7-8 Elasticity Ratio of Energy Consumption

Year

Growth Rate of

Growth Rate of

Growth Rate of

Elasticity Ratio

Elasticity Ratio

Energy Consumption

Electricity

Gross Domestic

of Energy

of Electricity

over Preceding Year

Consumption over

Product(GDP),over

Consumption

Consumption

 

Preceding Year

Preceding Year

 

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1984

7.4

7.4

15.2

0.49

0.49

1985

8.1

9.0

13.5

0.60

0.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

1986

5.4

9.5

8.8

0.61

1.08

1987

7.2

10.6

11.6

0.62

0.91

1988

7.3

9.7

11.3

0.65

0.86

1989

4.2

7.3

4.1

1.02

1.78

1990

1.8

6.2

3.8

0.47

1.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

1991

5.1

9.2

9.3

0.55

0.99

1992

5.2

11.5

14.2

0.37

0.81

1993

6.3

11.0

13.5

0.21

0.70

1994

5.8

9.9

12.6

0.46

0.79

1995

6.9

8.2

10.5

0.66

0.78

 

 

 

 

 

 

1996

5.9

7.4

9.6

0.62

0.77

1997

-0.6

4.8

8.8

-

0.55

1998

-4.3

2.8

7.8

-

0.36

1999

-7.7

6.1

7.1

-

0.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)The data in 1999 were estimated figures.