The research shall significantly prove to be useful in better planning and management of water resources of Pakistan for future. A sensitivity analysis was also performed to study the relation of hydroelectricity consumption to the annual population and GDP growth rate of the country. The results were compared with the hydroelectricity generation plans of the Government of Pakistan for its effectiveness.

The forecasted values of hydroelectricity consumption revealed an average annual increment of 1.65% with a cumulative increase of 23.4% up to the year 2030. For validating the reliability of the forecasted data, the results were compared to the actual values which showed good fit with minimum deviation. Based on the developed forecasting equation, the hydroelectricity consumption was predicted up to the year 2030. This article presents a forecasting study of hydroelectricity consumption in Pakistan based on the historical data of past 53 years using Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving-Average (ARIMA) modeling. Water being one of the cheapest and renewable sources of energy, is being used to produce one-quarter of the total electricity production in Pakistan. The amount of electricity generation and its availability to the residents of a country reflects its level of development and economic condition.

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