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Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by households per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
From other renewable sources: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Installed generating capacity: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
Installed generating capacity per thousand people: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Production > KWh: 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."
Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by households and other consumers per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production by source > Nuclear: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
From nuclear fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production > KWh > Per capita: 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.
Consumption by households > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Thermal > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
From fossil fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Production by source > Fossil fuel: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
Consumption by industry and construction per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Net inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by iron and steel industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Hydro > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Gross inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Net > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Solar > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production by source > Hydro: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
Consumption by crude petroleum fields per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Hydro > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by energy sector > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption in rail transport > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Thermal > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from coal sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Production from natural gas sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Consumption by other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Imports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Net > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Thermal > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Production from coal sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Power plant capacity > Public solar > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Total > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Station use and station loss > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Thermal > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Wind > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
Production from oil sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Station use and station loss per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Total > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Consumption by other consumers per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by other industries and construction per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by pump-storage plants per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Hydro > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Imports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Net inland availability per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Power plant capacity > Public wind > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Total > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by transportation industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from oil sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Hydro > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Hydro > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by energy sector per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Energy balance requirement per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Exports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Gross inland availability per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Total > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by chemical industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Hydro > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Power plant capacity > Public solar per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Consumption by other industries and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Exports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Production by source > Other: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Power plant capacity > Public wind per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Power plant capacity > Solar per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by chemical industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption in rail transport per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by pump-storage plants > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Wind > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Power plant capacity > Solar > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Consumption by iron and steel industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
From hydroelectric plants: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Wind > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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STAT	Australia	United States
Consumption	213.5 billion kWh Ranked 8th.	3.89 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Australia
Consumption > Per capita	10,864.15 kWh per capita Ranked 11th.	12,747.49 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 17% more than Australia
Consumption by households	60.93 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	1.36 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Australia
Consumption by households per capita	2,987.48 kWh Ranked 17th.	4,599.49 kWh Ranked 7th. 54% more than Australia
Consumption by petroleum refineries	1.84 billion kWh Ranked 19th.	48.89 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Australia
Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita	90.32 kWh Ranked 20th.	165.44 kWh Ranked 10th. 83% more than Australia
Consumption per capita	10,563.43 kWh Ranked 10th.	12,736.19 kWh Ranked 3rd. 21% more than Australia
Exports	0.0 Ranked 127th.	12 billion kWh Ranked 15th.
From other renewable sources	5.1% of total installed capacity Ranked 36th.	5.3% of total installed capacity Ranked 35th. 4% more than Australia
Installed generating capacity	59.13 million kW Ranked 13th.	1.04 billion kW Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Australia
Installed generating capacity per thousand people	2,679.77 kW Ranked 15th.	3,358.91 kW Ranked 9th. 25% more than Australia
Production	225.5 billion kWh Ranked 16th.	4.1 trillion kWh Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than Australia
Production > KWh	254.64 billion Ranked 16th.	4.32 trillion Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Australia
Production > Per capita	11,950.57 kWh per capita Ranked 11th.	13,527.54 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Australia
Production per capita	11,619.77 kWh Ranked 10th.	13,515.56 kWh Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Australia
Consumption by households and other consumers per capita	5,476.54 kWh Ranked 15th.	9,437.73 kWh Ranked 6th. 72% more than Australia
Production by source > Nuclear	0.0 Ranked 175th.	20.7% Ranked 19th.
Imports	0.0 Ranked 121st.	59.26 billion kWh Ranked 1st.
From nuclear fuels	0.0 Ranked 145th.	9.7% of total installed capacity Ranked 15th.
Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita	5,494.27 kWh per capita Ranked 17th.	9,409.27 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 71% more than Australia
Production > KWh > Per capita	9,683.96 per capita Ranked 12th.	13,553.55 per capita Ranked 6th. 40% more than Australia
Solar > Production > Public	11 million kWh Ranked 6th.	596 million kWh Ranked 2nd. 54 times more than Australia
Consumption by households > Per capita	2,997.15 kWh per capita Ranked 18th.	4,585.62 kWh per capita Ranked 9th. 53% more than Australia
Thermal > Production per capita	11,490.28 kWh Ranked 5th. 8% more than United States	10,659.14 kWh Ranked 6th.
From fossil fuels	78.7% of total installed capacity Ranked 84th. 5% more than United States	75.3% of total installed capacity Ranked 90th.
Production by source > Fossil fuel	90.8% Ranked 91st. 27% more than United States	71.4% Ranked 114th.
Consumption by industry and construction per capita	4,526.2 kWh Ranked 10th. 45% more than United States	3,126.15 kWh Ranked 18th.
Net inland availability > Per capita	10,157.66 kWh per capita Ranked 12th.	12,551.32 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 24% more than Australia
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita	808.85 kWh Ranked 29th.	925.93 kWh Ranked 28th. 14% more than Australia
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh	16.28 billion kWh Ranked 29th.	271.12 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Australia
Consumption by households and other consumers	111.69 billion kWh Ranked 13th.	2.79 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Australia
Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita	90.61 kWh per capita Ranked 21st.	164.94 kWh per capita Ranked 10th. 82% more than Australia
Consumption by iron and steel industry > Per capita	325.64 kWh per capita Ranked 25th. 20% more than United States	271.52 kWh per capita Ranked 27th.
Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita	4,540.85 kWh per capita Ranked 10th. 46% more than United States	3,116.73 kWh per capita Ranked 20th.
Thermal > Production	234.34 billion kWh Ranked 9th.	3.15 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Australia
Hydro > Production per capita	778.92 kWh Ranked 36th.	982.76 kWh Ranked 28th. 26% more than Australia
Net > Production	232.92 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	4.08 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Australia
Gross inland availability > Per capita	11,457.52 kWh per capita Ranked 12th.	13,847.96 kWh per capita Ranked 9th. 21% more than Australia
Hydro > Production	15.89 billion kWh Ranked 27th.	290.42 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Australia
Net > Production per capita	11,420.56 kWh Ranked 10th.	13,806.18 kWh Ranked 8th. 21% more than Australia
Solar > Production > Public per capita	0.539 kWh Ranked 6th.	2.02 kWh Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Australia
Consumption > Date of > Information	2003	2003
Production by source > Hydro	8.3% Ranked 110th. 48% more than United States	5.6% Ranked 120th.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields per capita	74.43 kWh Ranked 9th.	113.82 kWh Ranked 7th. 53% more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Self-producer per capita	13.43 kWh Ranked 18th. 19% more than United States	11.27 kWh Ranked 21st.
Consumption by energy sector > Per capita	467.61 kWh per capita Ranked 11th. 16% more than United States	404.37 kWh per capita Ranked 14th.
Consumption in rail transport > Per capita	106.69 kWh per capita Ranked 14th. 4 times more than United States	25.32 kWh per capita Ranked 35th.
Thermal > Production > Public per capita	10,903.76 kWh Ranked 4th. 8% more than United States	10,133.49 kWh Ranked 6th.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita	1,461.39 kWh Ranked 28th.	2,498.42 kWh Ranked 16th. 71% more than Australia
Production from coal sources > Kwh	189.67 billion kWh Ranked 7th.	2.09 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Australia
Production from natural gas sources > % of total	12.29% Ranked 65th.	17.64% Ranked 55th. 44% more than Australia
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh	29.41 billion kWh Ranked 25th.	731.55 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Australia
Consumption by iron and steel industry	6.62 billion kWh Ranked 17th.	80.48 billion kWh Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Australia
Consumption by other consumers > Per capita	2,409.96 kWh per capita Ranked 22nd.	4,823.65 kWh per capita Ranked 7th. Twice as much as Australia
Consumption by other industries and construction	81.54 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	589.01 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Australia
Consumption by industry and construction	92.31 billion kWh Ranked 15th.	923.83 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Australia
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities > Per capita	282.7 kWh per capita Ranked 1st. 7 times more than United States	43.18 kWh per capita Ranked 17th.
Consumption by other consumers	48.99 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	1.43 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 29 times more than Australia
Gross inland availability	232.92 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	4.1 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Australia
Imports > Per capita	0.0 Ranked 102nd.	187,674.05 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 23th.
Net inland availability	206.5 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	3.72 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Australia
Net > Production > Per capita	11,457.52 kWh per capita Ranked 11th.	13,764.55 kWh per capita Ranked 7th. 20% more than Australia
Thermal > Production > Per capita	11,527.47 kWh per capita Ranked 5th. 8% more than United States	10,627 kWh per capita Ranked 7th.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer	11.96 billion kWh Ranked 16th.	155.34 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Australia
Production from coal sources > % of total	79.26% Ranked 5th. 57% more than United States	50.4% Ranked 16th.
Power plant capacity > Public solar > Per capita	3.54 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States	1.39 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 4th.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	588.42 kWh per capita Ranked 21st. 12% more than United States	524.06 kWh per capita Ranked 27th.
Total > Production > Public	238.88 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	4.13 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Australia
Total > Production > Public > Per capita	11,750.9 kWh per capita Ranked 8th.	13,925.58 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 19% more than Australia
Total > Production > Self-producer	12.24 billion kWh Ranked 16th.	158.67 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Australia
Wind > Production	881 million kWh Ranked 14th.	17.88 billion kWh Ranked 3rd. 20 times more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Public wind	740,000 kW Ranked 8th.	8.73 million kW Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Australia
Station use and station loss > Per capita	895.27 kWh per capita Ranked 4th. 29% more than United States	696.34 kWh per capita Ranked 7th.
Thermal > Production > Public	222.38 billion kWh Ranked 8th.	2.99 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Australia
Thermal > Production > Public > Per capita	10,939.05 kWh per capita Ranked 4th. 8% more than United States	10,102.93 kWh per capita Ranked 6th.
Wind > Production > Per capita	43,337.11 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.	60,325.14 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 39% more than Australia
Wind > Production > Public	881 million kWh Ranked 12th.	17.88 billion kWh Ranked 3rd. 20 times more than Australia
Production from oil sources > Kwh	1.72 billion kWh Ranked 64th.	139.13 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 81 times more than Australia
Station use and station loss per capita	892.38 kWh Ranked 4th. 28% more than United States	698.44 kWh Ranked 6th.
Total > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	601.9 kWh per capita Ranked 23th. 12% more than United States	535.3 kWh per capita Ranked 27th.
Consumption by other consumers per capita	2,402.18 kWh Ranked 18th.	4,838.24 kWh Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Australia
Consumption by other industries and construction per capita	3,998.13 kWh Ranked 10th. Twice as much as United States	1,993.15 kWh Ranked 18th.
Consumption by pump-storage plants per capita	9.81 kWh Ranked 25th.	83.02 kWh Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Public per capita	765.49 kWh Ranked 35th.	971.49 kWh Ranked 27th. 27% more than Australia
Imports per capita	0.0 Ranked 97th.	187.51 kWh Ranked 23th.
Net inland availability per capita	10,124.88 kWh Ranked 12th.	12,589.28 kWh Ranked 9th. 24% more than Australia
Consumption by crude petroleum fields > Per capita	74.67 kWh per capita Ranked 9th.	113.48 kWh per capita Ranked 7th. 52% more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Public wind > Per capita	36.4 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 24% more than United States	29.46 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 15th.
Total > Production > Public per capita	11,712.99 kWh Ranked 9th.	13,967.7 kWh Ranked 7th. 19% more than Australia
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer per capita	12,312.94 kWh Ranked 10th.	14,504.62 kWh Ranked 8th. 18% more than Australia
Consumption by transportation industry per capita	122.14 kWh Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States	25.4 kWh Ranked 43th.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities per capita	281.79 kWh Ranked 1st. 7 times more than United States	43.31 kWh Ranked 17th.
Power plant capacity > Public solar	72,000 kW Ranked 3rd.	411,000 kW Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Australia
Production from oil sources > % of total	0.72% Ranked 100th.	3.35% Ranked 72nd. 5 times more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Public > Per capita	767.97 kWh per capita Ranked 36th.	968.56 kWh per capita Ranked 28th. 26% more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Self-producer	274 million kWh Ranked 19th.	3.33 billion kWh Ranked 5th. 12 times more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	13.48 kWh per capita Ranked 18th. 20% more than United States	11.24 kWh per capita Ranked 21st.
Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita	9,439.93 kWh per capita Ranked 1st. 33% more than United States	7,118.73 kWh per capita Ranked 2nd.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita	1,463.97 kWh per capita Ranked 28th.	2,491.19 kWh per capita Ranked 16th. 70% more than Australia
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita	810.27 kWh per capita Ranked 29th.	923.25 kWh per capita Ranked 27th. 14% more than Australia
Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita	85.76 kWh per capita Ranked 71st.	473.78 kWh per capita Ranked 28th. 6 times more than Australia
Consumption by energy sector per capita	466.1 kWh Ranked 11th. 15% more than United States	405.59 kWh Ranked 14th.
Energy balance requirement per capita	822.66 kWh Ranked 54th.	3,929.15 kWh Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Australia
Exports per capita	0.0 Ranked 101st.	79.19 kWh Ranked 22nd.
Gross inland availability per capita	11,420.56 kWh Ranked 11th.	13,889.84 kWh Ranked 10th. 22% more than Australia
Total > Production > Self-producer per capita	599.96 kWh Ranked 19th. 12% more than United States	536.92 kWh Ranked 23th.
Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita	9,423.32 kWh Ranked 1st. 32% more than United States	7,139.4 kWh Ranked 2nd.
Consumption by chemical industry > Per capita	204.14 kWh per capita Ranked 29th.	858.06 kWh per capita Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Australia
Consumption by crude petroleum fields	1.52 billion kWh Ranked 9th.	33.64 billion kWh Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than Australia
Station use and station loss	18.2 billion kWh Ranked 8th.	206.4 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Australia
Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita	85.6 kWh Ranked 71st.	475.15 kWh Ranked 27th. 6 times more than Australia
Energy balance requirement	16.78 billion kWh Ranked 36th.	1.16 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 69 times more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Per capita	781.45 kWh per capita Ranked 37th.	979.8 kWh per capita Ranked 29th. 25% more than Australia
Hydro > Production > Public	15.61 billion kWh Ranked 27th.	287.09 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Public solar per million	3,530.31 kW Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States	1,390.78 kW Ranked 4th.
Consumption by other industries and construction > Per capita	4,011.07 kWh per capita Ranked 10th. 2 times more than United States	1,987.14 kWh per capita Ranked 22nd.
Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total	6.8% Ranked 84th. 4% more than United States	6.54% Ranked 85th.
Consumption by transportation industry	2.49 billion kWh Ranked 15th.	7.51 billion kWh Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Australia
Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita	122.53 kWh per capita Ranked 17th. 5 times more than United States	25.32 kWh per capita Ranked 44th.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses > Per capita	832.26 kWh per capita Ranked 14th.	892.27 kWh per capita Ranked 13th. 7% more than Australia
Exports > Per capita	0.0 Ranked 106th.	79.26 kWh per capita Ranked 21st.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer > Per capita	12,352.8 kWh per capita Ranked 10th.	14,460.89 kWh per capita Ranked 7th. 17% more than Australia
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities	5.75 billion kWh Ranked 6th.	12.8 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Australia
Production by source > Other	0.9% Ranked 39th.	2.3% Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Australia
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses per capita	829.57 kWh Ranked 12th.	894.97 kWh Ranked 11th. 8% more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Solar	72,000 kW Ranked 5th.	411,000 kW Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Public wind per 1000	36.28 kW Ranked 13th. 23% more than United States	29.55 kW Ranked 15th.
Power plant capacity > Solar per 1000	3.53 kW Ranked 6th. 3 times more than United States	1.39 kW Ranked 9th.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer per capita	586.52 kWh Ranked 17th. 12% more than United States	525.65 kWh Ranked 23th.
Consumption by chemical industry per capita	203.48 kWh Ranked 28th.	860.66 kWh Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Australia
Consumption in rail transport per capita	106.35 kWh Ranked 14th. 4 times more than United States	25.4 kWh Ranked 34th.
Consumption by pump-storage plants	200 million kWh Ranked 25th.	24.53 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 123 times more than Australia
Consumption by energy sector	9.51 billion kWh Ranked 14th.	119.86 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Australia
Consumption by pump-storage plants > Per capita	9.84 kWh per capita Ranked 26th.	82.77 kWh per capita Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Australia
Wind > Production per capita	43.2 kWh Ranked 18th.	60.51 kWh Ranked 13th. 40% more than Australia
Power plant capacity > Solar > Per capita	3.54 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 3 times more than United States	1.39 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 9th.
Consumption by iron and steel industry per capita	324.59 kWh Ranked 24th. 19% more than United States	272.34 kWh Ranked 26th.
From hydroelectric plants	13.6% of total installed capacity Ranked 92nd. 79% more than United States	7.6% of total installed capacity Ranked 104th.
Wind > Production > Public per capita	43.2 kWh Ranked 17th.	60.51 kWh Ranked 13th. 40% more than Australia
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer	251.12 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	4.29 trillion kWh Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Australia
Consumption by chemical industry	4.15 billion kWh Ranked 24th.	254.34 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 61 times more than Australia
Consumption in rail transport	2.17 billion kWh Ranked 13th.	7.51 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Australia
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses	16.92 billion kWh Ranked 19th.	264.48 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Australia
Energy balance requirement > Per capita	825.32 kWh per capita Ranked 56th.	3,917.3 kWh per capita Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Australia

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics \xA9 OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption

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