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Electricity demand in Belgium

Belgium: Electricity demand was 86.56 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
86.56 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
44th
of 214 countries
All-time high
93.66 terawatt-hours
in 2008
All-time low
66.57 terawatt-hours
in 1990
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Electricity demand in Belgium, 1990–2025

0204060801001990200720251990: 66.6 terawatt-hours1991: 69.3 terawatt-hours1992: 71.5 terawatt-hours1993: 72.3 terawatt-hours1994: 75.3 terawatt-hours1995: 77.6 terawatt-hours1996: 79.3 terawatt-hours1997: 81.2 terawatt-hours1998: 83.5 terawatt-hours1999: 84.2 terawatt-hours2000: 87.1 terawatt-hours2001: 87.7 terawatt-hours2002: 88.5 terawatt-hours2003: 90 terawatt-hours2004: 90.7 terawatt-hours2005: 90.7 terawatt-hours2006: 93.5 terawatt-hours2007: 93.6 terawatt-hours2008: 93.7 terawatt-hours2009: 87.9 terawatt-hours2010: 93.6 terawatt-hours2011: 91.8 terawatt-hours2012: 91.5 terawatt-hours2013: 91.6 terawatt-hours2014: 88.8 terawatt-hours2015: 89.4 terawatt-hours2016: 90.5 terawatt-hours2017: 91.4 terawatt-hours2018: 91.2 terawatt-hours2019: 90.8 terawatt-hours2020: 88 terawatt-hours2021: 91.5 terawatt-hours2022: 86.8 terawatt-hours2023: 83.8 terawatt-hours2024: 86.3 terawatt-hours2025: 86.6 terawatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

Belgium recorded 86.56 terawatt-hours for electricity demand in 2025.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity demand in Belgium peaked at 93.66 terawatt-hours in 2008 and was at its lowest, 66.57 terawatt-hours, in 1990.

Belgium ranks 44th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 76.09 terawatt-hours 66.57 terawatt-hours 84.22 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 90.34 terawatt-hours 87.12 terawatt-hours 93.66 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 91.06 terawatt-hours 88.8 terawatt-hours 93.59 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 87.16 terawatt-hours 83.77 terawatt-hours 91.52 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 41 Uzbekistan 89.63 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 42 Chile 88.5 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 43 Finland 87.78 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 45 Venezuela 80.13 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 46 Austria 75.84 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 47 Israel 75.7 terawatt-hours compare

See the full ranking of 214 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity demand in Belgium?
Electricity demand in Belgium was 86.56 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity demand recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 93.66 terawatt-hours in 2008.
What is the lowest electricity demand recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 66.57 terawatt-hours in 1990.
How does Belgium rank for electricity demand?
Belgium ranks 44th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity demand rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity demand
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,717 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.