Countries ranked by Electricity consumption per person
How much electricity is used per person in a year, in kilowatt-hours (kWh).
#1 Iceland (47,510 kWh per person), #2 Bahrain (23,846 kWh per person), #3 Norway (23,699 kWh per person). The last place is Chad (13 kWh per person).
How to read this number
Electric power consumption: the electricity produced by power plants and combined heat and power plants, minus losses in transmission and distribution and the plants’ own use, per person, in kilowatt-hours (kWh). Source: World Bank (underlying data from the IEA).
Cold countries with electric heating, and countries with cheap electricity or industries that need a lot of power, such as aluminum smelting, use much more per person. Using more electricity is not the same as a higher standard of living or more efficient use of energy.
- Countries listed: 146 (of 193)
- Data years: 2024–2025 (differs by country)
- 106 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Electricity consumption per person | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iceland |
47,510 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 2 |  Bahrain |
23,846 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 3 |  Norway |
23,699 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 4 |  Qatar |
19,313 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Kuwait |
16,626 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 6 |  United Arab Emirates |
15,361 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Finland |
15,057 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 8 |  Canada |
14,655 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 9 |  United States |
13,064 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 10 |  South Korea |
12,071 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 11 |  Sweden |
11,974 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 12 |  Saudi Arabia |
11,808 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 13 |  Brunei |
10,963 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Luxembourg |
10,209 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 15 |  Singapore |
9,947 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Australia |
9,795 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 17 |  Oman |
8,489 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Austria |
8,050 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 19 |  New Zealand |
7,910 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 20 |  Russia |
7,774 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Japan |
7,531 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 22 |  Israel |
7,203 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 23 |  Switzerland |
7,111 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 24 |  China |
7,038 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 25 |  Belgium |
6,963 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 26 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
6,816 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 27 |  France |
6,536 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 28 |  Ireland |
6,497 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 29 |  Netherlands |
6,447 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 30 |  Slovenia |
6,417 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 31 |  Denmark |
6,373 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 32 |  Estonia |
6,161 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 33 |  Germany |
6,060 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 34 |  Czechia |
6,042 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 35 |  Kazakhstan |
5,667 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 36 |  Bulgaria |
5,470 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Portugal |
5,460 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 38 |  Malaysia |
5,418 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Spain |
5,337 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 40 |  Italy |
5,178 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 41 |  Serbia |
5,166 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Libya |
5,156 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Malta |
5,138 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Hungary |
4,825 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 45 |  Greece |
4,782 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 46 |  Slovakia |
4,713 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 47 |  Montenegro |
4,691 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Croatia |
4,630 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Poland |
4,565 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 50 |  Belarus |
4,415 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Lithuania |
4,397 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 52 |  Chile |
4,348 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 53 |  United Kingdom |
4,208 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 54 |  Cyprus |
4,071 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Latvia |
4,038 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 56 |  Uruguay |
4,013 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Iran |
3,910 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Türkiye |
3,873 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 59 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
3,860 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Georgia |
3,486 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Turkmenistan |
3,397 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 62 |  South Africa |
3,308 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 63 |  North Macedonia |
3,301 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Brazil |
3,138 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 65 |  Thailand |
3,080 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Albania |
2,986 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Mongolia |
2,969 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Suriname |
2,919 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Paraguay |
2,849 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Argentina |
2,835 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 71 |  Vietnam |
2,756 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Romania |
2,682 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Ukraine |
2,599 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Mexico |
2,595 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 75 |  Mauritius |
2,588 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Moldova |
2,550 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Armenia |
2,478 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Azerbaijan |
2,444 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Costa Rica |
2,382 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 80 |  Venezuela |
2,362 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 81 |  Panama |
2,242 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Kyrgyzstan |
2,168 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Uzbekistan |
2,097 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Dominican Republic |
2,034 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Jordan |
1,962 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Algeria |
1,918 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Iraq |
1,756 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Botswana |
1,660 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Ecuador |
1,639 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Peru |
1,637 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Colombia |
1,636 kWh per person | 2025 | |
| 92 |  Indonesia |
1,611 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Tunisia |
1,570 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Tajikistan |
1,559 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Egypt |
1,555 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Laos |
1,502 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Cuba |
1,373 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Namibia |
1,246 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 99 |  India |
1,223 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 100 |  El Salvador |
1,208 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 101 |  Jamaica |
1,202 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Eswatini |
1,102 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Cambodia |
1,086 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Morocco |
1,035 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 105 |  Gabon |
1,016 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Philippines |
988 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Bolivia |
911 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 108 |  Equatorial Guinea |
855 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Lebanon |
848 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 110 |  Honduras |
816 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 111 |  North Korea |
794 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Guatemala |
743 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 113 |  Sri Lanka |
695 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Syria |
660 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Nicaragua |
647 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Bangladesh |
632 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Ghana |
598 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Zimbabwe |
553 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 119 |  Zambia |
514 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 120 |  Pakistan |
493 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 121 |  Senegal |
419 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Mozambique |
390 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 123 |  Nepal |
389 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
366 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Angola |
353 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 126 |  Myanmar |
296 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Republic of the Congo |
271 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 128 |  Togo |
242 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Cameroon |
202 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 130 |  Kenya |
195 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Sudan |
192 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Tanzania |
171 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Ethiopia |
157 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Burkina Faso |
145 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Nigeria |
141 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 136 |  Eritrea |
128 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
127 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 138 |  Benin |
123 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Yemen |
99 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Uganda |
99 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Rwanda |
79 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Madagascar |
77 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 143 |  Niger |
64 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 144 |  Haiti |
63 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 145 |  South Sudan |
53 kWh per person | 2024 | |
| 146 |  Chad |
13 kWh per person | 2024 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 146 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
Source: Electric power consumption (kWh per capita), indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
How it has changed (1990–2024)
See how electricity consumption per person has changed across the world’s countries from 1990 to 2024.
- The country ranked first changed over time: Norway in 1990–1999, Iceland in 2000–2024.
- Japan’s electricity consumption per person went from 6,721 kWh per person in 1990 to 7,781 kWh per person in 2024 (up about 16%).
- Japan ranked #15 of 144 countries in 1990 and #20 of 146 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
| Country | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 16,148 kWh per person | 26,202 kWh per person | 51,440 kWh per person | 50,720 kWh per person | 49,241 kWh per person |
| Bahrain | 15,049 kWh per person | 20,863 kWh per person | 18,219 kWh per person | 21,443 kWh per person | 23,846 kWh per person |
| Norway | 23,354 kWh per person | 24,994 kWh per person | 24,876 kWh per person | 23,863 kWh per person | 23,673 kWh per person |
| Qatar | 10,378 kWh per person | 13,180 kWh per person | 16,314 kWh per person | 16,647 kWh per person | 19,313 kWh per person |
| Kuwait | 10,227 kWh per person | 14,717 kWh per person | 17,195 kWh per person | 15,481 kWh per person | 16,626 kWh per person |
| Japan | 6,721 kWh per person | 8,048 kWh per person | 8,774 kWh per person | 7,687 kWh per person | 7,781 kWh per person |
| Countries with data | 144 | 145 | 146 | 146 | 146 |
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