Electricity domestic consumption

China and the USA accounted for 3/4 of the 2.5% increase in global electricity consumption.

In 2025, global electricity consumption returned to its average 2010-2019 growth rate, slowing down from 4% in 2024 to 2.5% in 2025.
Most of the increase is related to China (+5%) and the USA (+2%), which together accounted for 49% of the global electricity consumption in 2025. China’s power demand was mainly driven up by positive macroeconomic fundamentals, increased household electrification, rapid rollout of EV charging points, and soaring demand from some industrial sectors, including EV and wind power manufacturing, as well as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and digital services like data centres and 5G networks. As well, strong demand from data centres, industry and buildings (colder winter) spurred electricity demand in the United States. In the EU, the higher electricity demand from building heating, EVs, and data centres was counterbalanced by a stable industrial electricity use, and electricity consumption grew by less than 1%.

Electricity consumption slowed down in India (+1%, over lower industrial demand and fewer heatwaves) and stagnated in South Korea, while it accelerated in Japan (+1%) and remained steady in Indonesia (+5%) and Australia (+2%). Colder temperatures helped raise electricity demand in Canada (+4%) but it remained stable in Brazil and Mexico.

Overall, electricity consumption continued to increase in most countries, except for Russia (-1% in a context of economic slowdown), South Africa, Thailand (-4% each), and Kuwait (-7%). It slowed down to 2% in Africa and to 2.6% in the Middle East (slight slowdown to +5% in Saudi Arabia).