MOEA data show industry used 55.2% of Taiwan’s electricity consumption in 2024.
This statistic shows the industrial shape of Taiwan’s power demand. Industry alone used more electricity than residential and service users combined. The structure is directly relevant to AI, semiconductor production and grid planning because load growth is concentrated in production-heavy sectors.
Source 1: National Electricity Resource Supply and Demand Report
Publisher: Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Dataset/table: Figure 2-1: 2024 electricity consumption by sector
Units: Billion kWh; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-07
Status: verified
Note: MOEA reports 2024 electricity consumption of 283.85bn kWh, with industry at 55.2%, residential 18.8%, services 17.6%, energy 6.5%, agriculture 1.2% and transport 0.7%.
MOEA reports 民國113年 as 2024. The source notes that percentages and consumption totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.
MOEA reports 2024 electricity consumption of 283.85bn kWh, with industry at 55.2%, residential 18.8%, services 17.6%, energy 6.5%, agriculture 1.2% and transport 0.7%.
Values use MOEA’s 2025 National Electricity Resource Supply and Demand Report. Electricity consumption includes Taipower system sales, energy-sector use and self-use generation equipment.
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