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Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards: record highs and lows

The extremes of mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards as published by DESNZ, across the 12 periods held here (2012 to 2023). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

4,0152012

Lowest published

3,2382022

The full series

Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards: 2012 to 2023CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservative02k4k2012201420162018202020222012: 4,015 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252013: 3,940 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252014: 3,940 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252015: 3,938 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252016: 3,840 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252017: 3,777 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252018: 3,668 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252019: 3,626 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252020: 3,799 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252021: 3,554 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252022: 3,238 kWh a year · published 18 December 20252023: 3,295 kWh a year · published 18 December 2025
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The chart as a table
PeriodMean domestic electricity consumption per meter, 2012 onwards
20124,015 kWh a year
20133,940 kWh a year
20143,940 kWh a year
20153,938 kWh a year
20163,840 kWh a year
20173,777 kWh a year
20183,668 kWh a year
20193,626 kWh a year
20203,799 kWh a year
20213,554 kWh a year
20223,238 kWh a year
20233,295 kWh a year

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.