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Solar and wind power consumption per capita

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data109 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,617.6kilowatt-hours
Median: 367.0kilowatt-hours
Countries Covered
109
with available data
Highest
Sweden
10,268.4kilowatt-hours
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0kilowatt-hours
Top 5 Countries
1Sweden10,268.4kilowatt-hours
2Denmark9,977.8kilowatt-hours
3Finland9,524.7kilowatt-hours
4Australia7,573.7kilowatt-hours
5Netherlands7,362.0kilowatt-hours
By Region
Oceania4,854.7kilowatt-hours(2 countries)
Europe3,798.3kilowatt-hours(32 countries)
North America3,232.0kilowatt-hours(3 countries)
South America1,260.4kilowatt-hours(6 countries)
Asia920.0kilowatt-hours(24 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0kilowatt-hours)High (10,268.4kilowatt-hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,617.6kilowatt-hours)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (3)
South America (6)
Asia (24)
Africa (7)
Other (35)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Sweden10,268.4kilowatt-hours
2Denmark9,977.8kilowatt-hours
3Finland9,524.7kilowatt-hours
4Australia7,573.7kilowatt-hours
5Netherlands7,362.0kilowatt-hours
6Norway6,594.3kilowatt-hours
7Germany6,144.1kilowatt-hours
8Spain6,061.4kilowatt-hours
9Ireland5,914.2kilowatt-hours
10United States of America5,396.4kilowatt-hours
11Greece5,368.6kilowatt-hours
12Portugal5,041.7kilowatt-hours
13Austria4,982.6kilowatt-hours
14Belgium4,519.4kilowatt-hours
15Lithuania4,174.2kilowatt-hours
16Estonia3,896.6kilowatt-hours
17Chile3,845.8kilowatt-hours
18United Kingdom3,487.1kilowatt-hours
19Luxembourg3,452.7kilowatt-hours
20Canada3,451.9kilowatt-hours
21United Arab Emirates3,408.2kilowatt-hours
22People's Republic of China3,155.2kilowatt-hours
23Israel2,738.7kilowatt-hours
24Taiwan, Province of China2,651.0kilowatt-hours
25France2,577.6kilowatt-hours
26Poland2,575.6kilowatt-hours
27Bulgaria2,453.7kilowatt-hours
28Hungary2,427.9kilowatt-hours
29Italy2,405.2kilowatt-hours
30Cyprus2,295.7kilowatt-hours
31Croatia2,201.1kilowatt-hours
32New Zealand2,135.6kilowatt-hours
33Japan2,133.3kilowatt-hours
34Slovenia2,118.5kilowatt-hours
35Brazil2,068.7kilowatt-hours
36Türkiye1,868.3kilowatt-hours
37South Korea1,701.9kilowatt-hours
38Switzerland1,660.5kilowatt-hours
39Qatar1,600.2kilowatt-hours
40Romania1,404.7kilowatt-hours
41Argentina1,074.6kilowatt-hours
42Czech Republic975.8kilowatt-hours
43Oman942.9kilowatt-hours
44Vietnam932.5kilowatt-hours
45Latvia887.1kilowatt-hours
46Mexico847.6kilowatt-hours
47Kazakhstan803.5kilowatt-hours
48Saudi Arabia705.4kilowatt-hours
49South Africa674.5kilowatt-hours
50The Republic of North Macedonia639.4kilowatt-hours
51Morocco617.0kilowatt-hours
52Singapore533.1kilowatt-hours
53Ukraine406.4kilowatt-hours
54Peru379.3kilowatt-hours
55India367.0kilowatt-hours
56Sri Lanka355.5kilowatt-hours
57Uzbekistan324.0kilowatt-hours
58Slovakia309.4kilowatt-hours
59Thailand300.0kilowatt-hours
60Egypt255.4kilowatt-hours
61Malaysia241.5kilowatt-hours
62Colombia159.2kilowatt-hours
63Azerbaijan141.7kilowatt-hours
64Russian Federation126.2kilowatt-hours
65Philippines107.1kilowatt-hours
66Hong Kong106.8kilowatt-hours
67Belarus86.6kilowatt-hours
68Kuwait80.5kilowatt-hours
69Iceland76.5kilowatt-hours
70Islamic Republic of Iran57.2kilowatt-hours
71Pakistan49.8kilowatt-hours
72Algeria36.6kilowatt-hours
73Ecuador34.9kilowatt-hours
74Iraq20.0kilowatt-hours
75Bangladesh19.2kilowatt-hours
76Indonesia12.1kilowatt-hours
77Trinidad and Tobago11.4kilowatt-hours
78Turkmenistan2.3kilowatt-hours
79Venezuela1.6kilowatt-hours
80Myanmar0.0kilowatt-hours
81Chad0.0kilowatt-hours
82Republic of the Congo0.0kilowatt-hours
83Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0kilowatt-hours
84Cuba0.0kilowatt-hours
85Equatorial Guinea0.0kilowatt-hours
86Gabon0.0kilowatt-hours
87Ghana0.0kilowatt-hours
88Guinea0.0kilowatt-hours
89Guyana0.0kilowatt-hours
90Libya0.0kilowatt-hours
91Madagascar0.0kilowatt-hours
92Mongolia0.0kilowatt-hours
93Mozambique0.0kilowatt-hours
94Curaçao0.0kilowatt-hours
95New Caledonia0.0kilowatt-hours
96Nigeria0.0kilowatt-hours
97Papua New Guinea0.0kilowatt-hours
98Serbia0.0kilowatt-hours
99Zimbabwe0.0kilowatt-hours
100South Sudan0.0kilowatt-hours
101Sudan0.0kilowatt-hours
102Syrian Arab Republic0.0kilowatt-hours
103Tunisia0.0kilowatt-hours
104Yemen0.0kilowatt-hours
105Zambia0.0kilowatt-hours
106Angola0.0kilowatt-hours
107Bahrain0.0kilowatt-hours
108Bolivia0.0kilowatt-hours
109Brunei Darussalam0.0kilowatt-hours
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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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