Electricity consumption - Country rankings
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Electricity consumption, billion kilowatthours, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 25 countries was 204.33 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in the USA: 4128.18 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 |
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USA | 4128.18 | 1 | 1980 - 2023 |
Canada | 559.85 | 2 | 1980 - 2023 |
Mexico | 307.34 | 3 | 1980 - 2023 |
Domin. Rep. | 20.04 | 4 | 1980 - 2023 |
Puerto Rico | 18.67 | 5 | 1980 - 2023 |
Cuba | 12.22 | 6 | 1980 - 2023 |
Guatemala | 12.14 | 7 | 1980 - 2023 |
Panama | 11.04 | 8 | 1980 - 2023 |
Tr.&Tobago | 9 | 9 | 1980 - 2023 |
Honduras | 8.34 | 10 | 1980 - 2023 |
El Salvador | 6.47 | 11 | 1980 - 2023 |
Nicaragua | 4.54 | 12 | 1980 - 2023 |
Jamaica | 3.3 | 13 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bahamas | 2.04 | 14 | 1980 - 2023 |
Barbados | 1.02 | 15 | 1980 - 2023 |
Haiti | 0.86 | 16 | 1980 - 2023 |
Aruba | 0.82 | 17 | 1986 - 2023 |
Belize | 0.6 | 18 | 1980 - 2023 |
Bermuda | 0.58 | 19 | 1980 - 2023 |
Saint Lucia | 0.37 | 20 | 1980 - 2023 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.32 | 21 | 1980 - 2023 |
Grenada | 0.22 | 22 | 1980 - 2023 |
Dominica | 0.15 | 23 | 1980 - 2023 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.14 | 24 | 1980 - 2023 |
Montserrat | 0.02 | 25 | 1980 - 2023 |
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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Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units.
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