Economic and Internet Growth Effect on Electricity Consumption in the BRICS Countries Munshi Naser Ibne Afzal 1,2,3 & Jeffrey Gow 3,4 & Ashiqur Rahman 2 # International Atlantic Economic Society 2019 Abstract This study investigated the impact of information communication technolo- gy and economic growth (measured as gross domestic product) on electricity consump- tion for a panel consisting of five emerging economic powerhouses, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. A dynamic panel data model for the period 1990–2014 was used for the analysis. The first main finding shows a positive and statistically significant effect of information communication technology uptake on electricity consumption. The second finding indicates that economic growth also has a positive and statistically significant effect on electricity consumption in these five countries. Keywords Economic growth . Internet growth . ICT . Electricity consumption JEL O10 . Q43 Int Adv Econ Res https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-019-09743-6 Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-019- 09743-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Munshi Naser Ibne Afzal munshi.naser@gmail.com 1 Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy (FPEP), University Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sabah, Malaysia 2 Department of Economics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh 3 School of Commerce, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia 4 Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa