Monthly electricity generation and demand by country
Monthly electricity statistics for 88 countries, 1999-01 to 2026-08, from Ember: generation by fuel, demand and carbon intensity, in one tidy long CSV. Data as of 2026-08.
Numbers in the files are raw values; units are in the column names or the unit column. They are not the rounded, formatted figures shown on the site's pages.
Key Facts
- Coverage: 88 countries, 1999-01 to 2026-08.
- 1 file: ember-monthly-generation.csv (5.5 MB).
- Licence: CC BY 4.0.
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Data as of 2026-08| File | What it holds | Rows | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| ember-monthly-generation.csv | Monthly statistics, tidy long CSV. One row per country, month, metric and fuel. Missing values are omitted. | 97,373 | 5.5 MB |
README.txt lists the attribution for every dataset. Files compress well, so most servers send them gzipped.
Fields: ember-monthly-generation.csv
| Column | Unit | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| country_id | text | World Power Monitor country id, the slug used in /countries/<id>/ URLs. |
| country | text | Country name. |
| iso3 | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code; empty where the entity has none. |
| month | year-month | Calendar month as YYYY-MM. |
| metric | text | generation (per fuel), demand or carbon_intensity. |
| fuel | text | Fuel id; empty for demand and carbon_intensity. |
| value | per unit column | The raw number. |
| unit | text | TWh or gCO2/kWh. |
Preview: first 6 rows
| country_id | country | iso3 | month | metric | fuel | value | unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | demand | 12.77 | TWh | |
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | carbon_intensity | 404.62 | gCO2/kWh | |
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | generation | coal | 0.26 | TWh |
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | generation | gas | 7.79 | TWh |
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | generation | other_fossil | 0.3 | TWh |
| argentina | Argentina | ARG | 2018-01 | generation | nuclear | 0.64 | TWh |
Coverage and Updates
- Coverage. 88 countries, 1999-01 to 2026-08.
- Update cadence. Ember adds a month of data as national sources publish it, usually a month or two after the month ends. The file is rebuilt from the latest release with every site build.
- Changes made. Restructured into a tidy table, with fuel categories named by World Power Monitor fuel ids. Ember's values are not altered. Ember's monthly price series is not included.
Licence and Attribution (README)
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Keep this attribution with any copy or derived work:
Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Restructured into a tidy table, with fuel categories named by World Power Monitor fuel ids. Ember's values are not altered. Ember's monthly price series is not included.
How to Cite
Replace the bracketed date with the day you downloaded the file.
Ember. Monthly electricity generation and demand by country, data to 2026-08. Reformatted by World Power Monitor, https://worldpowermonitor.com/data/ember-monthly/ (accessed [date]). CC BY 4.0.
Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2026-08.