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Economy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on Canada & India

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  • Consumption: This entry consists of total electricity generated 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: This entry consists of total electricity generated 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.
  • Exports: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Exports per capita: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Imports per capita: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production: This entry is 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 per capita: This entry is 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.
STAT Canada India HISTORY
Consumption 549.5 billion kWh
Ranked 6th.
600.6 billion kWh
Ranked 5th. 9% more than Canada

Consumption per capita 16,492.75 kWh
Ranked 2nd. 32 times more than India
511.3 kWh
Ranked 102nd.

Exports 51.11 billion kWh
Ranked 2nd. 63 times more than India
810 million kWh
Ranked 47th.
Exports per capita 1,515.41 kWh
Ranked 12th. 2227 times more than India
0.681 kWh
Ranked 56th.
Imports 33.62 billion kWh
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than India
5.27 billion kWh
Ranked 18th.
Imports per capita 996.83 kWh
Ranked 12th. 225 times more than India
4.43 kWh
Ranked 61st.
Production 604.4 billion kWh
Ranked 6th.
835.3 billion kWh
Ranked 5th. 38% more than Canada
Production per capita 17,920.41 kWh
Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than India
701.85 kWh
Ranked 70th.

SOURCES: 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.

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