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  "updated_at": "2026-07-21",
  "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
  "unit": "TWh/year",
  "source_method_note": "UNSD Energy Statistics Yearbook 2023, Table 34, Total final consumption (TFC), Electricity. World row: 25,539,798 GWh. United Kingdom row: 269,086 GWh. Australia row: 224,377 GWh. Canada row: 529,902 GWh. Japan row: 879,200 GWh. Official GWh values are divided by 1,000 to obtain TWh/year.",
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      "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
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    },
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      "code": "UK",
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      "local_language_label": "English",
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      "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
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      "conversion_note": "Official UNSD Table 34 value of 269,086 GWh divided by 1,000 to obtain 269.086 TWh/year.",
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      ],
      "notes": "Official UNSD Yearbook table value checked for the United Kingdom row. This is a selected non-EU country annual final-electricity denominator within World mode for public review, not spare grid capacity, installed capacity, or promoted runtime data."
    },
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      "code": "AU",
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      "local_language_label": "English",
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      "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
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      "notes": "Official UNSD Yearbook table value checked for the Australia row. This is a selected non-EU country annual final-electricity denominator within World mode for public review, not spare grid capacity, installed capacity, or promoted runtime data."
    },
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      "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
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      "notes": "Official UNSD Yearbook table value checked for the Canada row. This is a selected non-EU country annual final-electricity denominator within World mode for public review, not spare grid capacity, installed capacity, or promoted runtime data."
    },
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      "electricity_per_capita_kwh_year": null,
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      "source_retrieved_at": "2026-07-21",
      "source_status": "source_candidate",
      "definition": "annual total final consumption of electricity",
      "unit_original": "gigawatt-hour",
      "conversion_note": "Official UNSD Table 34 value of 879,200 GWh divided by 1,000 to obtain 879.200 TWh/year.",
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      "notes": "Official UNSD Yearbook table value checked for the Japan row. This is a selected non-EU country annual final-electricity denominator within World mode for public review, not spare grid capacity, installed capacity, or promoted runtime data."
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  "comparability_note": "These are annual final consumption of electricity values. They are energy denominators, not available power or grid capacity. World is the global total; selected country rows are separate country denominators, not subdivisions of the global total display.",
  "rounding_precision_twh": 0.001,
  "source_provenance": {
    "official_source_system": "United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)",
    "publication": "2023 Energy Statistics Yearbook",
    "table": "Table 34: Total final consumption",
    "direct_table_url": "https://unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/pubs/yearbook/2023/t34.pdf",
    "landing_page": "https://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/yearbook/default.htm",
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        "code": "AU",
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    "flow": "Total final consumption (TFC)",
    "source_unit": "GWh",
    "period": "2023"
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}