Electricity net consumption in Greenland
Greenland: Electricity net consumption was 0.4817 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Electricity net consumption in Greenland, 1980–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity net consumption in Greenland is 0.4817, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity net consumption in Greenland peaked at 0.4955 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1404, in 1980.
That places Greenland 167th out of 202 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Electricity net consumption in Greenland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.1404 | — |
| 1981 | 0.1432 | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1479 | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.1535 | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 0.159 | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1618 | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1665 | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1702 | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1748 | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.1832 | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 0.1925 | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1879 | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 0.1888 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2204 | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2232 | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2251 | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.226 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.2399 | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2455 | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.4166 | +69.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3915 | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3608 | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.3553 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3069 | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 0.285 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.297 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 0.324 | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.328 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.338 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.361 | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3513 | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3836 | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 0.3728 | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3821 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.4057 | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4372 | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4647 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4517 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.4955 | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4817 | -2.8% |
Greenland compared with similar countries
- Greenland's 0.4817 is below the median for high income countries, which is 30.63, 2% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Greenland's 0.4817 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.91, 2% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity net consumption in Greenland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +69.7% | 0.2455 | 0.4166 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1601 | 0.1404 | 0.1832 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2366 | 0.1879 | 0.4166 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3348 | 0.285 | 0.3915 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4226 | 0.3513 | 0.4955 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 164 Bermuda 0.5334 compare
- 165 South Sudan 0.5317 compare
- 166 Benin 0.5241 compare
- 168 Seychelles 0.4639 compare
- 169 Burundi 0.4408 compare
- 170 Cape Verde 0.4369 compare
More reference data data for Greenland
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0004 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0986 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0041 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1141 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2128 (2019)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 6.82 (2017)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 7.26 % change on previous year (2025)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per unit of GDP 0 metric tons per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture, per capita 0.0005 metric tons per person (2024)
- Wealth share of the richest 1% 27.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity net consumption in Greenland?
- Electricity net consumption in Greenland was 0.4817 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest electricity net consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4955 in 2018.
- What is the lowest electricity net consumption recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1404 in 1980.
- How does Greenland rank for electricity net consumption?
- Greenland ranks 167th out of 202 countries with data for 2019.
- Is electricity net consumption rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greenland data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Electricity net consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).