Total energy consumption

Global energy consumption grew by 1.4% in 2025, in line with its 2010-2019 trend.

Global energy consumption slowed down in 2025, increasing by 1.4% in 2025, in line with its historical 2010-2019 trend (+1.5%/year), especially in the BRICS (+1.6%), which accounted for 43% of the global energy consumption in 2025 and posted strong economic growth. This slowdown may be explained by a soaring solar and wind power generation that helped reduced fossil fuel consumption in the power sector, especially in China, India, Europe, Japan and Australia, by less extreme temperatures (after 2024 heatwaves in China, India and North America), and by a lower demand from energy-intensive industries in China.
Most of the increase in energy consumption came from China (+2%), India (+1%), though slowing down in these two countries, the USA and Canada (+2% each), with colder winter temperatures and rising electricity consumption boosting demand in North America. Energy consumption also accelerated in the Middle East (+2%, with a rapid growth in Iran and the UAE), in Africa (strong growth in Nigeria and Algeria), and Kazakhstan (+14%), and remained steady in Indonesia at over 5% and in Brazil (+2%).
Meanwhile, energy consumption remained stable in Europe, Australia, and South Africa, where renewable energy contributed to limit the growth in fossil fuels consumption. It even declined in Japan and South Korea, in Russia and Mexico.