# Electricity consumption in United Kingdom

Electricity consumption in United Kingdom was 274.6 TWh in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_consumption`
- Place id: `gb`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Net electricity consumption in the country in the year: net generation plus imports, minus exports and transmission and distribution losses, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
- Note: Countries only. EIA publishes 0 for some small economies in years it has no estimate, and a few tiny negative values where losses exceed supply.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A) (https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/electricity-consumption/united-kingdom
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_consumption&place=gb

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 274.6 |
| 2023 | 261.5 |
| 2022 | 288.9 |
| 2021 | 297.7 |
| 2020 | 296.9 |
| 2019 | 312.6 |
| 2018 | 317.3 |
| 2017 | 315.5 |
| 2016 | 320 |
| 2015 | 322 |
| 2014 | 321.4 |
| 2013 | 335.9 |
| 2012 | 337.4 |
| 2011 | 336.2 |
| 2010 | 348.6 |
| 2009 | 340.4 |
| 2008 | 362.2 |
| 2007 | 363.6 |
| 2006 | 366.3 |
| 2005 | 368.7 |
| 2004 | 360.7 |
| 2003 | 360.3 |
| 2002 | 356.8 |
| 2001 | 355.4 |
| 2000 | 352.3 |
| 1999 | 328.4 |
| 1998 | 322.8 |
| 1997 | 316 |
| 1996 | 315.8 |
| 1995 | 297.2 |
| 1994 | 287.2 |
| 1993 | 293.9 |
| 1992 | 292.5 |
| 1991 | 291.6 |
| 1990 | 284.4 |
| 1989 | 282.2 |
| 1988 | 277.4 |
| 1987 | 268.4 |
| 1986 | 258.3 |
| 1985 | 250 |
| 1984 | 238.7 |
| 1983 | 235.9 |
| 1982 | 233.4 |
| 1981 | 238.7 |
| 1980 | 243.4 |