Electricity consumption - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Electricity consumption, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 139.5 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in China: 8349.31 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Montserrat: 0.02 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Electricity consumption, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 8349.31 1 1980 - 2023
USA 4128.18 2 1980 - 2023
India 1479 3 1980 - 2023
Russia 1020.67 4 1992 - 2023
Japan 953.06 5 1980 - 2023
Brazil 582.71 6 1980 - 2023
South Korea 576.57 7 1980 - 2023
Canada 559.85 8 1980 - 2023
Germany 512.19 9 1991 - 2023
France 431.94 10 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 381.12 11 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 349.78 12 1980 - 2023
Iran 322.23 13 1980 - 2023
Mexico 307.34 14 1980 - 2023
Italy 301.48 15 1980 - 2023
UK 288.93 16 1980 - 2023
Turkey 287.32 17 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 274.03 18 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 262.31 19 1980 - 2023
Australia 253.38 20 1980 - 2023
Spain 232.84 21 1980 - 2023
Thailand 206.18 22 1980 - 2023
South Africa 204.23 23 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 174.74 24 1980 - 2023
Poland 167.54 25 1980 - 2023
Egypt 162.53 26 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 146.69 27 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 144.33 28 1980 - 2023
Sweden 131.12 29 1980 - 2023
Argentina 127.08 30 1980 - 2023
Norway 124.91 31 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 111.71 32 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 105.65 33 1992 - 2023
Bangladesh 101.99 34 1980 - 2023
Philippines 100.82 35 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 98.01 36 1992 - 2023
Chile 86.5 37 1980 - 2023
Belgium 82.23 38 1980 - 2023
Finland 80.55 39 1980 - 2023
Algeria 80.13 40 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 77.79 41 1980 - 2022
Colombia 76.66 42 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 74.02 43 1992 - 2023
Austria 68.17 44 1980 - 2023
Iraq 66.23 45 1980 - 2023
Israel 63.92 46 1980 - 2023
Czechia 63.75 47 1993 - 2023
Switzerland 57.19 48 1980 - 2023
Singapore 57.18 49 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 56.69 50 1980 - 2023
Peru 53.3 51 1980 - 2023
Qatar 51.05 52 1980 - 2023
Portugal 50.57 53 1980 - 2023
Romania 50.44 54 1980 - 2023
Greece 49.54 55 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 44.77 56 1980 - 2023
Hungary 43.83 57 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 40.51 58 1980 - 2023
Oman 39.94 59 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 35.47 60 1980 - 2023
Morocco 35.06 61 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 34.63 62 1980 - 2023
Denmark 34.3 63 1980 - 2023
Belarus 33.79 64 1992 - 2023
Serbia 33.49 65 2006 - 2023
Nigeria 32.67 66 1980 - 2023
Ireland 29.72 67 1980 - 2023
Libya 28.74 68 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 28.37 69 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 26.35 70 1993 - 2023
Azerbaijan 23.89 71 1992 - 2023
North Korea 22.45 72 1980 - 2023
Burma 21.36 73 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 20.46 74 1992 - 2023
Jordan 20.16 75 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 20.04 76 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 19.34 77 1980 - 2023
Iceland 19.33 78 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 18.67 79 1980 - 2023
Ghana 18.38 80 1980 - 2023
Croatia 16.73 81 1992 - 2023
Angola 15.53 82 1980 - 2023
Syria 15.52 83 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 15.46 84 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 15.12 85 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 15.03 86 1992 - 2023
Paraguay 14.96 87 1980 - 2023
Zambia 14.21 88 1980 - 2023
Sudan 14 89 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 13.99 90 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 13.78 91 1992 - 2023
Georgia 13.67 92 1992 - 2023
Slovenia 13.52 93 1992 - 2023
Mozambique 12.99 94 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 12.45 95 1992 - 2023
Cuba 12.22 96 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 12.2 97 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 12.14 98 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 11.66 99 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 11.52 100 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 11.28 101 1992 - 2023
Panama 11.04 102 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 10.65 103 1980 - 2023
Kenya 10.31 104 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 9.99 105 1980 - 2023
Laos 9.55 106 1980 - 2023
Nepal 9.55 107 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 9 108 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 8.9 109 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 8.74 110 1980 - 2023
Estonia 8.62 111 1992 - 2023
Honduras 8.34 112 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 8 113 1980 - 2023
Armenia 7.83 114 1992 - 2023
Senegal 7 115 1980 - 2023
Albania 6.94 116 1980 - 2023
Latvia 6.93 117 1992 - 2023
El Salvador 6.47 118 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 6.23 119 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 6.22 120 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 6.12 121 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 5.96 122 1980 - 2023
Moldova 5.59 123 1992 - 2023
Macao 5.22 124 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 5.12 125 1980 - 2023
Brunei 5.1 126 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 4.54 127 1980 - 2023
Mali 4.3 128 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 4.27 129 1980 - 2023
Uganda 4.22 130 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 3.95 131 1980 - 2023
Botswana 3.74 132 1980 - 2023
Guinea 3.58 133 1980 - 2023
Namibia 3.55 134 1990 - 2023
Jamaica 3.3 135 1980 - 2023
Gabon 3.13 136 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 3.02 137 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 2.99 138 2006 - 2023
Burkina Faso 2.98 139 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 2.94 140 1980 - 2023
Malta 2.75 141 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 2.67 142 1980 - 2023
Yemen 2.55 143 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 2.51 144 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 2.04 145 1980 - 2023
Suriname 1.87 146 1980 - 2023
Togo 1.82 147 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 1.7 148 1980 - 2023
Malawi 1.59 149 1980 - 2023
Niger 1.58 150 1980 - 2023
Benin 1.43 151 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 1.36 152 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 1.3 153 1980 - 2023
Barbados 1.02 154 1980 - 2023
Guyana 1 155 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0.97 156 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0.86 157 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.86 158 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0.82 159 1986 - 2023
Maldives 0.82 160 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.81 161 1980 - 2023
Belize 0.6 162 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.59 163 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0.58 164 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0.57 165 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.46 166 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.45 167 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0.41 168 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.4 169 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0.4 170 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0.39 171 1994 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0.37 172 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0.32 173 1980 - 2023
Chad 0.28 174 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0.22 175 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0.21 176 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0.21 177 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0.15 178 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0.15 179 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.14 180 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.13 181 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.12 182 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0.11 183 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.09 184 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.08 185 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0.07 186 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.07 187 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.05 188 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0.03 189 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0.02 190 1980 - 2023


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Definition: Total Electricity Net Consumption = total net electricity generation + electricity imports - electricity exports – electricity transmission and distribution losses.
Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units.

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1. China
2. USA
3. India
4. Russia
5. Japan
6. Brazil
7. South Korea
8. Canada
9. Germany
10. France
11. Saudi Arabia
12. Indonesia
13. Iran
14. Mexico
15. Italy
16. UK
17. Turkey
18. Taiwan
19. Vietnam
20. Australia
21. Spain
22. Thailand
23. South Africa
24. Malaysia
25. Poland
26. Egypt
27. UA Emirates
28. Pakistan
29. Sweden
30. Argentina
31. Norway
32. Netherlands
33. Kazakhstan
34. Bangladesh
35. Philippines
36. Ukraine
37. Chile
38. Belgium
39. Finland
40. Algeria
41. Kuwait
42. Colombia
43. Uzbekistan
44. Austria
45. Iraq
46. Israel
47. Czechia
48. Switzerland
49. Singapore
50. Venezuela
51. Peru
52. Qatar
53. Portugal
54. Romania
55. Greece
56. Hong Kong
57. Hungary
58. New Zealand
59. Oman
60. Bulgaria
61. Morocco
62. Bahrain
63. Denmark
64. Belarus
65. Serbia
66. Nigeria
67. Ireland
68. Libya
69. Ecuador
70. Slovakia
71. Azerbaijan
72. North Korea
73. Burma
74. Turkmenistan
75. Jordan
76. Domin. Rep.
77. Tunisia
78. Iceland
79. Puerto Rico
80. Ghana
81. Croatia
82. Angola
83. Syria
84. DR Congo
85. Sri Lanka
86. Tajikistan
87. Paraguay
88. Zambia
89. Sudan
90. Cambodia
91. Kyrgyzstan
92. Georgia
93. Slovenia
94. Mozambique
95. Bosnia & Herz.
96. Cuba
97. Uruguay
98. Guatemala
99. Ethiopia
100. Bhutan
101. Lithuania
102. Panama
103. Bolivia
104. Kenya
105. Ivory Coast
106. Laos
107. Nepal
108. Tr.&Tobago
109. Zimbabwe
110. Mongolia
111. Estonia
112. Honduras
113. Tanzania
114. Armenia
115. Senegal
116. Albania
117. Latvia
118. El Salvador
119. North Macedonia
120. Luxembourg
121. Afghanistan
122. Cameroon
123. Moldova
124. Macao
125. Cyprus
126. Brunei
127. Nicaragua
128. Mali
129. Papua N.G.
130. Uganda
131. Lebanon
132. Botswana
133. Guinea
134. Namibia
135. Jamaica
136. Gabon
137. N. Caledonia
138. Montenegro
139. Burkina Faso
140. Mauritius
141. Malta
142. R. of Congo
143. Yemen
144. Madagascar
145. Bahamas
146. Suriname
147. Togo
148. Mauritania
149. Malawi
150. Niger
151. Benin
152. Eq. Guinea
153. Swaziland
154. Barbados
155. Guyana
156. Fiji
157. Haiti
158. Rwanda
159. Aruba
160. Maldives
161. Lesotho
162. Belize
163. Djibouti
164. Bermuda
165. Seychelles
166. Faroe Isl.
167. Burundi
168. Gambia
169. Cape Verde
170. Somalia
171. Eritrea
172. Saint Lucia
173. Ant.& Barb.
174. Chad
175. Grenada
176. Gibraltar
177. Liberia
178. Dominica
179. Samoa
180. St. Vincent & ...
181. C.A. Republic
182. Sierra Leone
183. Comoros
184. Solomon Isl.
185. G.-Bissau
186. Tonga
187. Vanuatu
188. S.T.&Principe
189. Kiribati
190. Montserrat
8349.31
4128.18
1479.00
1020.67
953.06
582.71
576.57
559.85
512.19
431.94
381.12
349.78
322.23
307.34
301.48
288.93
287.32
274.03
262.31
253.38
232.84
206.18
204.23
174.74
167.54
162.53
146.69
144.33
131.12
127.08
124.91
111.71
105.65
101.99
100.82
98.01
86.50
82.23
80.55
80.13
77.79
76.66
74.02
68.17
66.23
63.92
63.75
57.19
57.18
56.69
53.30
51.05
50.57
50.44
49.54
44.77
43.83
40.51
39.94
35.47
35.06
34.63
34.30
33.79
33.49
32.67
29.72
28.74
28.37
26.35
23.89
22.45
21.36
20.46
20.16
20.04
19.34
19.33
18.67
18.38
16.73
15.53
15.52
15.46
15.12
15.03
14.96
14.21
14.00
13.99
13.78
13.67
13.52
12.99
12.45
12.22
12.20
12.14
11.66
11.52
11.28
11.04
10.65
10.31
9.99
9.55
9.55
9.00
8.90
8.74
8.62
8.34
8.00
7.83
7.00
6.94
6.93
6.47
6.23
6.22
6.12
5.96
5.59
5.22
5.12
5.10
4.54
4.30
4.27
4.22
3.95
3.74
3.58
3.55
3.30
3.13
3.02
2.99
2.98
2.94
2.75
2.67
2.55
2.51
2.04
1.87
1.82
1.70
1.59
1.58
1.43
1.36
1.30
1.02
1.00
0.97
0.86
0.86
0.82
0.82
0.81
0.60
0.59
0.58
0.57
0.46
0.45
0.41
0.40
0.40
0.39
0.37
0.32
0.28
0.22
0.21
0.21
0.15
0.15
0.14
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.05
0.03
0.02
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4174.7
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8349.31


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