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Electricity demand in Paraguay

Paraguay: Electricity demand was 29.65 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
29.65 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 12.3%
World rank
71st
of 214 countries
All-time high
29.65 terawatt-hours
in 2025
All-time low
6.13 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025

Electricity demand in Paraguay, 2000–2025

510152025302000201220252000: 6.1 terawatt-hours2001: 6.2 terawatt-hours2002: 6.4 terawatt-hours2003: 6.6 terawatt-hours2004: 6.9 terawatt-hours2005: 7.4 terawatt-hours2006: 8.1 terawatt-hours2007: 8.6 terawatt-hours2008: 9.2 terawatt-hours2009: 9.9 terawatt-hours2010: 10.7 terawatt-hours2011: 11.5 terawatt-hours2012: 12.6 terawatt-hours2013: 13.2 terawatt-hours2014: 14 terawatt-hours2015: 14.8 terawatt-hours2016: 15.5 terawatt-hours2017: 16.2 terawatt-hours2018: 17.1 terawatt-hours2019: 17.8 terawatt-hours2020: 18.6 terawatt-hours2021: 19.1 terawatt-hours2022: 20.2 terawatt-hours2023: 22.6 terawatt-hours2024: 26.4 terawatt-hours2025: 29.6 terawatt-hours

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

Analysis

Paraguay recorded 29.65 terawatt-hours for electricity demand in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and up 100.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity demand in Paraguay peaked at 29.65 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.13 terawatt-hours, in 2000.

Paraguay ranks 71st of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 7.54 terawatt-hours 6.13 terawatt-hours 9.9 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 14.34 terawatt-hours 10.68 terawatt-hours 17.84 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 22.77 terawatt-hours 18.63 terawatt-hours 29.65 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 68 Bulgaria 36.53 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 69 Libya 34.59 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 70 Ethiopia 31.02 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 72 Azerbaijan 27.17 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 73 North Korea 27.1 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 74 Slovakia 26.75 terawatt-hours compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity demand in Paraguay?
Electricity demand in Paraguay was 29.65 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity demand recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 29.65 terawatt-hours in 2025.
What is the lowest electricity demand recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 6.13 terawatt-hours in 2000.
How does Paraguay rank for electricity demand?
Paraguay ranks 71st out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity demand rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 100.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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.