Electricity demand growth

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
4.4%

Global · 2024

Electricity demand growth worldwide came in at 4.4% in 2024 (IEA).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Global electricity demand on course to expand robustly in 2025 and 2026 despite economic headwinds
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

While slower than the 4.4% surge in 2024, growth forecasts of 3.3% for 2025 and 3.7% for 2026 remain among the highest rates observed in the past decade and well above the 2015-2023 average of 2.6%.

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ValueDivergenceSource organisationDocumentLocatorDetails
4.3%-0.1 ppIEAEmissionsClean energy mitigates CO2 power emissions in 2025-2027Open record

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2024). Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMZ
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMZ.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMZ.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2024electricitymbjpmz, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMZ}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Global electricity demand on course to expand robustly in 2025 and 2026 despite economic headwinds
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
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