Introduction

Consumption & Survey Statistics

Title : Household Energy Panel Survey
Compiling Agency : Korea Energy Economics Institute (Department of Energy Survey Statistics Research)
Type of Statistics
- Nationally Approved Statistics (Approval No. 339002 by Statistics Korea; Date of Approval: July 22, 2011)
- General Statistics (based on legal classification) / Survey Statistics (based on method classification)
Legal Basis
- Article 18 of the Statistics Act (Approval for Production of Statistics)
Survey and Publication Cycle
- Survey Cycle : Annually
- Publication Cycle : Annually

To identify energy consumption behaviors in the household sector and provide foundational data for national energy policy development and related research.
To establish time-series data on household energy consumption patterns by household characteristics (e.g., housing type, housing area, number and composition of household members, household income), which cannot be derived solely from energy suppliers’ sales data.

2009: Pilot survey of 1,500 households under the title ‘Household Energy Standing Survey’
2010: Test survey of 1,500 households
2011: First official survey conducted on approximately 2,500 households after obtaining statistical approval
2012–2018: 2nd to 8th surveys conducted (under the title ‘Household Energy Standing Survey’)
2019: Panel was restructured; 9th survey conducted with approximately 8,300 households (survey renamed to ‘Household Energy Panel Survey’)
2020–2024: 10th to 14th surveys conducted with approximately 7,400 households
* The sample consisted of around 2,500 existing panel households and 4,900 newly recruited households. In 2019, about 1,000 households using renewable energy were additionally included, but excluded from 2020 onward.