World Development Indicators data measures electric power consumption in kilowatt-hours per capita for countries worldwide. The dataset tracks production from power and combined heat plants, accounting for transmission losses and plant own-use. It is compiled by the World Bank's World Development Indicators team.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the 'kWh per capita' metric to model national economic development over time.
- Benchmark energy consumption across countries for infrastructure investment planning.
- Correlate electricity consumption with other development indicators like GDP or urbanization rates.
- Forecast future energy demand using historical per capita consumption time-series data.
Strengths
- Data sourced from the authoritative World Development Indicators repository.
- Provides standardized, cross-country comparable metrics for longitudinal analysis.
Limitations
- Specific row count, time range, and update frequency are unknown.
- The description lacks details on data collection methodology and potential reporting inconsistencies between countries.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank, World Development Indicators
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from national statistics on power plant production, with adjustments for transmission losses and plant own-use.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global, country-level