Electricity demand growth
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC4-2G6MK2ANJH-18YFAK
Global · 2026
IEA projects electricity demand growth worldwide at 3.6% in 2026.
Electricity demand growth: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IEA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Published today, the IEA’s latest Electricity Mid-Year Update forecasts that global electricity demand will grow by 3.6% in 2026 and by a further 3.8% in 2027 – up from 3% growth in 2025.
Checked: the figure 3.6%is stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
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APA
International Energy Agency. (2026). Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAK
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2026, https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAK.
- Chicago
- International Energy Agency. "Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks." 2026. https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAK.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iea2026electricity18yfak, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAK}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-growth-set-to-accelerate-as-power-systems-adjust-to-recent-shocks. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Other sources disagree
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| Value | Divergence | Source organisation | Document | Locator | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7% | +0.1 pp | IEA | Executive summary – Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025 | Global electricity demand on course to expand robustly in 2025 and 2026 despite economic headwinds | Open record |
Provenance and verification
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Global electricity demand growth set to accelerate as power systems adjust to recent shocks
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFAK