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  • 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: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
  • 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 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 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Imports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • 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 hydroelectric sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
  • 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.
  • 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 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).
  • 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.
STAT Poland Switzerland HISTORY
Consumption 155 billion kWh
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Switzerland
60.42 billion kWh
Ranked 13th.

Consumption > Per capita 3,356.85 kWh per capita
Ranked 44th.
7,897.63 kWh per capita
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Poland

Consumption per capita 3,391.87 kWh
Ranked 41st.
7,425.27 kWh
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Poland

Exports 12.64 billion kWh
Ranked 14th.
34.57 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Poland

From nuclear fuels 0.0
Ranked 36th.
18% of total installed capacity
Ranked 10th.

From other renewable sources 3.7% of total installed capacity
Ranked 45th. 23% more than Switzerland
3% of total installed capacity
Ranked 51st.

Imports 9.8 billion kWh
Ranked 19th.
32.25 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Poland

Installed generating capacity 33.36 million kW
Ranked 19th. 85% more than Switzerland
18.07 million kW
Ranked 31st.
Installed generating capacity per thousand people 873.67 kW
Ranked 73th.
2,309.29 kW
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Poland
Production 153.4 billion kWh
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Switzerland
60.18 billion kWh
Ranked 37th.

Production > KWh 158.76 billion
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Switzerland
66.46 billion
Ranked 36th.

Production > KWh > Per capita 3,656.17 per capita
Ranked 43th.
7,951.94 per capita
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Poland

Production > Per capita 3,876.09 kWh per capita
Ranked 57th.
8,545.72 kWh per capita
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Poland

Production by source > Nuclear 0.0
Ranked 45th.
37.1%
Ranked 9th.
Production per capita 3,916.52 kWh
Ranked 54th.
8,587.48 kWh
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Poland

From fossil fuels 89.2% of total installed capacity
Ranked 70th. 29 times more than Switzerland
3.1% of total installed capacity
Ranked 175th.

Production by source > Fossil fuel 98.1%
Ranked 78th. 75 times more than Switzerland
1.3%
Ranked 204th.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh 2.08 billion kWh
Ranked 78th.
33.75 billion kWh
Ranked 17th. 16 times more than Poland

Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita 54.53 kWh
Ranked 86th.
4,566.94 kWh
Ranked 7th. 84 times more than Poland

Consumption > Date of > Information 2004 2003
Production by source > Hydro 1.5%
Ranked 130th.
59.5%
Ranked 42nd. 40 times more than Poland
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita 82.34 kWh
Ranked 80th.
127.21 kWh
Ranked 74th. 54% more than Poland

Production from coal sources > Kwh 143.49 billion kWh
Ranked 9th. 143494 times more than Switzerland
1,000,000 kWh
Ranked 67th.

Production from natural gas sources > % of total 2.06%
Ranked 83th. 39% more than Switzerland
1.48%
Ranked 85th.

Production from natural gas sources > Kwh 3.14 billion kWh
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Switzerland
940 million kWh
Ranked 79th.

Production from oil sources > Kwh 2.51 billion kWh
Ranked 53th. 12 times more than Switzerland
210 million kWh
Ranked 94th.

Production from coal sources > % of total 94.06%
Ranked 2nd. 4703 times more than Switzerland
0.02%
Ranked 68th.

Imports per capita 222.42 kWh
Ranked 19th.
6,715.02 kWh
Ranked 1st. 30 times more than Poland
Production from oil sources > % of total 1.64%
Ranked 91st. 5 times more than Switzerland
0.33%
Ranked 109th.

Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita 3,758.14 kWh per capita
Ranked 8th. 26466 times more than Switzerland
0.142 kWh per capita
Ranked 67th.

Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita 82.34 kWh per capita
Ranked 80th.
127.21 kWh per capita
Ranked 74th. 54% more than Poland

Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita 54.53 kWh per capita
Ranked 87th.
4,566.97 kWh per capita
Ranked 7th. 84 times more than Poland

Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita 65.66 kWh per capita
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Switzerland
28.42 kWh per capita
Ranked 92nd.

Exports per capita 254.5 kWh
Ranked 17th.
6,999.12 kWh
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than Poland
Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total 1.36%
Ranked 99th.
53.08%
Ranked 35th. 39 times more than Poland

Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita 3,758.14 kWh
Ranked 8th. 26460 times more than Switzerland
0.142 kWh
Ranked 66th.

Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita 65.66 kWh
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than Switzerland
28.42 kWh
Ranked 92nd.

Production by source > Other 0.4%
Ranked 43th.
2%
Ranked 25th. 5 times more than Poland
From hydroelectric plants 2.8% of total installed capacity
Ranked 112th.
65.9% of total installed capacity
Ranked 25th. 24 times more than Poland

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; 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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption

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