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Electricity consumption percent of world total, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 189 countries was 0.529 percent. The highest value was in China: 33.017 percent and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Global Economy
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Countries Electricity consumption percent of world total, 2023 Global rank Available data
China 33.017 1 1980 - 2023
USA 15.163 2 1980 - 2023
India 5.57 3 1980 - 2023
Russia 3.752 4 1992 - 2023
Japan 3.351 5 1980 - 2023
Brazil 2.259 6 1980 - 2023
South Korea 2.136 7 1980 - 2023
Canada 2.063 8 1980 - 2023
Germany 1.929 9 1991 - 2023
France 1.543 10 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 1.424 11 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 1.322 12 1980 - 2023
Iran 1.244 13 1980 - 2023
Mexico 1.233 14 1980 - 2023
Italy 1.079 15 1980 - 2023
Turkey 1.059 16 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 1.03 17 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 1.005 18 1980 - 2023
Australia 0.994 19 1980 - 2023
UK 0.973 20 1980 - 2023
Spain 0.843 21 1980 - 2023
Thailand 0.799 22 1980 - 2023
South Africa 0.724 23 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 0.663 24 1980 - 2023
Egypt 0.601 25 1980 - 2023
Poland 0.593 26 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.586 27 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 0.54 28 1980 - 2023
Norway 0.473 29 1980 - 2023
Sweden 0.465 30 1980 - 2023
Argentina 0.426 31 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 0.401 32 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.398 33 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.394 34 1992 - 2023
Philippines 0.374 35 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 0.332 36 1992 - 2023
Algeria 0.318 37 1980 - 2023
Chile 0.309 38 1980 - 2023
Colombia 0.306 39 1980 - 2023
Finland 0.287 40 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.281 41 1992 - 2023
Belgium 0.277 42 1980 - 2023
Iraq 0.273 43 1980 - 2023
Austria 0.24 44 1980 - 2023
Israel 0.237 45 1980 - 2023
Czechia 0.236 46 1993 - 2023
Singapore 0.21 47 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 0.21 48 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 0.207 49 1980 - 2023
Peru 0.198 50 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0.193 51 1980 - 2023
Portugal 0.187 52 1980 - 2023
Romania 0.181 53 1980 - 2023
Greece 0.174 54 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.169 55 1980 - 2023
Hungary 0.159 56 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 0.151 57 1980 - 2023
Oman 0.151 58 1980 - 2023
Belarus 0.148 59 1992 - 2023
Morocco 0.135 60 1980 - 2023
Denmark 0.131 61 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0.13 62 1980 - 2023
Serbia 0.128 63 2006 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.127 64 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 0.127 65 1980 - 2023
Ireland 0.12 66 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 0.109 67 1980 - 2023
Libya 0.107 68 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 0.09 69 1993 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.089 70 1992 - 2023
Burma 0.088 71 1980 - 2023
North Korea 0.083 72 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.082 73 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.08 74 1992 - 2023
Jordan 0.075 75 1980 - 2023
Ghana 0.073 76 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0.073 77 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0.071 78 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0.069 79 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 0.063 80 1980 - 2023
Croatia 0.061 81 1992 - 2023
Angola 0.06 82 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 0.06 83 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.059 84 1980 - 2023
Syria 0.058 85 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.057 86 1992 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.055 87 1992 - 2023
Paraguay 0.055 88 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0.053 89 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0.052 90 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.048 91 1992 - 2023
Laos 0.048 92 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 0.048 93 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 0.048 94 1992 - 2023
Georgia 0.047 95 1992 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.046 96 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 0.045 97 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0.044 98 1980 - 2023
Cuba 0.044 99 1980 - 2023
Panama 0.044 100 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 0.041 101 1992 - 2023
Bolivia 0.04 102 1980 - 2023
Kenya 0.037 103 1980 - 2023
Nepal 0.036 104 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 0.036 105 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 0.034 106 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 0.033 107 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.033 108 1980 - 2023
Estonia 0.032 109 1992 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.032 110 1980 - 2023
Honduras 0.031 111 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.031 112 1980 - 2023
Albania 0.028 113 1980 - 2023
Senegal 0.028 114 1980 - 2023
Armenia 0.026 115 1992 - 2023
Latvia 0.025 116 1992 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.024 117 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 0.024 118 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0.023 119 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.022 120 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.022 121 1992 - 2023
Macao 0.021 122 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0.021 123 1992 - 2023
Brunei 0.019 124 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0.019 125 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.017 126 1980 - 2023
Mali 0.016 127 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.016 128 1980 - 2023
Uganda 0.016 129 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 0.015 130 1980 - 2023
Botswana 0.014 131 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0.014 132 1990 - 2023
Guinea 0.013 133 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0.012 134 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0.012 135 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.011 136 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0.011 137 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0.011 138 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.011 139 1980 - 2023
Malta 0.01 140 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 0.01 141 2006 - 2023
Yemen 0.01 142 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0.009 143 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 0.008 144 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0.007 145 1980 - 2023
Togo 0.007 146 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0.006 147 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0.006 148 1980 - 2023
Niger 0.006 149 1980 - 2023
Benin 0.005 150 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.005 151 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 0.005 152 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0.004 153 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0.004 154 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0.004 155 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0.003 156 1986 - 2023
Haiti 0.003 157 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.003 158 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0.003 159 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.003 160 1980 - 2023
Belize 0.002 161 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0.002 162 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.002 163 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.002 164 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.002 165 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0.002 166 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0.002 167 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0.001 168 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.001 169 1980 - 2023
Chad 0.001 170 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0.001 171 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0.001 172 1994 - 2023
Gibraltar 0.001 173 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0.001 174 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0.001 175 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0.001 176 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.001 177 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0.001 178 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0.001 179 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 180 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0 181 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 182 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 183 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0 184 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 185 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 186 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 187 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 188 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 189 1980 - 2023


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