SAccording to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), 2.1 billion air conditioners are in operation worldwide today, representing about 10% of total electricity consumption. Their number has quadrupled since 1990, when it reached 570 million. China, which had only 79 million air conditioners in 1990, now has 818 million, double that of the United States (411 million). Next come Japan and Korea (224 million of them), the European Union (126 million), India (67 million), Middle Eastern countries (64 million) and Brazil (32 million). .
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Japan is the country in the world with the highest rate of homes equipped with air conditioning (91%), ahead of the United States (90%), South Korea (86%) and Saudi Arabia (63%) , while this percentage is 5% in India and 6% in South Africa. Of the 2.8 billion people living in the hottest countries on the planet, only 8% currently live in air-conditioned homes.
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Due to global warming but above all to the increase in the standard of living and the continuous movement of urbanization in developing countries, the number of air conditioners in the world should continue to increase sharply over the next decade to reach 5, 6 billion. by 2050. According to IEA experts, the most dramatic increase will be seen in India, where the number of air conditioners is expected to increase 17 times to reach 1.14 billion by 2050. China will have 1 .4 billion at that date, the United States 542 million, the European Union 275 million, Indonesia 236 million and the Middle East 210 million.
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