,631.5 | 83.73 | +1.6% | 19 | 0.98% | 3.28 | 0.96 | 2.32 | 17.14 |
| 2021 | 253.4 | +5.5% | 21 | 0.91% | 237.8 | +5.2% | 20 | 0.92% | 2,403.5 | 82.45 | +5.6% | 19 | 1.0% | 1.4 | 0.58 | 0.82 | 16.45 |
| 2020 | 240.1 | +1.3% | 21 | 0.91% | 225.9 | +1.4% | 21 | 0.92% | 2,303.7 | 78.09 | +37.6% | 19 | 1.0% | 3.07 | 1.56 | 1.51 | 15.69 |
| 2019 | 237 | +9% | 22 | 0.89% | 222.7 | +9.4% | 21 | 0.91% | 2,292.1 | 56.77 | +26.6% | 22 | 0.76% | 3.32 | 2.07 | 1.25 | 15.48 |
| 2018 | 217.4 | +10.9% | 22 | 0.83% | 203.7 | +11.5% | 22 | 0.84% | 2,116.2 | 44.84 | +1.5% | 26 | 0.62% | 3.12 | 1.51 | 1.62 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 196 | +8.6% | 23 | 0.77% | 182.6 | +8.6% | 23 | 0.78% | 1,918.3 | 44.17 | +2.1% | 26 | 0.64% | 2.36 | 1.65 | 0.71 | 14.12 |
| 2016 | 180.5 | +11.5% | 24 | 0.73% | 168.1 | +12.1% | 23 | 0.74% | 1,788.8 | 43.27 | +11% | 25 | 0.65% | 2.74 | 1.41 | 1.33 | 13.65 |
| 2015 | 161.9 | +17% | 25 | 0.68% | 150 | +18.1% | 25 | 0.68% | 1,615.6 | 38.99 | +16.3% | 25 | 0.61% | 2.39 | 1.42 | 0.98 | 12.93 |
| 2014 | 138.4 | +14.8% | 30 | 0.58% | 126.9 | +13.9% | 29 | 0.58% | 1,384.6 | 33.53 | +2.9% | 28 | 0.55% | 2.33 | 0.89 | 1.44 | 12.88 |
| 2013 | 120.6 | +2.5% | 31 | 0.52% | 111.4 | +2.8% | 31 | 0.53% | 1,230 | 32.6 | +3.8% | 30 | 0.56% | 3.66 | 1.34 | 2.33 | 11.5 |
| 2012 | 117.6 | +13% | 31 | 0.53% | 108.3 | +10.5% | 31 | 0.53% | 1,210.3 | 31.41 | +12.4% | 29 | 0.56% | 2.68 | 1.22 | 1.45 | 10.72 |
| 2011 | 104.1 | +9.7% | 32 | 0.48% | 98.01 | +9% | 31 | 0.49% | 1,107.9 | 27.94 | +8.5% | 31 | 0.52% | 4.96 | 1.09 | 3.87 | 9.94 |
| 2010 | 94.91 | +14.1% | 32 | 0.45% | 89.95 | +14% | 32 | 0.46% | 1,028.5 | 25.76 | +33.7% | 32 | 0.50% | 5.6 | 0.96 | 4.64 | 9.6 |
| 2009 | 83.18 | +13.3% | 35 | 0.42% | 78.92 | +14% | 35 | 0.44% | 912.8 | 19.27 | +27.8% | 36 | 0.39% | 4.1 | 0.37 | 3.73 | 7.99 |
| 2008 | 73.4 | +9.5% | 38 | 0.37% | 69.22 | +11.3% | 37 | 0.38% | 812.7 | 15.09 | +12.7% | 43 | 0.32% | 3.22 | 0 | 3.22 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 67.01 | +10.8% | 38 | 0.34% | 62.2 | +13.9% | 39 | 0.35% | 743.7 | 13.39 | +3.5% | 46 | 0.30% | 2.63 | 0 | 2.63 | 7.45 |
| 2006 | 60.5 | +12.7% | 40 | 0.32% | 54.6 | +14.3% | 41 | 0.32% | 664.5 | 12.94 | +1.9% | 46 | 0.30% | 0.97 | 0 | 0.97 | 6.86 |
| 2005 | 53.66 | +16.1% | 42 | 0.30% | 47.78 | +18.9% | 45 | 0.29% | 589.3 | 12.69 | +3.3% | 46 | 0.31% | 0.38 | 0 | 0.38 | 6.26 |
| 2004 | 46.21 | +12.9% | 48 | 0.27% | 40.2 | +12.8% | 47 | 0.26% | 500.4 | 12.28 | +29.7% | 48 | 0.31% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.01 |
| 2003 | 40.93 | +14.3% | 50 | 0.25% | 35.65 | +15.8% | 51 | 0.24% | 448.1 | 9.47 | +5.7% | 51 | 0.25% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.27 |
| 2002 | 35.8 | +16.9% | 53 | 0.23% | 30.79 | +16.8% | 55 | 0.21% | 390.8 | 8.96 | +14.3% | 53 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.01 |
| 2001 | 30.61 | +15.2% | 58 | 0.20% | 26.37 | +15.1% | 57 | 0.19% | 338.2 | 7.83 | +17.8% | 57 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 |
| 2000 | 26.56 | +16.3% | 58 | 0.18% | 22.91 | +18.7% | 58 | 0.17% | 296.9 | 6.65 | +17.8% | 60 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 |
| 1999 | 22.83 | +9.1% | 60 | 0.16% | 19.3 | +10.7% | 58 | 0.15% | 252.9 | 5.64 | −1.1% | 62 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 |
| 1998 | 20.92 | +12.7% | 60 | 0.15% | 17.43 | +15.6% | 61 | 0.14% | 231.5 | 5.7 | +16.5% | 60 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.49 |
| 1997 | 18.57 | +12.3% | 62 | 0.14% | 15.08 | +13.7% | 62 | 0.12% | 203.2 | 4.9 | +5.3% | 64 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 |
| 1996 | 16.53 | +15.5% | 65 | 0.13% | 13.26 | +19.1% | 66 | 0.11% | 181.3 | 4.65 | +4.9% | 64 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.26 |
| 1995 | 14.31 | +19.3% | 68 | 0.11% | 11.14 | +20.6% | 67 | 0.10% | 154.5 | 4.43 | +9.4% | 67 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| 1994 | 12 | +15.1% | 69 | 0.10% | 9.23 | +17.5% | 70 | 0.08% | 130.3 | 4.05 | +18.8% | 70 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 |
| 1993 | 10.42 | +10.5% | 73 | 0.09% | 7.86 | +13.1% | 75 | 0.07% | 112.9 | 3.41 | +16.2% | 75 | 0.12% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.56 |
| 1992 | 9.43 | +4.1% | 74 | 0.08% | 6.94 | +3.5% | 75 | 0.07% | 101.7 | 2.94 | +27.6% | 77 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.49 |
| 1991 | 9.06 | +7% | 60 | 0.08% | 6.71 | +7.1% | 61 | 0.06% | 100.3 | 2.3 | +6.7% | 65 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 |
| 1990 | 8.47 | +12.8% | 61 | 0.07% | 6.26 | +7.6% | 60 | 0.06% | 95.61 | 2.16 | +10.5% | 64 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.21 |
| 1989 | 7.51 | +19.6% | 62 | 0.07% | 5.82 | +16.3% | 60 | 0.06% | 90.76 | 1.95 | +5.4% | 64 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 |
| 1988 | 6.28 | +12% | 65 | 0.06% | 5.01 | +11.2% | 62 | 0.05% | 79.67 | 1.85 | +5.7% | 65 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.27 |
| 1987 | 5.61 | +4.9% | 64 | 0.06% | 4.5 | +6.2% | 63 | 0.05% | 73.14 | 1.75 | +6.1% | 65 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 5.34 | +3.2% | 64 | 0.06% | 4.24 | −0.19% | 63 | 0.05% | 70.26 | 1.65 | +6.5% | 64 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 5.18 | +4.8% | 62 | 0.05% | 4.25 | +5.5% | 63 | 0.05% | 71.93 | 1.55 | +6.9% | 65 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.93 |
| 1984 | 4.94 | +5.6% | 62 | 0.05% | 4.03 | +1.9% | 63 | 0.05% | 69.77 | 1.45 | +18.9% | 65 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.91 |
| 1983 | 4.68 | +5.3% | 63 | 0.05% | 3.95 | +6% | 63 | 0.05% | 70.11 | 1.22 | +2.5% | 66 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 |
| 1982 | 4.44 | +5.7% | 62 | 0.05% | 3.73 | +5.7% | 62 | 0.05% | 67.71 | 1.19 | +0.85% | 66 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.71 |
| 1981 | 4.2 | +7.3% | 64 | 0.05% | 3.52 | +7.2% | 64 | 0.05% | 65.56 | 1.18 | +0.85% | 66 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.68 |
| 1980 | 3.91 | — | 64 | 0.05% | 3.29 | — | 65 | 0.04% | 62.58 | 1.17 | — | 64 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
See also
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics.