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
editData in this table are from Ember and are for 2023 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 per annum) |
Per capita (MWh per annum) |
Year |
---|---|---|---|
World | 29,664.60 | 3.67 | 2023 |
China | 9,443.07 | 6.64 | 2023 |
United States | 4,272.91 | 12.44 | 2023 |
India | 1,956.55 | 1.36 | 2023 |
Russia | 1,162.44 | 7.99 | 2023 |
Japan | 1,013.26 | 8.15 | 2023 |
Brazil | 725.10 | 3.43 | 2023 |
South Korea | 617.92 | 11.94 | 2023 |
Canada | 605.52 | 15.41 | 2023 |
Germany | 505.76 | 5.98 | 2023 |
France | 467.81 | 7.04 | 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 422.83 | 12.71 | 2023 |
Iran | 380.28 | 4.20 | 2023 |
Mexico | 357.75 | 2.76 | 2023 |
Indonesia | 351.49 | 1.25 | 2023 |
Turkey | 323.80 | 3.71 | 2023 |
Italy | 312.72 | 5.26 | 2023 |
United Kingdom | 309.22 | 4.50 | 2023 |
Taiwan | 282.14 | 12.10 | 2023 |
Vietnam | 278.61 | 2.78 | 2023 |
Australia | 273.11 | 10.33 | 2023 |
Spain | 265.00 | 5.53 | 2023 |
South Africa | 231.79 | 3.67 | 2023 |
Thailand | 224.04 | 3.13 | 2023 |
Egypt | 218.54 | 1.91 | 2023 |
Malaysia | 186.66 | 5.31 | 2023 |
Pakistan | 171.18 | 0.69 | 2023 |
Poland | 168.14 | 4.34 | 2023 |
United Arab Emirates | 164.92 | 15.50 | 2023 |
Argentina | 157.79 | 3.47 | 2023 |
Iraq | 153.42 | 3.40 | 2023 |
Sweden | 137.48 | 13.03 | 2023 |
Norway | 135.68 | 24.58 | 2023 |
Bangladesh | 115.57 | 0.67 | 2023 |
Kazakhstan | 114.42 | 5.63 | 2023 |
Netherlands | 113.85 | 6.29 | 2023 |
Ukraine | 113.58 | 2.77 | 2022 |
Philippines | 111.52 | 0.97 | 2023 |
Algeria | 94.02 | 2.04 | 2023 |
Colombia | 89.53 | 1.71 | 2023 |
Chile | 87.69 | 4.46 | 2023 |
Kuwait | 85.57 | 17.68 | 2023 |
Finland | 82.56 | 14.74 | 2023 |
Belgium | 82.36 | 7.03 | 2023 |
Venezuela | 82.34 | 2.91 | 2023 |
Uzbekistan | 79.18 | 2.22 | 2023 |
Austria | 70.42 | 7.71 | 2023 |
Israel | 67.48 | 7.29 | 2023 |
Czech Republic | 66.64 | 6.17 | 2023 |
Switzerland | 62.74 | 7.07 | 2023 |
Peru | 59.95 | 1.77 | 2023 |
Singapore | 57.40 | 9.92 | 2023 |
Portugal | 56.45 | 5.41 | 2023 |
Qatar | 55.14 | 18.51 | 2023 |
Romania | 53.90 | 2.82 | 2023 |
Greece | 53.73 | 5.25 | 2023 |
Hong Kong | 49.23 | 6.62 | 2023 |
Hungary | 46.62 | 4.81 | 2023 |
Oman | 45.01 | 8.91 | 2023 |
Morocco | 44.31 | 1.18 | 2023 |
New Zealand | 43.86 | 8.48 | 2023 |
Belarus | 43.03 | 4.72 | 2023 |
Nigeria | 40.11 | 0.18 | 2023 |
Denmark | 36.74 | 6.18 | 2023 |
Bulgaria | 36.72 | 5.40 | 2023 |
Bahrain | 36.18 | 23.05 | 2023 |
Serbia | 36.13 | 5.33 | 2023 |
Libya | 35.91 | 4.92 | 2023 |
Ireland | 34.51 | 6.64 | 2023 |
Ecuador | 34.42 | 1.91 | 2023 |
North Korea | 26.55 | 1.01 | 2023 |
Slovakia | 26.11 | 4.73 | 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 26.06 | 2.53 | 2023 |
Myanmar | 25.49 | 0.47 | 2023 |
Turkmenistan | 24.79 | 3.37 | 2023 |
Dominican Republic | 24.56 | 2.17 | 2023 |
Tunisia | 23.79 | 1.95 | 2023 |
Jordan | 22.79 | 1.99 | 2023 |
Ghana | 22.34 | 0.66 | 2023 |
Iceland | 20.12 | 51.92 | 2023 |
Paraguay | 20.04 | 2.93 | 2023 |
Puerto Rico | 19.90 | 6.14 | 2023 |
Syria | 19.72 | 0.84 | 2023 |
Tajikistan | 19.21 | 1.85 | 2023 |
Croatia | 18.98 | 4.87 | 2023 |
Cambodia | 18.87 | 1.08 | 2023 |
Angola | 17.94 | 0.49 | 2023 |
Sudan | 17.63 | 0.35 | 2023 |
DR Congo | 17.31 | 0.16 | 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | 17.23 | 2.44 | 2023 |
Zambia | 16.64 | 0.80 | 2023 |
Ethiopia | 16.50 | 0.13 | 2023 |
Mozambique | 16.36 | 0.49 | 2023 |
Cuba | 15.29 | 1.39 | 2023 |
Laos | 15.26 | 1.99 | 2023 |
Slovenia | 14.04 | 6.63 | 2023 |
Guatemala | 13.93 | 0.77 | 2023 |
Georgia | 13.72 | 3.60 | 2023 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.54 | 4.25 | 2023 |
Kenya | 13.07 | 0.24 | 2023 |
Panama | 12.70 | 2.85 | 2023 |
Lithuania | 12.22 | 4.28 | 2023 |
Bhutan | 11.99 | 15.25 | 2023 |
Bolivia | 11.94 | 0.98 | 2023 |
Honduras | 11.92 | 1.12 | 2023 |
Nepal | 11.45 | 0.39 | 2023 |
Tanzania | 11.14 | 0.17 | 2023 |
Costa Rica | 10.99 | 2.15 | 2023 |
Uruguay | 10.96 | 3.24 | 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 10.38 | 0.33 | 2023 |
Zimbabwe | 10.21 | 0.63 | 2023 |
Mongolia | 10.11 | 2.95 | 2023 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 9.50 | 6.32 | 2023 |
Estonia | 9.12 | 6.67 | 2023 |
Senegal | 8.54 | 0.47 | 2023 |
Cameroon | 8.39 | 0.30 | 2023 |
Albania | 8.09 | 2.88 | 2023 |
Palestine | 7.95 | 1.47 | 2023 |
Kosovo | 7.67 | 4.51 | 2023 |
Armenia | 7.54 | 2.56 | 2023 |
North Macedonia | 7.23 | 3.95 | 2023 |
Afghanistan | 7.19 | 0.17 | 2023 |
Latvia | 7.17 | 3.81 | 2023 |
El Salvador | 7.11 | 1.13 | 2023 |
Luxembourg | 6.59 | 9.91 | 2023 |
Moldova | 6.22 | 2.03 | 2023 |
Macau | 5.82 | 8.15 | 2023 |
Brunei | 5.59 | 12.18 | 2023 |
Nicaragua | 5.50 | 0.81 | 2023 |
Uganda | 5.37 | 0.11 | 2023 |
Cyprus | 5.32 | 3.96 | 2023 |
Congo | 5.17 | 0.84 | 2023 |
Papua New Guinea | 4.73 | 0.46 | 2023 |
Namibia | 4.64 | 1.57 | 2023 |
Mali | 4.58 | 0.19 | 2023 |
Lebanon | 4.52 | 0.78 | 2023 |
Botswana | 4.51 | 1.82 | 2023 |
Jamaica | 4.49 | 1.58 | 2023 |
Guinea | 4.05 | 0.28 | 2023 |
Gabon | 3.77 | 1.52 | 2023 |
Réunion | 3.37 | 3.87 | 2022 |
Burkina Faso | 3.31 | 0.14 | 2023 |
Mauritius | 3.27 | 2.57 | 2023 |
Montenegro | 3.22 | 5.08 | 2023 |
New Caledonia | 3.09 | 10.66 | 2023 |
Yemen | 3.07 | 0.08 | 2023 |
Malta | 2.97 | 5.57 | 2023 |
Madagascar | 2.64 | 0.09 | 2023 |
Suriname | 2.14 | 3.40 | 2023 |
Bahamas | 2.05 | 5.13 | 2023 |
Mauritania | 2.02 | 0.40 | 2023 |
Togo | 2.02 | 0.22 | 2023 |
Niger | 2.01 | 0.08 | 2023 |
Benin | 1.84 | 0.13 | 2023 |
Malawi | 1.81 | 0.09 | 2023 |
Guam | 1.80 | 10.81 | 2023 |
Guadeloupe | 1.64 | 4.26 | 2022 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1.57 | 0.85 | 2023 |
Eswatini | 1.49 | 1.21 | 2023 |
Martinique | 1.49 | 4.26 | 2022 |
Guyana | 1.34 | 1.62 | 2023 |
Fiji | 1.15 | 1.24 | 2023 |
Barbados | 1.10 | 3.90 | 2023 |
Rwanda | 1.08 | 0.08 | 2023 |
Haiti | 1.01 | 0.09 | 2023 |
Aruba | 1.00 | 9.27 | 2023 |
French Guiana | 0.98 | 3.29 | 2022 |
Lesotho | 0.93 | 0.40 | 2023 |
Maldives | 0.85 | 1.62 | 2023 |
Belize | 0.73 | 1.78 | 2023 |
Djibouti | 0.71 | 0.62 | 2023 |
French Polynesia | 0.71 | 2.53 | 2023 |
Cayman Islands | 0.70 | 9.58 | 2023 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.67 | 7.82 | 2023 |
Bermuda | 0.64 | 9.89 | 2023 |
Seychelles | 0.63 | 4.92 | 2023 |
South Sudan | 0.59 | 0.05 | 2023 |
Greenland | 0.54 | 9.66 | 2023 |
Gambia | 0.51 | 0.19 | 2023 |
Timor-Leste | 0.51 | 0.37 | 2023 |
Cape Verde | 0.50 | 0.96 | 2023 |
Burundi | 0.49 | 0.04 | 2023 |
Faroe Islands | 0.48 | 8.77 | 2023 |
Eritrea | 0.44 | 0.13 | 2023 |
Somalia | 0.42 | 0.02 | 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.40 | 2.23 | 2023 |
Chad | 0.39 | 0.02 | 2023 |
Liberia | 0.39 | 0.07 | 2023 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 0.36 | 3.86 | 2023 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.26 | 5.63 | 2023 |
Grenada | 0.24 | 2.05 | 2023 |
Gibraltar | 0.22 | 5.72 | 2023 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.22 | 4.71 | 2023 |
Sierra Leone | 0.21 | 0.03 | 2023 |
American Samoa | 0.17 | 3.58 | 2023 |
British Virgin Islands | 0.17 | 4.36 | 2023 |
Dominica | 0.15 | 2.26 | 2023 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.15 | 1.48 | 2023 |
Samoa | 0.15 | 0.69 | 2023 |
Central African Republic | 0.14 | 0.03 | 2023 |
Comoros | 0.14 | 0.17 | 2023 |
Solomon Islands | 0.11 | 0.14 | 2023 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.09 | 0.39 | 2023 |
Guinea-Bissau | 0.08 | 0.04 | 2023 |
Vanuatu | 0.08 | 0.25 | 2023 |
Tonga | 0.07 | 0.67 | 2023 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.05 | 8.80 | 2023 |
Cook Islands | 0.04 | 2.81 | 2023 |
Kiribati | 0.04 | 0.30 | 2023 |
Nauru | 0.04 | 3.37 | 2023 |
Falkland Islands | 0.01 | 2.88 | 2023 |
Montserrat | 0.01 | 2.26 | 2023 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 0.01 | 1.89 | 2023 |
Consumption by continent
editContinent | TWh |
---|---|
Africa | 936.74 |
Asia | 17093.41 |
Europe | 4509.96 |
North America | 5381.26 |
Oceania | 329.15 |
South America | 1284.25 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Yearly Electricity Data". ember-energy.org. Retrieved 10 Feb 2025.