Total electricity output in French Guiana
French Guiana: Total electricity output was 923 GWh in 2015. ▲ Rising
Total electricity output in French Guiana, 1990–2015
Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in GWh.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 923 GWh for total electricity output in 2015. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total electricity output in French Guiana peaked at 923 GWh in 2015 and was at its lowest, 353 GWh, in 1990.
That places French Guiana 162nd out of 230 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Total electricity output in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | GWh | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 353 GWh | — |
| 1991 | 405 GWh | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 445 GWh | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 446 GWh | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 446 GWh | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 450 GWh | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 450 GWh | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 450 GWh | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 453 GWh | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 430 GWh | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 430 GWh | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 594 GWh | +38.1% |
| 2002 | 616 GWh | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 641 GWh | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 665 GWh | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 691 GWh | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 716 GWh | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 771 GWh | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 815 GWh | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 845 GWh | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 872 GWh | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 873 GWh | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 874 GWh | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 883 GWh | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 910 GWh | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 923 GWh | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total electricity output in French Guiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +38.1% | 430 GWh | 594 GWh |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 432.8 GWh | 353 GWh | 453 GWh | 10 |
| 2000s | 678.4 GWh | 430 GWh | 845 GWh | 10 |
| 2010s | 889.17 GWh | 872 GWh | 923 GWh | 6 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More reference data data for French Guiana
- Milk production 293 tonnes (2006)
- Milk production, annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2006)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Land area in hectares 8.28 million hectares (2023)
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures 25,569 hectares (2023)
- FAO projections of arable land 16,435 hectares (2023)
- Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures 0.31 percent (2023)
- Average age of mothers at childbirth 29.33 years (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 595.3 Millimetres per year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total electricity output in French Guiana?
- Total electricity output in French Guiana was 923 GWh in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
- What is the highest total electricity output recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 923 GWh in 2015.
- What is the lowest total electricity output recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 353 GWh in 1990.
- How does French Guiana rank for total electricity output?
- French Guiana ranks 162nd out of 230 countries with data for 2015.
- Is total electricity output rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Total electricity output (GWh). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by all power plants