Line Chart with caption "World Electricity Consumption by Year" 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 0 6,000 12,000 18,000 24,000 30,000 Billion KWH Year World Electricity Consumption by Year
year consumption change
1980 6,891.14 NA
1981 6,981.29 1.31%
1982 7,141.55 2.30%
1983 7,433.21 4.08%
1984 7,906.19 6.36%
1985 8,191.29 3.61%
1986 8,407.56 2.64%
1987 8,787.65 4.52%
1988 9,194.62 4.63%
1989 9,650.37 4.96%
1990 9,905.77 2.65%
1991 10,516.43 6.16%
1992 10,589.78 0.70%
1993 10,868.13 2.63%
1994 11,118.69 2.31%
1995 11,480.47 3.25%
1996 11,813.73 2.90%
1997 12,129.29 2.67%
1998 12,430.47 2.48%
1999 12,694.51 2.12%
2000 13,232.94 4.24%
2001 13,490.92 1.95%
2002 13,940.99 3.34%
2003 14,460.05 3.72%
2004 15,118.67 4.55%
2005 15,694.22 3.81%
2006 16,376.92 4.35%
2007 17,160.54 4.78%
2008 17,410.61 1.46%
2009 17,343.92 -0.38%
2010 18,542.40 6.91%
2011 19,286.42 4.01%
2012 19,616.62 1.71%
2013 20,244.02 3.20%