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Electricity consumption worldwide from 2000 to 2023, with a forecast for 2030 and 2050 (in 1,000 terawatt-hours)

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September 2024

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Special properties

*Forecast.

Supplementary notes

All figures are part of the "Continued Momentum" scenario: a moderate scenario leading to a temperature rise of 2.2°C.

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Forecast electricity consumption worldwide 2000-2050

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jul 14, 2025

In 2023, global electricity consumption stood at ** thousand terawatt-hours, having risen from 13 thousand terawatt-hours in the year 2000. Power consumption is forecast to more than double by 2050, amounting to ** thousand terawatt-hours.

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