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Electricity Consumption per Capita

Annual electricity consumption per person in kilowatt-hours.

Source: Our World in Data based on Energy Institute•119 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
N/A
Median: 2,783.9kWh
Countries Covered
119
with available data
Highest
Norway
27,995.3kWh
Lowest
Sri Lanka
kWh
Top 5 Countries
1Norway27,995.3kWh
2Qatar19,236.1kWh
3Kuwait17,764.7kWh
4Sweden16,214.8kWh
5United Arab Emirates16,074.9kWh
By Region
EuropeN/A(41 countries)
AsiaN/A(37 countries)
North AmericaN/A(8 countries)
AfricaN/A(20 countries)
South AmericaN/A(10 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0kWh)High (20,000.0kWh)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: N/A)

Europe (41)
Asia (37)
North America (8)
Africa (20)
South America (10)
Oceania (3)

About This Statistic

A key indicator of development and modernization. Higher electricity access enables better healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Norway27,995.3kWh
2Qatar19,236.1kWh
3Kuwait17,764.7kWh
4Sweden16,214.8kWh
5United Arab Emirates16,074.9kWh
6Canada16,022.9kWh
7Finland14,628.0kWh
8Saudi Arabia13,386.4kWh
9United States of America12,711.9kWh
10Taiwan, Province of China12,430.4kWh
11South Korea12,092.2kWh
12Australia10,543.1kWh
13Singapore10,220.5kWh
14Austria8,636.3kWh
15New Zealand8,527.1kWh
16Switzerland8,491.4kWh
17France8,416.6kWh
18Russian Federation8,350.4kWh
19Japan8,213.1kWh
20Oman8,207.8kWh
21Slovenia7,886.9kWh
22People's Republic of China7,106.8kWh
23Czech Republic6,782.9kWh
24Netherlands6,720.7kWh
25Belgium6,476.8kWh
26Ireland5,891.5kWh
27Denmark5,885.5kWh
28Spain5,878.7kWh
29Germany5,830.2kWh
30Montenegro5,795.0kWh
31Kazakhstan5,755.0kWh
32Bulgaria5,672.1kWh
33Greece5,670.9kWh
34Malaysia5,574.6kWh
35Serbia5,561.0kWh
36Slovakia5,360.7kWh
37Uruguay5,099.5kWh
38Belarus5,044.9kWh
39Bosnia and Herzegovina4,775.2kWh
40Estonia4,557.0kWh
41Portugal4,539.0kWh
42Chile4,516.1kWh
43Italy4,507.9kWh
44Poland4,438.3kWh
45Islamic Republic of Iran4,322.4kWh
46Cyprus4,167.0kWh
47United Kingdom4,110.0kWh
48Malta4,058.5kWh
49Hungary3,925.1kWh
50Croatia3,901.6kWh
51Türkiye3,900.9kWh
52South Africa3,891.3kWh
53Georgia3,745.1kWh
54Brazil3,517.6kWh
55Latvia3,376.3kWh
56Argentina3,337.5kWh
57The Republic of North Macedonia3,181.6kWh
58Vietnam3,006.1kWh
59Armenia2,989.4kWh
60Thailand2,783.9kWh
61Romania2,772.5kWh
62Mexico2,714.2kWh
63Azerbaijan2,710.8kWh
64Lithuania2,553.2kWh
65Costa Rica2,413.3kWh
66Mongolia2,411.1kWh
67Dominican Republic2,270.0kWh
68Kyrgyzstan2,258.6kWh
69Luxembourg2,228.7kWh
70Tajikistan2,047.0kWh
71Egypt2,037.0kWh
72Peru1,866.0kWh
73Ecuador1,819.6kWh
74Moldova, Republic of1,716.7kWh
75Tunisia1,696.7kWh
76Colombia1,654.7kWh
77India1,399.2kWh
78Indonesia1,310.6kWh
79Morocco1,152.3kWh
80El Salvador1,112.3kWh
81Philippines1,086.5kWh
82Bolivia994.9kWh
83Cambodia891.2kWh
84Pakistan724.7kWh
85Bangladesh656.0kWh
86Myanmar452.8kWh
87Kenya227.7kWh
88Nigeria172.5kWh
89Sri LankakWh
90ChadkWh
91Republic of the CongokWh
92Democratic Republic of the CongokWh
93CubakWh
94Equatorial GuineakWh
95GabonkWh
96GuyanakWh
97Hong KongkWh
98IcelandkWh
99IraqkWh
100IsraelkWh
101LibyakWh
102MadagascarkWh
103MozambiquekWh
104Papua New GuineakWh
105ZimbabwekWh
106South SudankWh
107SudankWh
108Syrian Arab RepublickWh
109Trinidad and TobagokWh
110TurkmenistankWh
111UkrainekWh
112UzbekistankWh
113VenezuelakWh
114YemenkWh
115ZambiakWh
116AlgeriakWh
117AngolakWh
118BahrainkWh
119Brunei DarussalamkWh
Showing 119 of 119 countries

Topics

#energy#electricity#development#consumption

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data based on Energy Institute (2024).

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