List of countries by electricity consumption

Electricity consumption by continent^[1]

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

Data 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