This was a period where consumers were shifting from oil to electricity where possible, a process that was typically more efficient. Energy consumption in the united states is projected to increase in all of the enduse sectors, with the demand for transportation energy expected to increase the most 22. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Energy consumption an overview sciencedirect topics. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 4 bn. Energy consumption in brunei the most important measure in the energy balance of brunei is the total consumption of. Projection of world energy consumption in btu per annum. Global energy consumption grew significantly in 2018, spurred by the sustained economic growth and rising demand in china, the world s largest energy. Nuclear energy represented 6 % and hydroelectricity 2. Since the twenty first century, global electricity consumption has seen even faster growth, as evidenced by an average annual increase of 3. The electricity share of world residential energy consumption grows from 39% in 2012 to 43% in 2040, and by 2025 electricity. The iea produces free monthly statistics with timely and consistent oil, oil price, natural gas and electricity data for all oecd member countries back to 2000. Although less generally communicative, the 2000 watt name is clean and trim, and since it has stuck we will use it throughout the book.
Residential energy demand is expected to increase to 12. Energy consumption and energy crisis in the roman world. At the beginning of modern growth, in the early decades of the 19 th century, world average consumption per capita was 710,000 kcal. Despite the consequences of fossil fuels which most famously include global warming the world is hungry for them and consumes them at a rate 100,000 times that at which theyre formed source. Annual paid data services with detailed countrybycountry data on all fuels, co2 emissions, prices and taxes and energy policies. Zambia could provide itself completely with selfproduced energy. Energy is critically important to the canadian economy as canada is among the largest energy producers and the highest per capita energy consumers in the world. The united states and its partners continue to face a growing number of global threats and challenges. This is not the consumption of endusers but all energy needed as input to produce fuel and electricity for endusers. For 2015, it is iceland which recorded the highest average energy consumption per capita, with around 203,280 kwh.
Note correlation with population growth but that is not the only. Asiaworld energy outlook 2016 international energy forum. Slowing pace of growth chinas growing energy needs are increasingly met by renewables, natural gas and electricity while coal demand falls back. World energy consumption since 1820 in charts resilience. Figure 10 shows that world per capita energy consumption was increasing until the late 70s, hitting a peak in 1977.
Top 10 highest electricity consuming countries in the world. It does not include energy from food, and the extent to which direct biomass burning. You can use the slider to check how consumption changed from the year 1960. The world of energy is being reshaped by a set of fundamental drivers, which we term the grand. Our world in data visualised the 2015 per capita average energy consumption of the countries in the map above.
Average annual electricity consumption per capita, measured in kilowatthours kwh per year. Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy consumption world bank, sustainable energy for all se4all database from the se4all global tracking framework led jointly by the world bank, international energy agency, and the energy sector management assistance program. There was a fairly long period until about 2000 where per capita energy consumption. As can be seen from the graph that far east and oceania used a lot of energy as a region, but per capita energy consumption is relatively low implying that if each person in that region would consume as much as in north america, that regions energy consumption would. Electricity becomes an increasingly important energy source for the residential sector throughout the projection period. Our world in data is a project of the global change data lab.
More detailed data, including data by productservice and categories of productsservices, can be viewed and exported from the detailed tables, charts and technical notes section. The world consumes 35,442,9,090 barrels of oil as of the year 2016, equivalent to 97,103,871 barrels per day global oil consumption per capita is 5 barrels of oil 199 gallons per person yearly based on the 2016 world population of 7,464,022,049 people or 0. According to the us energy information administration eia, us energy related co 2 emissions decreased by 2. The numbers represent the most recent data available from the world. The following are a few points we observe, looking at the data. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. Koe per capita can be used to compare energy from different sources, including fossil fuels and renewables, and does here. World energy consumption is the total energy produced and used by the entire human civilization. The global consumption database is a onestop source of data on household consumption patterns in developing countries.
World wide energy consumption current and predicted. Renewable energy consumption % of total final energy. Electric power consumption kwh per capita united states from the world bank. It is known as total primary energy supply tpes, a term used to indicate the sum of production and imports subtracting exports and storage changes see also worldwide energy supply. Electricity consumption an overview sciencedirect topics. The map displayed here shows how electricity consumption per capita varies by country. Per capita electricity consumption our world in data.
Disparity between countries in the amount of per capita energy consumption. The oil drum world energy consumption since 1820 in charts. Electricity consumption per capita by country thematic. We are going to take a look at the highest electricity consuming countries in two ways. It is designed to serve a wide range of usersfrom researchers seeking data for analytical studies to businesses seeking a better understanding of the markets into which they are expanding or those they are already serving. About 80 % of this consumption was represented by organic fossil sources. For switzerland, 2000 watts per capita is equivalent to a primary annual energy consumption of about 65 gigajoules 65 billion joules per capita. Brunei can provide itself completely with selfproduced energy. Per capita energy consumption also grows, by onequarter through to 2040, overtaking that of the european union by around 2035. Ghg emissions per barrel of oil produced in the oil sands. If chinas per capita energy consumption were to follow its historical trend in relation to per capita gdp, chinas per capita energy consumption would.
This is a list of countries by total energy consumption per capita. The united states energy information administration eia regularly publishes a report on world consumption for most types of primary energy resources. Global energy consumption is defined as the total energy used by an individual or organizations from around the world. According to the american energy information administration eia and to the international energy agency iea, the world wide energy consumption will on average continue to increase by 2% per year. Global electricity consumption has continued to go up rapidly at a rate faster than energy consumption. The use of fossil fuels in developing countries has quadrupled since 1970. Typically measured per year, it involves all energy harnessed from every energy source applied towards humanitys endeavors across every single industrial and technological sector, across every country. How does per capita energy consumption vary across the world. Between 1980 and 20, the world s annual electricity consumption rose from 7300 twh to 22,100 twh. According to the iea the total world energy consumption in past years was 143,851 twh in 2008, 3,602 twh in 2005, 117,687 twh in 2000, and 102,569 twh in 1990. Renewable energy 44 other renewables consumption 45 biofuels production electricity 46 generation 48 generation by fuel co 2 carbon 49 carbon dioxide emissions academia, world governments and energy key materials 50 production 51 reserves 51 prices appendices 52 approximate conversion factors 52 definitions 53 more information for 66 years, the. The cia world factbook with global information on geography, people, governments, economies, communications, transportation, the military, and international issues. A detailed description of the goods and services included in each sector is provided here.
Canada is the world s fourth largest crude oil exporter. According to cias the world factbook, more than 21,776 billion kwh of electricity is consumed around the world every year. World energy consumption since 1820 in charts our finite. The cias mission includes collecting and analyzing information about high priority national security issues such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks, international organized crime and narcotics trafficking, regional conflicts.
The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 12. Fourth, energy consumption in china is highly unbalanced between the rural and urban sectors as well as across the chinese provinces. There was a fairly long period until about 2000 where per capita energy consumption was on a plateau. China, for example, consumes the most coal in the world and is the third largest consumer of oil. Cia world factbook unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of january 1, 2019 see also. The graph below shows the actual values starting from 1980 until today in blue and the predictions of the energy consumption until the year 2030 in. Year by year per capita energy consumption, based on bp statistical data, converted to joules. Energy consumption in zambia the most important measure in the energy balance of zambia is the total consumption of. Figure 2 global primary energy consumption growth 20142040 by region by energy source although oil consumption growth will slip below natural gas consumption growth, it will still be the largest energy source in 2040. List of countries by energy consumption per capita wikipedia.