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Electricity Information
Annual data on electricity and heat supply and consumption for OECD and selected non-OECD countries
Overview
The Electricity Information data service contains time series of electricity and heat data for 38 OECD countries and 14 non-OECD countries, from 1960 to year-2 unless otherwise specified. Regional aggregates for OECD Total, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe, IEA Total, EU27 and EU28 are also included.
Annual statistics are available for detailed supply/demand balances, end-use consumption, electricity trade by partner country, specific autoproducer electricity and heat consumption data, as well as electricity generation capacity and capacity factors by generation type.
The release of monthly electricity statistics as part of the Electricity Information data service is discontinued. All monthly electricity statistics can be accessed for free on the IEA Website: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/monthly-electricity-statistics.
The data are updated twice a year: in April with complete data up to year-2 and in July with additional provisional supply data for OECD countries for the year-1.
Important licence information
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If more than 10 users need to access or view the data, you should purchase an Enterprise licence. If these users are in different locations or part of a subsidiary or affiliate, you should purchase a Global Enterprise licence.
If you intend to put the data in a shared application, platform or system, you should purchase an Enterprise licence. A Global Enterprise licence is needed if users viewing or accessing the data/derived data are in different locations or part of a subsidiary or an affiliate.
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Data sets
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Electricity/heat supply and consumption, OECD and selected countries
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Electricity and heat generation, OECD and selected countries
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Net electricity and heat production by autoproducers, OECD and selected countries
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Net electrical capacity, OECD and selected countries
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Electricity imports by partner, OECD and selected countries
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Electricity exports by partner, OECD and selected countries
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OECD monthly net electricity supply
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World electricity/heat supply and consumption
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Electricity/heat supply and consumption, OECD and selected countries
This file shows national electricity and heat balances (55 flows). It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates. Data are in GWh and TJ.
Electricity and heat generation, OECD and selected countries
This file shows the gross electricity and heat production by fuel and plant types (66 product categories and 7 plant types). It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates. Data are in GWh, TJ and kt. ZIP file contains data in fixed-width TXT format.
Net electricity and heat production by autoproducers, OECD and selected countries
This file shows the net electricity and heat production by autoproducers in all plants, in 40 sectors. It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates. Data are in GWh and TJ, and begin in 1974.
Net electrical capacity, OECD and selected countries
This file shows the net electrical capacity by type of generation and fuel category (29 sources), in MWe. It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates.
Electricity imports by partner, OECD and selected countries
This file shows the electricity imports by origin (57 countries of origin). It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates. Data are in GWh.
Electricity exports by partner, OECD and selected countries
This file shows the electricity exports by destination (60 destination countries). It contains 38 OECD countries, 14 non-OECD countries, and 7 aggregates. Data are in GWh.
OECD monthly net electricity supply
The release of monthly electricity statistics as part of the Electricity Information data service is discontinued. All monthly electricity statistics can be accessed for free on the IEA Website: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/monthly-electricity-statistics.
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Unknown22/07/2024
World electricity/heat supply and consumption
This file shows a reduced electricity and heat balance (8 flows). It contains 152 countries and 24 aggregates. Data are in GWh and TJ.
Schedule
The service is updated twice a year: in April with complete data up to year-2 and in July with additional provisional supply data for OECD countries for the year-1.
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22/07/2024
Latest
July 2024 edition
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16/04/2024
Past
April 2024 edition
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27/07/2023
Past
July 2023 edition
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18/04/2023
Past
April 2023 edition
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19/07/2022
Past
July 2022 edition
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20/05/2022
Past
May 2022 edition
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29/07/2021
Past
July 2021 edition
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29/04/2021
Past
April 2021 update
Documentation
Expanded product description and complete database documentation. In January 2025, IEA changed its primary data sharing platform from Beyond 2020 (IVT files) to .Stat Data Explorer. The datasets in .Stat Data Explorer include different short names than the IVT and TXT files to improve harmonization across IEA datasets. The database documentation has been revised accordingly, with legacy documentation remaining available for users of discontinued IVT and TXT files.
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