Electricity demand growth

Global CO₂ emissions from power generation rose by a modest 1% in 2024, following a 1.4% rise in 2023, due to a 1.3% y-o-y increase in fossil fuel-based generation amid global electricity demand growth of 4.3%.

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International Energy Agency. (2024). Emissions. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVC

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International Energy Agency. "Emissions." 2024, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVC.

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International Energy Agency. "Emissions." 2024. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVC.

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@misc{iea2024electricitymbjpvc, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Emissions}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVC}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2025/emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPVC.