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Release Date: April 2004
Next Release Date: April 2005

World Net Electricity Consumption by Region, 2001-2025
(Billion Kilowatthours)

Region/Country 2001 Projections
Average Annual Percent Change, 2001-2025
2010 2015 2020
2025
Industrialized Countries       
 North America
4,036
4,839
5,306
5,792
6,314
1.9
   United States*
3,386
4,055
4,429
4,811
5,207
1.8
   Canada
500
578
630
680
728
1.6
   Mexico
150
206
247
301
379
3.9
 Western Europe
2,246
2,486
2,659
2,839
3,029
1.3
 Industrialized Asia
1,014
1,132
1,208
1,279
1,354
1.2
   Japan
788
870
920
965
1,012
1.0
   Australia/New Zealand
226
262
288
314
342
1.8
     Total Industrialized
7,296
8,456
9,173
9,910
10,697
1.6
EE/FSU
   Former Soviet Union
1,397
1,666
1,862
2,044
2,202
1.9
   Eastern Europe
418
515
585
662
739
2.4
     Total EE/FSU
1,815
2,181
2,447
2,706
2,941
2.0
Developing Countries
 Developing Asia
2,650
3,723
4,508
5,342
6,274
3.7
   China
1,237
1,856
2,322
2,825
3,410
4.3
   India
554
751
896
1,053
1,216
3.3
   South Korea
231
318
371
419
468
3.0
   Other Developing Asia
628
797
919
1,045
1,181
2.7
 Middle East
476
635
723
818
926
2.8
 Africa
384
499
602
716
808
3.1
 Central and South America
668
864
1,000
1,196
1,425
3.2
     Total Developing
4,179
5,721
6,833
8,072
9,434
3.5
Total World
13,290
16,358
18,453
20,688
23,072
2.3
   * Includes the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
   Notes: EE/FSU = Eastern Europe/Former Soviet Union. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
   Sources: 2001: Energy Information Administration (EIA), calculated by the Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, based on estimates of fuel inputs for electricity generation and assumed average generation efficiencies by fuel type. Projections: EIA, System for the Analysis of Global Energy Markets (2004).