Electricity demand growth

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
5%
forecast

China · 2025

IEA projects electricity demand growth in China at 5% in 2025.

Original source
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

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Demand growth is forecast to accelerate to 5.7% in China and 6.6% in India next year, from 5% and 4% in 2025, respectively.

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APA
International Energy Agency. (2025). 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_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPSY
MLA
International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds." 2025, 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_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPSY.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds." 2025. 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_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPSY.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2025electricitymbjpsy, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPSY}, 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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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
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Last revision
15 September 2026
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