Per Capita Residential and Industrial Electricity Consumption in G20 Countries, 2003-2013

What you see on this post is an update to my previous research, which compared the OECD members in terms of per capita residential and industrial electricity consumption. Instead of simply adding new data to the graphs, however, I changed the subject of the comparison: from the OECD countries to the G20 members. In so doing, We can put in the picture the electricity
consumption by important non-OECD countries such as China and India.
(Note: The European Union, which collectively is a member of the G20, is excluded from this analysis for a country-by-country comparison.)

Firstly, the figure below shows how residential sectors in the G20 countries change over the past decade. While North American countries (Canada and the United States) are consuming the most electricity per capita, the rapid growth in power use by Saudi Arabians is noticeable.


Because some countries' data points are too close to distinguish each other, I made a separate graph below that tracks the change in the countries’ rankings over the years (If you really want to see the difference, see the appendix A for the magnified graph for the least-consuming 11 countries.). The country rankings did not show as much change as the residential sector’s per capita electricity consumption.


Secondly, the figure below shows how industrial sectors in the G20 countries change over the latest past decade. Industrial sectors' electricity consumption experienced much change in G20 countries. A majority of the countries reduced industrial electricity use in 2009 due to the global financial crisis, the most famous trigger of which was a bankruptcy protection request filed by Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. However, China's industries didn't stop increasing their power consumption. Meanwhile, industrial electricity consumption in South Korea also increased each year for most of the years in the past decade, making the country No.1 by per capita since 2012.


Again, I made a separate graph of their rankings below, in case some countries' data points are too close together (If you really want to see the difference, see the appendix B for the magnified graph for the least-consuming 11 countries.). China's rank rose from 16th in 2003 to 7th in 2013. Saudi Arabia also rose 4 ranks during the same period. In comparison, Japan's rank dropped from 5th down to 9th among G20 countries, presumably because of the nation-wide shut-down of nuclear power plants since the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Mexico all stepped down 3 ranks, too.


Finally, I am pasting the data tables below, just in case someone wants to know the exact numbers.
(CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate, 2003-2013)

Residential electricity consumption (kWh/person)
Country	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	CAGR
Argentina	563	621	714	792	870	943	5.28%
Australia	2,643	3,005	2,682	2,740	2,749	2,596	-0.18%
Brazil	415	441	471	517	558	611	3.96%
Canada	4,684	4,681	4,635	4,394	4,436	4,466	-0.48%
China	173	216	275	365	417	496	11.08%
France	2,341	2,434	2,352	2,422	2,220	2,630	1.17%
Germany	1,711	1,739	1,733	1,729	1,698	1,688	-0.13%
India	81	87	103	117	142	162	7.18%
Indonesia	162	182	204	233	269	303	6.43%
Italy	1,121	1,142	1,137	1,159	1,175	1,121	0.00%
Japan	2,068	2,229	2,287	2,246	2,281	2,246	0.83%
Korea, South	947	1,069	1,124	1,182	1,253	1,284	3.08%
Mexico	374	420	441	421	436	423	1.24%
Russia	984	758	810	865	914	976	-0.08%
Saudi Arabia	3,013	3,164	3,447	3,679	3,795	4,161	3.28%
South Africa	725	765	829	789	774	723	-0.03%
Turkey	381	456	525	549	602	590	4.46%
United Kingdom	1,944	1,940	1,881	1,905	1,767	1,774	-0.91%
United States	4,377	4,590	4,615	4,434	4,555	4,386	0.02%
World	616	645	668	688	711	730	1.72%
Industrial electricity consumption (kWh/person)
Country	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	CAGR
Argentina	999	1,104	1,129	1,116	1,211	1,150	1.42%
Australia	4,300	4,553	4,422	3,500	3,627	3,399	-2.32%
Brazil	873	930	999	947	1,044	1,029	1.65%
Canada	6,548	6,560	5,854	4,801	5,901	5,123	-2.42%
China	754	1,035	1,415	1,527	1,969	2,227	11.44%
France	2,214	2,253	2,140	1,784	1,863	1,745	-2.35%
Germany	2,842	2,847	3,002	2,509	2,857	2,784	-0.21%
India	162	184	224	245	283	293	6.09%
Indonesia	166	188	197	196	226	257	4.51%
Italy	2,489	2,468	2,472	2,028	2,146	1,924	-2.54%
Japan	3,091	2,544	2,761	2,277	2,253	2,136	-3.63%
Korea, South	3,582	3,864	4,160	4,084	4,985	5,130	3.66%
Mexico	931	975	1,015	925	1,031	1,111	1.79%
Russia	2,271	2,297	2,464	2,176	2,324	2,348	0.34%
Saudi Arabia	747	627	664	885	1,123	1,389	6.40%
South Africa	2,269	2,272	2,357	2,241	2,327	2,181	-0.39%
Turkey	813	894	1,028	960	1,168	1,199	3.96%
United Kingdom	1,919	1,968	1,913	1,621	1,620	1,532	-2.23%
United States	3,216	3,120	3,079	2,601	2,726	2,669	-1.85%
World	889	946	1,041	977	1,116	1,150	2.61%

Data sources:

Population:

UN DESA Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. New York, NY: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. [Data at http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DVD/]

Electricity consumption:

International Energy Agency. (2006-2015). Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries. Paris, France: International Energy Agency. [Full-text at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/19962851-en]

International Energy Agency. (2006-2015). Energy Statistics of OECD Countries. Paris, France: International Energy Agency. [Full-text at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/19962827-en]


Appendices:

A: Residential electricity consumption per capita: least consuming 11 countries


B: Industrial electricity consumption per capita: least consuming 11 countries