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Energy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on Austria & Switzerland

Definitions

  • Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Consumption per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • From nuclear fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
  • From other renewable sources: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
  • Installed generating capacity: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
  • Installed generating capacity per thousand people: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Production > KWh: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants."
  • Production > KWh > Per capita: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants." Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production by source > Nuclear: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
  • Production per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • From fossil fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
  • Production by source > Fossil fuel: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
  • Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
  • Production by source > Hydro: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
  • Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production from natural gas sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
  • Production from oil sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
  • Production from coal sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
  • Production by source > Other: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
  • Production from oil sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
  • Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Exports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
  • From hydroelectric plants: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
  • Production from coal sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
  • Production from natural gas sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
STAT Austria Switzerland HISTORY
Consumption 562.4 million kWh
Ranked 21st.
60.42 billion kWh
Ranked 13th. 107 times more than Austria

Consumption > Per capita 7,566.72 kWh per capita
Ranked 22nd.
7,897.63 kWh per capita
Ranked 19th. 4% more than Austria

Consumption per capita 7,850.31 kWh
Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Switzerland
7,425.27 kWh
Ranked 4th.

Exports 0.0
Ranked 68th.
34.57 billion kWh
Ranked 4th.

From nuclear fuels 0.0
Ranked 65th.
18% of total installed capacity
Ranked 10th.

From other renewable sources 15.4% of total installed capacity
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Switzerland
3% of total installed capacity
Ranked 51st.

Imports 0.0
Ranked 67th.
32.25 billion kWh
Ranked 4th.

Installed generating capacity 520,000 kW
Ranked 118th.
18.07 million kW
Ranked 31st. 35 times more than Austria
Installed generating capacity per thousand people 61.98 kW
Ranked 145th.
2,309.29 kW
Ranked 20th. 37 times more than Austria
Production 91.24 million kWh
Ranked 93th.
60.18 billion kWh
Ranked 37th. 660 times more than Austria

Production > KWh 60.94 billion
Ranked 39th.
66.46 billion
Ranked 36th. 9% more than Austria

Production > KWh > Per capita 6,726.21 per capita
Ranked 20th.
7,951.94 per capita
Ranked 16th. 18% more than Austria

Production > Per capita 7,233.12 kWh per capita
Ranked 27th.
8,545.72 kWh per capita
Ranked 17th. 18% more than Austria

Production by source > Nuclear 0.0
Ranked 80th.
37.1%
Ranked 9th.
Production per capita 8,230.45 kWh
Ranked 4th.
8,587.48 kWh
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Austria

From fossil fuels 61.3% of total installed capacity
Ranked 116th. 20 times more than Switzerland
3.1% of total installed capacity
Ranked 175th.

Production by source > Fossil fuel 29.3%
Ranked 176th. 23 times more than Switzerland
1.3%
Ranked 204th.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita 4,457.07 kWh
Ranked 8th.
4,566.94 kWh
Ranked 7th. 2% more than Austria

Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh 36.42 billion kWh
Ranked 16th. 8% more than Switzerland
33.75 billion kWh
Ranked 17th.

Consumption > Date of > Information 2003 2003
Production by source > Hydro 67.2%
Ranked 35th. 13% more than Switzerland
59.5%
Ranked 42nd.
Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita 222.35 kWh
Ranked 43th. 8 times more than Switzerland
28.42 kWh
Ranked 92nd.

Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita 1,338.72 kWh
Ranked 32nd. 11 times more than Switzerland
127.21 kWh
Ranked 74th.

Production from natural gas sources > Kwh 10.94 billion kWh
Ranked 48th. 12 times more than Switzerland
940 million kWh
Ranked 79th.

Production from oil sources > Kwh 1.82 billion kWh
Ranked 62nd. 9 times more than Switzerland
210 million kWh
Ranked 94th.

Production from coal sources > % of total 14.79%
Ranked 47th. 739 times more than Switzerland
0.02%
Ranked 68th.

Production by source > Other 3.5%
Ranked 18th. 75% more than Switzerland
2%
Ranked 25th.
Production from oil sources > % of total 2.95%
Ranked 77th. 9 times more than Switzerland
0.33%
Ranked 109th.

Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita 1,113.92 kWh per capita
Ranked 28th. 7845 times more than Switzerland
0.142 kWh per capita
Ranked 67th.

Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita 1,338.28 kWh per capita
Ranked 32nd. 11 times more than Switzerland
127.21 kWh per capita
Ranked 74th.

Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita 4,455.58 kWh per capita
Ranked 8th.
4,566.97 kWh per capita
Ranked 7th. 3% more than Austria

Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita 222.27 kWh per capita
Ranked 44th. 8 times more than Switzerland
28.42 kWh per capita
Ranked 92nd.

Exports per capita 2,242.6 kWh
Ranked 2nd.
6,999.12 kWh
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Austria
Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita 1,114.3 kWh
Ranked 28th. 7845 times more than Switzerland
0.142 kWh
Ranked 66th.

Imports per capita 2,335.85 kWh
Ranked 3rd.
6,715.02 kWh
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Austria
Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total 59.15%
Ranked 29th. 11% more than Switzerland
53.08%
Ranked 35th.

From hydroelectric plants 23.3% of total installed capacity
Ranked 75th.
65.9% of total installed capacity
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Austria

Production from coal sources > Kwh 9.11 billion kWh
Ranked 38th. 9106 times more than Switzerland
1,000,000 kWh
Ranked 67th.

Production from natural gas sources > % of total 17.76%
Ranked 54th. 12 times more than Switzerland
1.48%
Ranked 85th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics \xA9 OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption

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