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Per Capita Electricity Consumption

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

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Synopsis

Students can use this map, graph, and chart to see the annual energy consumption per capita.
The resource has data going back as far as 1985.

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Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

Students can isolate locations to look at their data.
Students can play a time-lapse to see how the energy consumption has changed.

Prerequisites

Students may need the term kilowatt-hour defined.

Differentiation & Implementation

Art students can use this data and map to create data art.
Students can put their country's per capita energy consumption in the global context by comparing it to use in other countries.
Students can discuss how climate change and energy production and consumption are linked.

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