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Chapter 3: Energy Consumption

Chapter 2 Chapter 4

Electricity Consumption

Household Electricity Consumption

Natural Gas Consumption

Household Town Gas Consumption

Electricity Consumption

Singapore’s total electricity consumption increased by 5.3%, from 50.8 TWh in 2020 to 53.5 TWh in 2021. It increased in tandem with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which rose from SGD 461.06* billion in 2020 to SGD 496.16* billion in 2021.

All sectors saw a growth in electricity consumption in 2021, with the Information and Communications sector having the largest percentage growth of 30.7%, followed by the Construction sector of 22%.

The Industrial-related sector remained the largest consumer of electricity in 2021 (41.7% or 22.3 TWh), followed by Commerce & Services-related (37.1% or 19.8 TWh) and Household (15.5% or 8.3 TWh) sectors.

* GDP In Chained (2015) Dollar published by DOS.

Electricity Consumption By Sector

Overall Electricity Consumption:

26.9 TWh in 2022*

Overall Electricity Consumption:53.5 TWh in 2021

Overall Electricity Consumption:50.8 TWh in 2020

Overall Electricity Consumption:51.7 TWh in 2019

Overall Electricity Consumption:50.5 TWh in 2018

Overall Electricity Consumption:49.6 TWh in 2017

Overall Electricity Consumption:48.6 TWh in 2016

*Data for 2022 is as at Jun-22.

Electricity Consumption By Sector

Average Annual Household Electricity Consumption by Planning Area

Housing Category

*Data for 2022 is as at Jun-22.

**Note the change in scale for Public Housing category.

Natural Gas Consumption

Final end-use consumption of Natural Gas, excluding those used in power generation (such as MPPs or Autoproducers*) and oil refining, increased by 5.8% from 68,591.4 TJ in 2020 to 72,600.3 TJ in 2021. The Industrial-related sector remained the largest consumer of Natural Gas in 2021 (89.7% or 65,112.5 TJ), followed by Commerce & Services-related sector (5.8% or 4,192.5 TJ).

*Refers to enterprises that produce electricity but for whom the production is not their principal activity.