Electricity demand growth
Global · 2024
Electricity demand growth worldwide came in at 4.4% in 2024 (IEA).
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Renewables, natural gas and nuclear are set to meet the additional demand as the world’s use of electricity rises for industry, appliances, air conditioning, data centres, EVs and more
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
While the latest forecasts for global electricity demand growth this year and next are a deceleration from the 4.4% surge recorded in 2024, they remain well above the 2015-2023 average of 2.6%.
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| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3% | -0.1 pp | IEA | Emissions | Clean energy mitigates CO2 power emissions in 2025-2027 | Open record |
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- APA
- International Energy Agency. (2024). Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-to-keep-growing-robustly-through-2026-despite-economic-headwinds. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPST
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds." 2024, https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-to-keep-growing-robustly-through-2026-despite-economic-headwinds. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPST.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds." 2024. https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-to-keep-growing-robustly-through-2026-despite-economic-headwinds. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPST.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2024electricitymbjpst, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPST}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-to-keep-growing-robustly-through-2026-despite-economic-headwinds. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Renewables, natural gas and nuclear are set to meet the additional demand as the world’s use of electricity rises for industry, appliances, air conditioning, data centres, EVs and more
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPST