Iran : Electricity Sector Statistics

Iran, Islamic Rep. : Electricity Sector Statistics

Indicator NameValue
Electricity production (kWh)232,955,000,000
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)353,000,000
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)176,878,000,000
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)0
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)9,695,000,000
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)9,526,000,000
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)169,000,000
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)46,029,000,000
Formulas Electricity production = Electricity production from coal sources + Electricity production from natural gas sources + Electricity production from nuclear sources + Electricity production from renewable sources + Electricity production from oil sources

Electricity production from renewable sources = Electricity production from hydroelectric sources + Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric

YearElectric power consumption (kWh)
199053,034,000,000
199157,366,000,000
199262,611,000,000
199366,501,000,000
199470,137,000,000
199572,753,000,000
199679,649,000,000
199783,906,000,000
199888,295,000,000
199995,018,000,000
2000101,487,000,000
2001109,241,000,000
2002117,430,000,000
2003128,663,000,000
2004138,559,000,000
2005145,075,000,000
2006156,716,000,000
2007164,594,000,000
2008174,718,000,000
2009182,739,000,000
2010196,201,000,000
YearElectric power consumption (kWh per capita)
1990941
1991998
19921,074
19931,127
19941,176
19951,203
19961,296
19971,342
19981,386
19991,465
20001,540
20011,634
20021,734
20031,877
20041,998
20052,068
20062,208
20072,292
20082,405
20092,485
20102,635
Electricity production (kWh)Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources includes hydropower, geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electric power consumption (kWh)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Data Source: Worldbank, World Development Indicators