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.
Energy Statistics > Electricity production > kWh (per capita) (most recent) by country
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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 ...