DEFINITION
Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Iceland :
29,521.096 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#2 Norway :
23,972.604 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#3 Canada :
18,706.524 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#4 Qatar :
17,032.291 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#5 Sweden :
16,867.449 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#6 Kuwait :
16,773.909 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#7 Finland :
16,414.432 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#8 United States :
14,124.395 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#9 United Arab Emirates :
12,133.565 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#10 Australia :
11,910.064 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#11 Bahrain :
11,801.85 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#12 New Zealand :
10,295.218 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#13 France :
9,369.453 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#14 Paraguay :
8,972.047 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#15 Singapore :
8,680.99 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#16 Switzerland :
8,603.871 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#17 Japan :
8,383.022 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#18 Czech Republic :
8,209.137 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#19 Belgium :
8,094.427 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#20 Brunei :
7,946.687 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#21 Slovenia :
7,650.976 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#22 Estonia :
7,638.256 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#23 Korea, South :
7,624.741 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#24 Austria :
7,533.243 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#25 Denmark :
7,494.107 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#26 Luxembourg :
7,463.101 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#27 Germany :
7,392.338 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#28 Israel :
7,220.548 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#29 Saudi Arabia :
7,096.302 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#30 United Kingdom :
6,571.548 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#31 Spain :
6,491.246 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#32 Russia :
6,464.425 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#33 Cyprus :
6,334.144 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#34 Ireland :
6,197.692 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#35 Netherlands :
6,189.146 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#36 Netherlands Antilles :
5,888.207 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#37 Slovakia :
5,659.133 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#38 Malta :
5,522.053 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#39 Lithuania :
5,458.168 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#40 Hong Kong :
5,395.054 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#41 Bulgaria :
5,323.994 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#42 Greece :
5,316.609 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#43 South Africa :
5,223.983 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#44 Italy :
5,037.31 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#45 Trinidad and Tobago :
4,941.186 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#46 Oman :
4,538.166 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#47 Kazakhstan :
4,458.974 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#48 Serbia and Montenegro :
4,366.25 kWh
per capita 2003 ...
#49 Portugal :
4,268.437 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#50 Poland :
3,995.317 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#51 Ukraine :
3,836.766 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#52 Venezuela :
3,769.357 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#53 Libya :
3,519.421 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#54 Hungary :
3,335.081 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#55 Malaysia :
3,330.014 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#56 Macedonia, Republic of :
3,282.457 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#57 Chile :
3,223.988 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#58 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3,222.68 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#59 Belarus :
3,176.864 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#60 Kyrgyzstan :
2,973.02 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#61 Croatia :
2,970.616 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#62 Lebanon :
2,878.86 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#63 Jamaica :
2,731.643 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#64 Tajikistan :
2,686.826 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#65 Argentina :
2,612.875 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#66 Azerbaijan :
2,605.581 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#67 Romania :
2,605.456 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#68 Iran :
2,443.447 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#69 Turkmenistan :
2,406.626 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#70 Mexico :
2,195.761 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#71 Turkey :
2,118.04 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#72 Brazil :
2,106.719 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#73 Latvia :
2,024.826 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#74 Armenia :
1,992.671 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#75 Thailand :
1,973.933 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#76 Uzbekistan :
1,972.983 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#77 Costa Rica :
1,930.385 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#78 Panama :
1,814.286 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#79 Albania :
1,786.472 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#80 Syria :
1,726.227 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#81 Uruguay :
1,715.379 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#82 China :
1,697.017 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#83 Jordan :
1,674.953 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#84 Dominican Republic :
1,569.252 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#85 Georgia :
1,532.543 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#86 Egypt :
1,394.492 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#87 Cuba :
1,391.909 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#88 Tunisia :
1,315.593 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#89 Iraq :
1,295.684 kWh
per capita 1999 ...
#90 Gabon :
1,128.213 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#91 Colombia :
1,118.535 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#92 Korea, North :
981.693 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#93 Algeria :
965.771 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#94 Ecuador :
965.109 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#95 Peru :
880.004 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#96 Moldova :
857.534 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#97 Namibia :
822.695 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#98 Zimbabwe :
751.219 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#99 Zambia :
741.535 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#100 Botswana :
712.812 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#101 Honduras :
692.079 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#102 Philippines :
685.605 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#103 El Salvador :
657.751 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#104 Morocco :
648.377 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#105 India :
618.476 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#106 Mozambique :
602.505 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#107 Guatemala :
570.079 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#108 Pakistan :
563.582 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#109 Vietnam :
560.222 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#110 Indonesia :
552.238 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#111 Nicaragua :
550.866 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#112 Bolivia :
492.172 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#113 Sri Lanka :
413.318 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#114 Côte d'Ivoire :
302.318 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#115 Ghana :
278.752 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#116 Cameroon :
256.27 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#117 Yemen :
213.337 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#118 Senegal :
206.483 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#119 Kenya :
166.371 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#120 Nigeria :
157.13 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#121 Bangladesh :
154.194 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#122 Angola :
144.803 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#123 Burma :
128.73 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
122.679 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#125 Sudan :
109.309 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#126 Congo, Republic of the :
102.499 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#127 Nepal :
88.187 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#128 Tanzania :
65.857 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#129 Haiti :
65.065 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#130 Cambodia :
64.317 kWh
per capita 2005 ...
#131 Togo :
43.751 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#132 Ethiopia :
36.306 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
#133 Benin :
9.906 kWh
per capita 2004 ...
Weighted average:
4,223.0 kWh
per capita
DEFINITION: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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