List of countries by electricity consumption
This is a list of countries by electric energy consumption. China is the largest producer and consumer of electricity, representing 55% of consumption in Asia and 31% of the world in 2023.[1]
Consumption by country
[edit]Data in this table are from Ember and are for 2025 unless otherwise specified.[1] It includes some dependent territories. Total consumption figures are in terawatt-hours (TWh) while per capita (i.e., per person) figures are in megawatt-hours (MWh).
Links for each location go to the relevant electricity market page, when available.
| Location | Consumption (TWh p.a.) |
Per capita (MWh p.a.) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | 31,746.92 | 3.86 | 2025 |
 China | 10,560.24 | 7.46 | 2025 |
 United States | 4,535.81 | 13.06 | 2025 |
 India | 2,082.82 | 1.42 | 2025 |
 Russia | 1,176.11 | 8.17 | 2025 |
 Japan | 1,029.86 | 8.37 | 2025 |
 Brazil | 762.12 | 3.58 | 2025 |
 Canada | 645.63 | 16.09 | 2025 |
 South Korea | 624.66 | 12.09 | 2025 |
 Germany | 520.27 | 6.19 | 2025 |
 France | 477.49 | 7.16 | 2025 |
 Saudi Arabia | 454.59 | 13.39 | 2024 |
 Iran | 395.60 | 4.28 | 2025 |
 Indonesia | 372.50 | 1.31 | 2024 |
 Mexico | 356.66 | 2.70 | 2025 |
 Turkey | 351.93 | 4.01 | 2025 |
 United Kingdom | 321.38 | 4.62 | 2025 |
 Vietnam | 313.59 | 3.09 | 2025 |
 Italy | 311.60 | 5.27 | 2025 |
 Taiwan | 288.39 | 12.48 | 2025 |
 Australia | 286.34 | 10.62 | 2025 |
 Spain | 275.70 | 5.76 | 2025 |
 Egypt | 244.31 | 2.06 | 2025 |
 South Africa | 236.84 | 3.66 | 2025 |
 Thailand | 225.10 | 3.14 | 2025 |
 Malaysia | 199.91 | 5.56 | 2025 |
 United Arab Emirates | 177.02 | 16.05 | 2024 |
 Poland | 174.31 | 4.57 | 2025 |
 Argentina | 162.43 | 3.54 | 2025 |
 Iraq | 156.83 | 3.41 | 2024 |
 Norway | 137.71 | 24.49 | 2025 |
 Sweden | 137.11 | 12.87 | 2025 |
 Pakistan | 185.9 | 0.77 | 2025 |
 Kazakhstan | 126.10 | 6.05 | 2025 |
 Philippines | 123.12 | 1.05 | 2025 |
 Netherlands | 121.11 | 6.60 | 2025 |
 Bangladesh | 118.06 | 0.67 | 2025 |
 Ukraine | 111.61 | 2.72 | 2022 |
 Algeria | 93.84 | 2.01 | 2024 |
 Kuwait | 92.49 | 18.40 | 2025 |
 Colombia | 91.61 | 1.72 | 2025 |
 Uzbekistan | 89.63 | 2.42 | 2025 |
 Chile | 88.50 | 4.46 | 2025 |
 Finland | 87.78 | 15.61 | 2025 |
 Belgium | 86.56 | 7.36 | 2025 |
 Venezuela | 80.13 | 2.82 | 2024 |
 Austria | 75.84 | 8.32 | 2025 |
 Israel | 75.70 | 7.95 | 2025 |
 Czech Republic | 68.04 | 6.41 | 2025 |
 Switzerland | 65.12 | 7.26 | 2025 |
 Peru | 60.47 | 1.75 | 2025 |
 Singapore | 60.44 | 10.30 | 2025 |
 Portugal | 60.36 | 5.80 | 2025 |
 Qatar | 56.18 | 18.03 | 2025 |
 Greece | 55.56 | 5.59 | 2025 |
 Romania | 54.39 | 2.88 | 2025 |
 Oman | 52.84 | 9.62 | 2025 |
 Hungary | 48.90 | 5.08 | 2025 |
 Hong Kong | 48.81 | 6.58 | 2024 |
 Morocco | 46.69 | 1.22 | 2025 |
 Belarus | 44.89 | 4.99 | 2025 |
 New Zealand | 43.34 | 8.25 | 2025 |
 Denmark | 40.67 | 6.78 | 2025 |
 Nigeria | 39.24 | 0.17 | 2025 |
 Bahrain | 38.44 | 23.92 | 2024 |
 Ireland | 37.66 | 7.10 | 2025 |
 Serbia | 37.40 | 5.59 | 2025 |
 Ecuador | 36.64 | 2.00 | 2025 |
 Bulgaria | 36.53 | 5.44 | 2025 |
 Libya | 34.59 | 4.69 | 2024 |
 Ethiopia | 31.02 | 0.23 | 2025 |
 Paraguay | 29.65 | 4.23 | 2025 |
 North Korea | 27.10 | 1.02 | 2024 |
 Slovakia | 26.75 | 4.89 | 2025 |
 Azerbaijan | 26.54 | 2.55 | 2025 |
 Tunisia | 24.90 | 2.02 | 2025 |
 Syria | 24.28 | 0.98 | 2024 |
 Turkmenistan | 24.01 | 3.20 | 2024 |
 Jordan | 23.73 | 2.05 | 2024 |
 Dominican Republic | 22.68 | 1.97 | 2025 |
 Cambodia | 22.39 | 1.25 | 2025 |
 Myanmar | 21.92 | 0.40 | 2024 |
 Ghana | 21.83 | 0.63 | 2024 |
 Croatia | 20.05 | 5.21 | 2025 |
 Puerto Rico | 19.58 | 6.05 | 2025 |
 Cuba | 19.43 | 1.77 | 2024 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 19.23 | 2.64 | 2025 |
 Iceland | 19.05 | 48.42 | 2024 |
 Tajikistan | 18.81 | 1.74 | 2025 |
 Congo | 17.36 | 0.16 | 2024 |
 Sri Lanka | 17.25 | 0.74 | 2025 |
 Zambia | 16.60 | 0.78 | 2024 |
 Mozambique | 16.49 | 0.48 | 2024 |
 Guatemala | 16.35 | 0.89 | 2024 |
 Laos | 15.61 | 2.01 | 2024 |
 Angola | 15.59 | 0.41 | 2024 |
 Kenya | 15.58 | 0.27 | 2025 |
 Sudan | 15.57 | 0.31 | 2024 |
 Uruguay | 14.75 | 4.36 | 2025 |
 Georgia | 14.70 | 3.86 | 2025 |
 Slovenia | 14.31 | 6.76 | 2025 |
 Bolivia | 13.63 | 1.08 | 2025 |
 Panama | 13.29 | 2.94 | 2024 |
 Honduras | 12.63 | 1.17 | 2024 |
 Bhutan | 12.46 | 15.74 | 2024 |
 Costa Rica | 12.45 | 2.42 | 2025 |
 Mongolia | 12.41 | 3.53 | 2025 |
 Lithuania | 12.32 | 4.35 | 2025 |
 Zimbabwe | 12.10 | 0.73 | 2024 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.09 | 3.85 | 2025 |
 Nepal | 11.03 | 0.37 | 2024 |
 Ivory Coast | 10.06 | 0.32 | 2024 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 9.55 | 6.33 | 2024 |
 Estonia | 9.34 | 6.95 | 2025 |
 Tanzania | 9.03 | 0.13 | 2024 |
 Albania | 8.67 | 3.11 | 2024 |
 North Macedonia | 8.35 | 4.60 | 2025 |
 Senegal | 8.13 | 0.44 | 2024 |
 Palestine | 7.99 | 1.45 | 2024 |
 Latvia | 7.52 | 4.06 | 2025 |
 Kosovo | 7.38 | 4.41 | 2025 |
 Cameroon | 7.32 | 0.25 | 2024 |
 Armenia | 7.09 | 2.40 | 2025 |
 Afghanistan | 6.82 | 0.16 | 2024 |
 Luxembourg | 6.70 | 9.85 | 2025 |
 Macau | 6.28 | 8.72 | 2024 |
 El Salvador | 6.27 | 0.99 | 2025 |
 Moldova | 6.17 | 2.06 | 2025 |
 Cyprus | 5.91 | 4.31 | 2025 |
 Brunei | 5.56 | 12.02 | 2024 |
 Mali | 5.46 | 0.22 | 2024 |
 Nicaragua | 5.42 | 0.78 | 2024 |
| Congo | 5.38 | 0.85 | 2024 |
 Uganda | 5.37 | 0.11 | 2024 |
 Lebanon | 5.34 | 0.92 | 2024 |
 Yemen | 5.25 | 0.13 | 2024 |
 Jamaica | 4.92 | 1.73 | 2024 |
 Papua New Guinea | 4.73 | 0.45 | 2024 |
 Botswana | 4.67 | 1.85 | 2024 |
 Montenegro | 4.34 | 6.86 | 2025 |
 Namibia | 4.04 | 1.33 | 2024 |
 Guinea | 4.03 | 0.27 | 2024 |
 Mauritius | 3.41 | 2.68 | 2024 |
 Malta | 3.23 | 5.92 | 2025 |
 Burkina Faso | 3.19 | 0.14 | 2024 |
 Gabon | 3.18 | 1.25 | 2024 |
 New Caledonia | 3.12 | 10.66 | 2024 |
| Réunion | 3.07 | 3.51 | 2023 |
 Madagascar | 2.43 | 0.08 | 2024 |
 Mauritania | 2.37 | 0.46 | 2024 |
 Benin | 2.31 | 0.16 | 2024 |
 Bahamas | 2.25 | 5.61 | 2024 |
 Togo | 2.21 | 0.23 | 2024 |
 Niger | 2.15 | 0.08 | 2024 |
 Guam | 1.86 | 11.09 | 2024 |
 Malawi | 1.81 | 0.08 | 2024 |
 Suriname | 1.74 | 2.74 | 2024 |
| Guadeloupe | 1.67 | 4.44 | 2023 |
 Eswatini | 1.65 | 1.33 | 2024 |
 Martinique | 1.51 | 4.36 | 2023 |
 Equatorial Guinea | 1.49 | 0.79 | 2024 |
 Guyana | 1.38 | 1.66 | 2024 |
 Rwanda | 1.22 | 0.09 | 2024 |
 Fiji | 1.15 | 1.24 | 2024 |
 Barbados | 1.11 | 3.93 | 2024 |
 Aruba | 1.00 | 9.25 | 2024 |
| French Guiana | 0.98 | 3.23 | 2023 |
 Haiti | 0.86 | 0.07 | 2024 |
 Belize | 0.85 | 2.04 | 2024 |
 Maldives | 0.85 | 1.61 | 2024 |
 Djibouti | 0.80 | 0.69 | 2024 |
 French Polynesia | 0.72 | 2.56 | 2024 |
 Cayman Islands | 0.71 | 9.54 | 2024 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.68 | 7.94 | 2023 |
 Seychelles | 0.63 | 4.83 | 2024 |
 Bermuda | 0.61 | 9.44 | 2024 |
 Greenland | 0.60 | 10.75 | 2024 |
 Lesotho | 0.58 | 0.25 | 2024 |
 Burundi | 0.57 | 0.04 | 2024 |
 Liberia | 0.57 | 0.10 | 2024 |
 South Sudan | 0.56 | 0.05 | 2024 |
 Cape Verde | 0.52 | 0.99 | 2024 |
 Gambia | 0.51 | 0.19 | 2024 |
 Timor-Leste | 0.51 | 0.36 | 2024 |
 Faroe Islands | 0.49 | 8.96 | 2023 |
 Eritrea | 0.45 | 0.13 | 2024 |
 Somalia | 0.43 | 0.02 | 2024 |
 Saint Lucia | 0.40 | 2.23 | 2024 |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37 | 3.95 | 2024 |
 Chad | 0.37 | 0.02 | 2024 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.27 | 5.80 | 2024 |
 Grenada | 0.24 | 2.05 | 2024 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.23 | 4.91 | 2024 |
 Gibraltar | 0.22 | 5.59 | 2024 |
 Sierra Leone | 0.21 | 0.02 | 2024 |
 American Samoa | 0.18 | 3.85 | 2024 |
 British Virgin Islands | 0.17 | 4.36 | 2023 |
 Samoa | 0.16 | 0.73 | 2024 |
 Dominica | 0.15 | 2.26 | 2023 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.15 | 1.49 | 2024 |
 Central African Republic | 0.14 | 0.03 | 2023 |
 Comoros | 0.14 | 0.17 | 2023 |
 Solomon Islands | 0.11 | 0.13 | 2024 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.09 | 0.39 | 2023 |
 Western Sahara | 0.09 | 0.23 | 2009 |
 Guinea-Bissau | 0.08 | 0.04 | 2024 |
 Vanuatu | 0.08 | 0.25 | 2023 |
 Tonga | 0.07 | 0.67 | 2024 |
 Nauru | 0.05 | 4.19 | 2024 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.05 | 8.80 | 2023 |
 Cook Islands | 0.04 | 2.91 | 2024 |
 Kiribati | 0.04 | 0.30 | 2024 |
 Falkland Islands | 0.01 | 2.88 | 2023 |
 Montserrat | 0.01 | 2.28 | 2024 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.01 | 1.89 | 2023 |
 Niue | 0.00 | 2023 |
Consumption by continent
[edit]| Continent | Consumption (TWh p.a.) | Per capita (MWh p.a.) |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | 16,704.91 | 3.76 |
| North America | 5,172.81 | 13.35 |
| Europe | 5,101.30 | 6.12 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 1,846.23 | 2.77 |
| Middle East | 1,581.74 | 5.26 |
| Africa | 997.77 | 0.64 |
| Oceania | 342.16 | 7.38 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Yearly Electricity Data". ember-energy.org. Retrieved 10 Feb 2025.