
Electricity demand in the manufacturing industry Japan FY 2011-2020
In the fiscal year 2020, the electricity demand of the manufacturing industry in Japan amounted to more than 316 billion kilowatt hours. Despite a minor spike in the fiscal years 2017 and 2018, figures have been on a general downward trend since the peak demand of the decade was reached in fiscal 2013 at approximately 353.5 billion kilowatt hours. Japan is one of the global leaders in manufacturing, with major exports including automobiles, consumer electronics, and computers. Its manufacturing industry, therefore, has a high electricity demand for production.