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Everything Energy is a podcast by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Everything Energy is a podcast by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Through expert interviews, it delves into todays biggest global energy topics providing valuable insights on important trends based on the latest data and analysis.
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The shifting geography of energy demand
Episode 18
Thursday, 18 December, 2025

For many decades, global energy demand was mainly concentrated in wealthy, industrialised economies such as the United States, Europe and Japan. That has changed in the 21st century as China’s rapid economic growth moved the centre of gravity eastward, with the country driving more than half of global oil and gas demand growth and 60% of electricity demand growth since 2010. Now, the landscape is shifting again. Emerging economies – led by India and Southeast Asia, and joined by countries in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa – are poised to take the baton from China. This brings new opportunities and challenges that will affect energy markets for years to come. In this episode, Ali Saffar, Head of the IEA’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America Division, and IEA energy analyst Siddharth Singh explore how energy demand has evolved over the past half-century and share insights on what lies ahead, based on new analysis in recent IEA reports.