Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) by country
Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Countries reporting
149
Highest
48,998 kWh per capita
Iceland
Lowest
13.72 kWh per capita
Chad
Median
2,585 kWh per capita
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,529
What the numbers show
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 48,998 kWh per capita in Iceland; the lowest is 13.72 kWh per capita in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,585 kWh per capita, and the mean is 4,223 kWh per capita.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,572.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 291.5%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 67.9%).
Electric power consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 48,998 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 23,673 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Bahrain | 23,120 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 4 | Qatar | 19,963 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 5 | Kuwait | 16,496 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 15,285 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Finland | 14,819 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 14,094 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 9 | United States | 12,839 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 12,226 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 11,911 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 11,662 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 13 | South Korea | 11,350 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 14 | Brunei | 10,674 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 9,801 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 16 | Singapore | 9,750 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 17 | Oman | 8,203 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 7,989 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 7,897 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 7,530 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 7,285 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 22 | Israel | 7,186 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 7,117 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 24 | Belgium | 7,099 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,664 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | China | 6,524 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Slovenia | 6,450 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 28 | France | 6,447 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 29 | Netherlands | 6,386 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 6,359 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 6,298 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 6,165 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 33 | Germany | 6,109 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 34 | Czechia | 5,877 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 5,360 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | 5,298 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 5,294 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 38 | Curacao | 5,276 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 39 | Spain | 5,196 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 5,146 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 5,137 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 5,090 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 43 | Malaysia | 5,084 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 44 | Gibraltar | 5,017 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 45 | Malta | 5,013 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Hungary | 4,812 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 4,686 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 48 | Slovakia | 4,675 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 49 | Montenegro | 4,564 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 50 | Croatia | 4,484 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 51 | Lithuania | 4,387 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 4,373 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 53 | Poland | 4,370 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 4,198 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 4,195 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 3,842 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 57 | Iran | 3,815 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 58 | Libya | 3,796 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 59 | Uruguay | 3,790 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 60 | Latvia | 3,768 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 61 | Turkey | 3,731 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,677 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 3,382 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 3,320 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 65 | South Africa | 3,247 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 66 | Brazil | 3,068 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 2,965 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 68 | Suriname | 2,897 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 69 | Albania | 2,892 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 2,822 kWh per capita | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2,778 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 2,728 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 74 | Panama | 2,715 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 2,658 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 76 | Vietnam | 2,585 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Romania | 2,585 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 78 | Ukraine | 2,516 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 2,465 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 80 | Moldova | 2,412 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 81 | Paraguay | 2,389 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia | 2,386 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 2,367 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 2,282 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,069 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 2,059 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 37.2% | falling |
| 87 | Venezuela | 1,953 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 1,867 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 1,858 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 90 | Algeria | 1,828 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 1,676 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 92 | Laos | 1,665 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 225.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 1,641 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 94 | Tunisia | 1,629 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 95 | Peru | 1,595 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 1,551 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 1,497 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 98 | Egypt | 1,493 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 1,462 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 1,445 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Iraq | 1,377 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 102 | Namibia | 1,232 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 1,205 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 104 | Eswatini | 1,200 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 105 | India | 1,182 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 1,137 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 107 | Gabon | 1,023 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 108 | Morocco | 997.25 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 109 | Lebanon | 975.32 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 67.9% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 932.4 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 291.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Philippines | 924.62 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 112 | Bolivia | 890.14 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 113 | Syria | 853.97 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 114 | Equatorial Guinea | 792.4 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 115 | North Korea | 788.59 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 116 | Honduras | 752.1 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 733.08 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 726.74 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 644.46 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 640.57 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 602.9 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Ghana | 565 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 518.3 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 503.77 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 125 | Senegal | 410.18 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 126 | Mozambique | 390.66 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Angola | 379.1 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 368.44 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Cote d'Ivoire | 353.82 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 130 | Nepal | 350.97 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 163.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Congo | 338.35 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 132 | Togo | 245.75 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 164.0% | rising |
| 133 | Cameroon | 226.1 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Sudan | 222.63 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Kenya | 195.29 kWh per capita | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 136 | Nigeria | 144.13 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 137 | Tanzania | 134.96 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 133.33 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 128.53 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 140 | Eritrea | 123.33 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 141 | Benin | 114.66 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 142 | Ethiopia | 112.56 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Uganda | 95.28 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 144 | Yemen | 89.74 kWh per capita | 2023 | down 58.4% | flat |
| 145 | Madagascar | 80.07 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 146 | Rwanda | 76.68 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 130.5% | rising |
| 147 | Haiti | 76.24 kWh per capita | 2022 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 148 | Niger | 67.74 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 149 | South Sudan | 47.9 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 150 | Chad | 13.72 kWh per capita | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 2,818 kWh per capita
- North America 12,975 kWh per capita
- Post-demographic dividend 9,161 kWh per capita
- High income 8,838 kWh per capita
- OECD members 7,670 kWh per capita
- Euro area 6,014 kWh per capita
- European Union 5,998 kWh per capita
- Late-demographic dividend 5,474 kWh per capita
- East Asia & Pacific 5,353 kWh per capita
- Europe & Central Asia 5,313 kWh per capita
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4,972 kWh per capita
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4,920 kWh per capita
About this data
Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.