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Electric energy consumption is the form of energy consumption

Energy consumption

Energy consumption is the consumption of energy or power. It is covered in the following articles and categories:* World energy consumption* Domestic energy consumption* Fuel efficiency in transportation* Electric energy consumption* Electricity generation...

that uses electric energy.

Overview

Consumption of electric energy is measured by W·h (Watt

Watt

The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...

x Hour):^).

1 W·h = 3600 joule

Joule

The joule ; symbol J) is a derived unit of energy or work in the International System of Units. It is equal to the energy expended in applying a force of one newton through a distance of one metre , or in passing an electric current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm for one second...

= 859.8 calorie

Calorie

The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. It was first defined by Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat, entering French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. In most fields its use is archaic, having been replaced by the SI unit of energy, the joule...

one 100 watt light bulbs consume 876,000 W·h (876 kW·h) of energy in one year.

Electric/Electronics devices consume electric energy to generate desired output(i.e. light, heat, kinetic etc.), while its operation some part of energy are consumed in unintended output. see Electrical efficiency

In 2008, world total of electricity production and consumption was 20261TWh. 16816TWh(83%) of electric energy was consumed by final users. The difference of 3464TWh(17%)was consumed in the process of generating power and consumed as transmission loss.

World Electricity Consumption Highlights in 2009

At the world level, electricity consumption was cut down by 1.5% during 2009, for the first time since World War II.
Except in Asia and Middle East, consumptions were reduced in all the world regions. In OECD countries, accounting for 53% of the total,
electricity demand scaled down by more than 4.5 % in both Europe and North America while it shrank by above 7% in Japan. Electricity demand also dropped by more than 4.5% in CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....

countries, driven by a large cut in Russian consumption. Conversely, in China and India (22% of the world's consumption), electricity consumption continued to rise at a strong pace (+6-7%) to meet energy needs related to high economic growth. In Middle East, growth rate was softened but remained high, just below 4%.

Electricity Consumption and GDP

Listed countries are top 20 populous countries and/or top 20 GDP (PPP

Purchasing power parity

In economics, purchasing power parity is a condition between countries where an amount of money has the same purchasing power in different countries. The prices of the goods between the countries would only reflect the exchange rates...

) countries and Saudi Arabia as of CIA World Factbook 2009.

30 countries (exclude EU/IEA

International Energy Agency

The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...

) in this table represent 77% of world population, 84% of world GDP, 83% of world electricity consumption.

Productivity per Electricity consumption (concept similar to Energy intensity

Energy intensity

]Energy intensity is a measure of the energy efficiency of a nation's economy. It is calculated as units of energy per unit of GDP.* High energy intensities indicate a high price or cost of converting energy into GDP....

)can be measured by dividing GDP amount by the electricity consumed. World average was $3.5 production for every 1,000kWh.

Electricity consumption include Final consumption, in process consumption, and losses.

Electricity Consumption (2008) and GDP (PPP) (2009)
Country	Population million	rank*	GDP (PPP) billion USD	rank*	GDP (PPP) per capita	rank*	Electricity consumption (GWh/yr)	rank**	daily kWh per capita	rank**	GDP (PPP) /kWh*
World	6,784	—	$70,048	—	$10,325	—	20,279,640	—	8.18	—	$3.5
Mainland China	1,339	1	$7,992	2	$5,969	133	3,444,108	2	7.04	17	$2.3
India	1,166	2	$3,304	4	$2,834	166	860,723	5	2.02	23	$3.8
United States	307	3	$14,440	1	$47,036	11	4,401,698	1	39.25	2	$3.3
European Union*	541	—	$16,221	—	$29,983	—	3,635,604	—	18.40	—	$4.5
Indonesia	240	4	$917	15	$3,821	158	149,437	20	1.70	24	$6.1
Brazil	199	5	$1,998	9	$10,040	102	505,083	9	6.95	18	$4.0
Pakistan	176	6	$431	27	$2,449	172	91,626	24	1.43	26	$4.7
Bangladesh	156	7	$226	49	$1,449	196	35,893	27	0.63	27	$6.3
Nigeria	149	8	$336	35	$2,255	176	21,110	28	0.39	28	$15.9
Russia	140	9	$2,271	6	$16,221	72	1,022,726	4	20.00	10	$2.2
Japan	127	10	$4,340	3	$34,173	36	1,083,142	3	23.35	6	$4.0
Mexico	111	11	$1,567	11	$14,117	77	257,812	14	6.36	19	$6.1
Philippines	98	12	$318	37	$3,425	162	60,819	26	1.70	25	$5.2
Vietnam	87	13	$242	45	$2,782	167	76,269	25	2.40	22	$3.2
Ethiopia	85	14	$70	78	$824	216	3,777	30	0.12	30	$18.5
Egypt	83	15	$445	26	$5,361	135	130,144	22	4.29	21	$3.4
Germany	82	16	$2,925	5	$35,671	33	617,132	7	20.61	8	$4.7
Turkey	77	17	$904	16	$11,740	92	198,085	19	7.04	16	$4.6
	69	18	$21	120	$304	226	6,939	29	0.28	29	$3.0
Iran	66	19	$844	17	$12,788	86	211,972	17	8.79	15	$4.0
Thailand	66	20	$549	24	$8,318	115	149,034	21	6.18	20	$3.7
Early Modern France	64	21	$2,133	8	$33,328	38	526,862	8	22.54	7	$4.0
	61	22	$2,236	7	$36,656	30	400,390	11	17.97	13	$5.6
Italy	58	23	$1,827	10	$31,500	41	359,161	12	16.95	14	$5.1
Korea	49	25	$1,338	13	$27,306	49	443,888	10	24.80	5	$3.0
Spain	41	32	$1,402	12	$34,195	35	303,179	13	20.25	9	$4.6
Canada	33	37	$1,303	14	$39,485	22	620,684	6	51.50	1	$2.1
Saudi Arabia	29	41	$578	22	$19,931	59	204,200	18	19.28	12	$2.8
Republic of China	23	49	$714	19	$31,043	42	238,458	16	28.39	4	$3.0
Australia	21	54	$803	18	$38,238	25	257,247	15	33.54	3	$3.1
Netherlands	17	59	$674	20	$39,647	20	123,496	23	19.89	11	$5.5

Population and GDP data are from CIA World Factbook 2009

Electricity data are from IEA

International Energy Agency

/OECD 2008 (retrieved on Apr-2011)

rank* of Population and GDP are World ranking

rank** of Electricity consumption are ranking within this list

GDP PP/kWh Amount of GDP (PPP) (USD) produced per every 1kWh.

EU* are EU states which are member of IEA.

include; Austria, Belgium, Czech, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,

Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK

Electricity Final Consumption by categories

There are in-process consumption of Electricity which is about 17% of total production. In 2008, total electricity produced was 20,261TWh, 3,464TWh was consumed during process and 16,816TWh went to final consumption. Data are from IEA/OECD (2008)

In the consumption rate in Industry, China is highest with 67.8%, South Korea is 51.0%(7th), Germany 46.1%(11th), Japan 31.5%(26th), USA 24.0%(28th)

In the Commercial and Public Service, Japan is highest with 36.4%, USA 35.6%(3rd), China 5.4%(29th)

For Domestic usage, Saudi Arabia is highest with 56.9%, USA 36.2%(8th), Japan 29.8%(16th), China 15.5%(29th), Korea 13.8%(30th)

definition

Industry; Iron and steel, chemical and petrochemical, non-ferrous metals, non-metallic minerals, transport equipment, machinery, mining, Food and tobacco, Paper, pulp and print, wood and wood product, construction, textile and leather, non-specified.

Transport; Domestic aviation, Land transportation, Rail, Pipeline transport, domestic navigation, non-specified. note international marine and aviation bunkers are not included.

Fishery; some country include fishing with agriculture/forestry.

Listed countries are top 20 by population or top 20 by GDP (PPP) and Saudi Arabia.

Electricity Consumption 2008 (TWh)
Country	total (TWh)	Industry	Transport	Commercial /Public Services	Agriculture /Forestry	Fishery	Residential	other
World	16,816	41.7%	1.60%	23.4%	2.50%	0.025%	27.4%	3.43%
Mainland China	2,842	67.8%	1.05%	5.4%	3.12%	0.000%	15.5%	7.19%
India	602	46.4%	1.93%	8.0%	17.92%	0.000%	20.7%	5.05%
United States	3,814	24.0%	0.20%	35.0%	0.00%	0.000%	36.2%	4.59%
Indonesia	129	37.2%	0.00%	23.9%	0.00%	0.000%	38.9%	0.00%
Brazil	410	48.1%	0.39%	23.7%	4.49%	0.000%	23.3%	0.00%
Pakistan	70	27.5%	0.01%	14.2%	12.50%	0.000%	45.9%	0.00%
Bangladesh	32	56.3%	0.00%	6.0%	3.37%	0.000%	32.9%	0.00%
Nigeria	19	20.0%	0.00%	24.7%	0.00%	0.000%	55.3%	0.00%
Russia	725	49.6%	11.45%	20.6%	2.14%	0.037%	16.1%	0.00%
Japan	964	31.5%	1.95%	36.4%	0.09%	0.000%	29.8%	0.23%
Mexico	200	61.3%	0.55%	10.3%	4.05%	0.000%	23.7%	0.00%
Philippines	49	34.6%	0.23%	28.7%	2.30%	0.311%	33.8%	0.00%
Vietnam	68	51.8%	0.75%	8.1%	0.97%	0.000%	38.4%	0.00%
Ethiopia	3.1	38.0%	0.00%	23.6%	0.00%	0.000%	37.7%	0.74%
Egypt	112	33.4%	0.00%	15.4%	4.13%	0.000%	39.2%	7.84%
Germany	526	46.1%	3.14%	22.6%	1.66%	0.000%	26.5%	0.00%
Turkey	159	45.4%	0.60%	25.6%	3.54%	0.102%	24.8%	0.00%
	6.1	63.4%	0.00%	3.1%	0.00%	0.000%	33.5%	0.00%
Iran	164	33.2%	0.15%	19.0%	12.92%	0.001%	32.3%	2.50%
Thailand	135	42.4%	0.04%	35.6%	0.21%	0.000%	21.3%	0.54%
Early Modern France	433	32.6%	3.06%	25.0%	0.88%	0.028%	35.9%	2.57%
	342	33.2%	2.47%	28.6%	1.19%	0.000%	34.5%	0.00%
Italy	309	45.8%	3.50%	26.8%	1.81%	0.022%	22.1%	0.00%
South Korea	407	51.0%	0.55%	32.5%	1.61%	0.449%	13.8%	0.00%
Spain	265	38.9%	1.10%	29.5%	2.29%	0.000%	27.1%	1.08%
Canada	519	36.3%	0.81%	30.0%	1.86%	0.000%	31.0%	0.00%
Saudi Arabia	170	12.4%	0.00%	28.5%	2.04%	0.000%	56.9%	0.14%
Republic of China	210	55.7%	0.52%	13.7%	0.78%	0.459%	20.3%	8.48%
Australia	212	44.7%	1.33%	25.6%	0.88%	0.000%	27.4%	0.00%
Netherlands	109	38.6%	1.48%	30.0%	7.15%	0.000%	22.7%	0.00%

Electric energy consumption of OECD member countries

Electric energy consumption per inhabitant by primary energy source in some countries and areas in 2008 is in the table.

1 MW·h/yr = 1 000 kWh/yr = 1 000 000 Wh/(365.25·24)h = 114.077116 Watt

For the OECD with 8 991 kWh/yr/person: 1 025.66735 Watt/person.

Electric energy per capita, 2008 (kWh/person)
#	Territory	Use	Production					Import/ Export	Non-RE*	RE Renewable energy Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from... % *
#	Territory	Use	Total	Fossil	Nuclear Nuclear power Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...	RE Renewable energy Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from... -Bio Biomass Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....	Bio Biomass Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel.... +waste	Import/ Export	Non-RE*
1	Iceland	53,129	53,129	0	0	53,129	0	0	0	100 %
2	Norway Energy in Norway Since the discovery of North Sea oil in Norwegian waters during the late 1960s, exports of oil and gas have become very important elements of the economy of Norway...	27,398	30,355	151	0	30,130	74	-2,957	-2,806	110.2 %
3	Canada Energy policy of Canada Canada is the 5th largest producer of energy in the world, producing about 6% of global energy supplies. It is the world's largest producer of natural uranium, producing one-third of global supply, and is also the world's leading producer of hydro-electricity, accounting for 13% of global...	18,111	19,092	4,653	2,834	11,333	272	-981	6,507	64.1 %
4	Finland Energy in Finland Finland lacks domestic sources of fossil energy and must import substantial amounts of petroleum, natural gas, and other energy resources, including uranium for nuclear power.-Overview:... ^x	17,036	14,612	5,182	4,345^x	3,356	1,727	2,424	11,953	29.8 %
5	Sweden	16,018	16,225	527	6,922	7,687	1,088	-206	7,244	54.8 %
6	USA Energy policy of the United States The energy policy of the United States is determined by federal, state and local public entities in the United States, which address issues of energy production, distribution, and consumption, such as building codes and gas mileage standards...	14,378	14,270	10,162	2,746	1,139	224	108	13,015	9.5 %
7	Switzerland Energy in Switzerland The energy economy in Switzerland developed as the rest of Europe, but with some delay until 1850. There are three different periods. The agrarian society until the mid-nineteenth century, a small scale energy economy based on wood and biomass , which was in general renewable energy...	9,052	9,198	130	3,688	5,057	322	-146	3,672	59.4 %
8	OECD	8,991	8,982	5,554	1,905	1,340	182	9	7,468	16.9 %
9	Belgium Energy in Belgium Energy in Belgium describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Belgium. Energy policy of Belgium will describe the politics of Belgium related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Belgium is the main article of electricity in Belgium.The Kingdom of Belgium...	8,961	7,962	2,997	4,295	252	418	999	8,291	7.5 %
10	Japan	8,507	8,507	5,669	2,010	682	147	0	7,679	9.7 %
11	France Energy in France Energy in France describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in France. Energy policy of France will describe more in detail the politics of France related to energy. Electricity sector in France is the main article of electricity in France.-Overview:-Companies:Électricité...	8,233	8,984	853	6,872	1,168	91	-751	6,974	15.3 %
12	Netherlands	7,463	6,513	5,590	252	275	396	950	6,792	9.0 %
13	Germany Energy in Germany Energy in Germany describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Germany. Energy policy of Germany will describe the politics of Germany related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Germany is the main article of electricity in Germany...	7,450	7,693	4,635	1,804	873	381	-243	6,196	6.8 %
14	EU-15 Energy policy of the European Union Although the European Union has legislated in the area of energy policy for many years, and evolved out of the European Coal and Steel Community, the concept of introducing a mandatory and comprehensive European energy policy was only approved at the meeting of the European Council on 27 October...	7,409	7,321	3,798	2,121	1,141	261	89	6,007	18.9 %
15	Denmark Energy in Denmark Energy in Denmark describes energy and electricity production. consumption and import and export in Denmark. Energy policy of Denmark will describe the politics of Denmark related to energy more in detail...	6,912	6,656	4,680	0	1,272	706	256	4,934	28.6 %
16	United Kingdom Energy policy of the United Kingdom The current energy policy of the United Kingdom is set out in the Energy White Paper of May 2007 and Low Carbon Transition Plan of July 2009, building on previous work including the 2003 Energy White Paper and the Energy Review Report in 2006...	6,573	6,392	5,069	860	266	198	180	6,108	7.1 %
17	Spain	6,523	6,764	4,066	1,286	1,318	94	-241	5,111	21.6 %
18	Italy Energy in Italy Energy in Italy describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Italy. Energy policy of Italy will describe more in detail the politics of Italy related to energy. Electricity sector in Italy is the main article of electricity in Italy....	6,054	5,384	4,271	0	992	120	671	4,942	18.4 %
19	Poland	4,033	4,064	3,865	0	96	103	-32	3,833	5.0 %
*RE-Bio includes hydro power, wind power Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships.... , solar electricity and geothermal electricity Geothermal electricity Geothermal electricity is electricity generated from geothermal energy.Technologies in use include dry steam power plants, flash steam power plants and binary cycle power plants... Bio+waste includes biofuel Biofuel Biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived from biomass conversion, as well as solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases... and waste Non-RE (Non-Renewable electricity) = electricity use – (RE-Bio) – (Bio+waste) RE % = (own RE production (RE+ Bio+waste) / electricity use) * 100 % Obs. No specification if waste includes fossil wastes (e.g. The share of fossil wastes in Finland in 2006 was 2 % of electricity use 1.78/90TWh). Norway exported 2.8 TWh per person renewable electricity. ^x In Finland 1600 MW nuclear reactor under construction since 2002

External links

World Map and Chart of Energy Consumption by country by lebanese-economy-forum, World Bank data