Electricity demand growth

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-0.6%

Global · 2009

Electricity demand growth worldwide came in at -0.6% in 2009 (IEA).

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Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
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Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
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Verified

What the source says

This is the biggest annual decline since the mid-20th century and far larger than what followed the global financial crisis, which resulted in a drop in electricity demand of 0.6% in 2009.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2009). Electricity Market Report. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPM8
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2009, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPM8.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2009. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPM8.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2009electricitymbjpm8, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Electricity Market Report}, year = {2009}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPM8}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Electricity Market Report
Type
Press release
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Retrieved
15 September 2026
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Review protocol
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15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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