Electricity consumption for air conditioning has more than doubled in 20 years

Global electricity consumption for ‘space cooling*’, measured in terawatt-hours (TWh), 2000–2022.

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*This mainly refers to air conditioning, although fans are included.

Chart: pturSource: International Energy Agency (IEA), data compiled by Our World in DataGet the data