Energy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on Canada & South Africa

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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 in agriculture per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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).
Net inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by industry and construction per capita: . 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.
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.
Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by iron and steel industry > 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.
Solar > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Net > Production 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).
Wind > Production > Public 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 agriculture > 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 > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Hydro > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Nuclear > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Nuclear > Production > Public > 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
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
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.
Consumption by other industries and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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 nuclear sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants. 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.
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 hydroelectric sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
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 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.
Hydro > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by other transportation per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Nuclear > Production 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.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by energy sector per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Thermal > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
Wind > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
Power plant capacity > Public solar per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Production from nuclear sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.
Nuclear > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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.
Station use and station loss > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
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.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Consumption by other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Consumption by other transportation > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

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STAT	Canada	South Africa
Consumption	499.9 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Africa	234.2 billion kWh Ranked 3rd.
Consumption > Per capita	16,055.64 kWh per capita Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Africa	5,486.63 kWh per capita Ranked 31st.
Consumption by households	150.99 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa	36.97 billion kWh Ranked 19th.
Consumption by households per capita	4,672.75 kWh Ranked 6th. 6 times more than South Africa	783.29 kWh Ranked 60th.
Consumption by petroleum refineries	6.56 billion kWh Ranked 8th.	7.84 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 20% more than Canada
Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita	202.93 kWh Ranked 5th. 22% more than South Africa	166.17 kWh Ranked 9th.
Consumption per capita	16,281.22 kWh Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than South Africa	5,002.35 kWh Ranked 32nd.
Exports	57.97 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Africa	15.04 billion kWh Ranked 12th.
From other renewable sources	4.2% of total installed capacity Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than South Africa	0.5% of total installed capacity Ranked 71st.
Installed generating capacity	136.9 million kW Ranked 5th. 3 times more than South Africa	44.26 million kW Ranked 17th.
Installed generating capacity per thousand people	4,011.54 kW Ranked 5th. 5 times more than South Africa	885.35 kW Ranked 72nd.
Production	618.9 billion kWh Ranked 5th. 2 times more than South Africa	257.9 billion kWh Ranked 4th.
Production > KWh	639.73 billion Ranked 7th. 2 times more than South Africa	260.5 billion Ranked 14th.
Production > Per capita	18,346.73 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Africa	6,000.3 kWh per capita Ranked 41st.
Production per capita	18,604.5 kWh Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Africa	5,470.68 kWh Ranked 42nd.
Consumption by households and other consumers per capita	9,136.39 kWh Ranked 8th. 5 times more than South Africa	1,758.57 kWh Ranked 55th.
Production by source > Nuclear	12.9% Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than South Africa	5.5% Ranked 25th.
Imports	11.39 billion kWh Ranked 16th.	11.89 billion kWh Ranked 5th. 4% more than Canada
From nuclear fuels	9.2% of total installed capacity Ranked 16th. 2 times more than South Africa	4.1% of total installed capacity Ranked 18th.
Consumption in agriculture per capita	317.16 kWh Ranked 11th. 3 times more than South Africa	116.95 kWh Ranked 29th.
Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita	9,140.07 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 5 times more than South Africa	1,770.21 kWh per capita Ranked 64th.
Production > KWh > Per capita	19,308.81 per capita Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,987.37 per capita Ranked 34th.
Consumption by households > Per capita	4,674.63 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 6 times more than South Africa	788.47 kWh per capita Ranked 70th.
Thermal > Production per capita	5,292.43 kWh Ranked 30th. 9% more than South Africa	4,859.8 kWh Ranked 35th.
Solar > Production > Public	17 million kWh Ranked 4th.	21 million kWh Ranked 3rd. 24% more than Canada
From fossil fuels	31.7% of total installed capacity Ranked 156th.	90.8% of total installed capacity Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Canada
Production by source > Fossil fuel	28% Ranked 179th.	93.5% Ranked 88th. 3 times more than Canada
Net inland availability > Per capita	15,813.9 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,229.34 kWh per capita Ranked 56th.
Nuclear > Production	92.04 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 8 times more than South Africa	11.29 billion kWh Ranked 20th.
Consumption by industry and construction per capita	6,539.43 kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	2,327.62 kWh Ranked 25th.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh	340.95 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 155 times more than South Africa	2.2 billion kWh Ranked 76th.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita	10,656.42 kWh Ranked 3rd. 226 times more than South Africa	47.23 kWh Ranked 90th.
Thermal > Production	171.01 billion kWh Ranked 15th.	229.38 billion kWh Ranked 10th. 34% more than Canada
Consumption by households and other consumers	295.21 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa	83 billion kWh Ranked 16th.
Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita	6,542.06 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	2,343.02 kWh per capita Ranked 28th.
Consumption by iron and steel industry > Per capita	332.15 kWh per capita Ranked 22nd.	455.17 kWh per capita Ranked 13th. 37% more than Canada
Net > Production	608.2 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	231.1 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Hydro > Production per capita	11,253.59 kWh Ranked 3rd. 126 times more than South Africa	88.96 kWh Ranked 94th.
Gross inland availability > Per capita	18,091.98 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,878.86 kWh per capita Ranked 55th.
Solar > Production > Public per capita	0.526 kWh Ranked 7th. 18% more than South Africa	0.445 kWh Ranked 8th.
Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita	203.01 kWh per capita Ranked 5th. 21% more than South Africa	167.27 kWh per capita Ranked 8th.
Consumption in agriculture	10.25 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 86% more than South Africa	5.52 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Hydro > Production	363.63 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 87 times more than South Africa	4.2 billion kWh Ranked 61st.
Net > Production per capita	18,822.85 kWh Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,896.43 kWh Ranked 47th.
Consumption > Date of > Information	2003	2003
Production by source > Hydro	57.9% Ranked 46th. 53 times more than South Africa	1.1% Ranked 132nd.
Wind > Production > Public per capita	45.52 kWh Ranked 16th. 67 times more than South Africa	0.678 kWh Ranked 35th.
Consumption by energy sector > Per capita	848.32 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Africa	323.62 kWh per capita Ranked 19th.
Consumption in agriculture > Per capita	317.29 kWh per capita Ranked 12th. 3 times more than South Africa	117.73 kWh per capita Ranked 30th.
Thermal > Production > Public per capita	4,741.8 kWh Ranked 27th. 3% more than South Africa	4,615.19 kWh Ranked 29th.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita	1,002.44 kWh Ranked 40th. 11695 times more than South Africa	0.0857 kWh Ranked 92nd.
Production from coal sources > Kwh	103.09 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	225.79 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Canada
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh	32.07 billion kWh Ranked 23th. 8018 times more than South Africa	4 million kWh Ranked 91st.
Consumption by chemical industry	19.5 billion kWh Ranked 10th. 93% more than South Africa	10.08 billion kWh Ranked 14th.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses	45.84 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Africa	15.28 billion kWh Ranked 21st.
Energy balance requirement > Per capita	13,416.33 kWh per capita Ranked 4th. 48 times more than South Africa	281.56 kWh per capita Ranked 79th.
Energy balance requirement	433.33 billion kWh Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than South Africa	13.2 billion kWh Ranked 41st.
Hydro > Production > Per capita	11,258.12 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 126 times more than South Africa	89.55 kWh per capita Ranked 98th.
Hydro > Production > Public	332.17 billion kWh Ranked 2nd. 83 times more than South Africa	4.01 billion kWh Ranked 61st.
Nuclear > Production > Per capita	2,849.62 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 12 times more than South Africa	240.85 kWh per capita Ranked 23th.
Nuclear > Production > Public > Per capita	2,849.62 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 12 times more than South Africa	240.85 kWh per capita Ranked 23th.
Imports > Per capita	707,560.75 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa	216,674.92 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 20th.
Net inland availability	510.77 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	198.31 billion kWh Ranked 14th.
Net > Production > Per capita	18,830.43 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,928.83 kWh per capita Ranked 56th.
Thermal > Production > Per capita	5,294.56 kWh per capita Ranked 37th. 8% more than South Africa	4,891.96 kWh per capita Ranked 42nd.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer	17.79 billion kWh Ranked 12th. 54% more than South Africa	11.54 billion kWh Ranked 17th.
Power plant capacity > Public solar	17,000 kW Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	6,000 kW Ranked 7th.
Power plant capacity > Public solar > Per capita	0.526 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.128 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 14th.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	550.85 kWh per capita Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than South Africa	246.22 kWh per capita Ranked 40th.
Total > Production > Public	578.94 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 2 times more than South Africa	233.18 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Total > Production > Public > Per capita	17,924.49 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,973.19 kWh per capita Ranked 53th.
Total > Production > Self-producer	49.25 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa	11.74 billion kWh Ranked 17th.
Wind > Production	1.47 billion kWh Ranked 9th. 46 times more than South Africa	32 million kWh Ranked 32nd.
Power plant capacity > Public wind	684,000 kW Ranked 9th. 68 times more than South Africa	10,000 kW Ranked 31st.
Production from oil sources > Kwh	21.78 billion kWh Ranked 15th. 56 times more than South Africa	391 million kWh Ranked 90th.
Station use and station loss per capita	618.66 kWh Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Africa	292.72 kWh Ranked 37th.
Consumption by other industries and construction > Per capita	5,606.09 kWh per capita Ranked 5th. 3 times more than South Africa	1,672.85 kWh per capita Ranked 30th.
Consumption by pump-storage plants	210 million kWh Ranked 24th.	4.16 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Canada
Consumption by transportation industry	4.26 billion kWh Ranked 12th.	5.44 billion kWh Ranked 9th. 28% more than Canada
Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita	131.77 kWh per capita Ranked 14th. 13% more than South Africa	116.11 kWh per capita Ranked 18th.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses > Per capita	1,419.24 kWh per capita Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa	325.9 kWh per capita Ranked 67th.
Exports > Per capita	1,677.97 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 6 times more than South Africa	290.27 kWh per capita Ranked 15th.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer > Per capita	19,449.33 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	5,223.49 kWh per capita Ranked 55th.
Nuclear > Production > Public	92.04 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 8 times more than South Africa	11.29 billion kWh Ranked 20th.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities	1.08 billion kWh Ranked 13th.	3.17 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Canada
Production by source > Other	1.3% Ranked 36th.	0.0 Ranked 98th.
Consumption by other industries and construction per capita	5,603.83 kWh Ranked 5th. 3 times more than South Africa	1,661.85 kWh Ranked 26th.
Consumption by pump-storage plants per capita	6.5 kWh Ranked 26th.	88.2 kWh Ranked 10th. 14 times more than Canada
Hydro > Production > Public per capita	10,279.99 kWh Ranked 3rd. 121 times more than South Africa	84.92 kWh Ranked 94th.
Imports per capita	705.33 kWh Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa	216.63 kWh Ranked 21st.
Net inland availability per capita	15,807.53 kWh Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,201.53 kWh Ranked 48th.
Power plant capacity > Solar	17,000 kW Ranked 10th. 3 times more than South Africa	6,000 kW Ranked 15th.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields > Per capita	605.25 kWh per capita Ranked 1st. 27511 times more than South Africa	0.022 kWh per capita Ranked 36th.
Power plant capacity > Public wind > Per capita	21.18 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 99 times more than South Africa	0.213 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 36th.
Power plant capacity > Public wind per 1000	21.17 kW Ranked 17th. 100 times more than South Africa	0.212 kW Ranked 36th.
Power plant capacity > Solar per 1000	0.526 kW Ranked 14th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.127 kW Ranked 22nd.
Thermal > Production > Self-producer per capita	550.63 kWh Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa	244.61 kWh Ranked 36th.
Consumption by chemical industry per capita	603.58 kWh Ranked 9th. 3 times more than South Africa	213.59 kWh Ranked 26th.
Production from coal sources > % of total	17.23% Ranked 40th.	93.23% Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Canada
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities per capita	33.55 kWh Ranked 20th.	67.12 kWh Ranked 11th. Twice as much as Canada
Production from oil sources > % of total	3.64% Ranked 71st. 17 times more than South Africa	0.21% Ranked 121st.
Hydro > Production > Public > Per capita	10,284.13 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 120 times more than South Africa	85.48 kWh per capita Ranked 99th.
Hydro > Production > Self-producer	31.46 billion kWh Ranked 1st. 165 times more than South Africa	191 million kWh Ranked 25th.
Hydro > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	973.99 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 239 times more than South Africa	4.07 kWh per capita Ranked 28th.
Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita	3,222.73 kWh per capita Ranked 12th.	4,870.32 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 51% more than Canada
Production from nuclear sources > Kwh > Per capita	2,825.57 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 10 times more than South Africa	288.29 kWh per capita Ranked 22nd.
Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita	1,002.63 kWh per capita Ranked 39th. 11658 times more than South Africa	0.086 kWh per capita Ranked 92nd.
Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita	10,658.41 kWh per capita Ranked 3rd. 224 times more than South Africa	47.54 kWh per capita Ranked 91st.
Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita	680.86 kWh per capita Ranked 23th. 68 times more than South Africa	9.99 kWh per capita Ranked 108th.
Energy balance requirement per capita	13,410.93 kWh Ranked 4th. 48 times more than South Africa	279.71 kWh Ranked 76th.
Exports per capita	1,672.69 kWh Ranked 6th. 6 times more than South Africa	290.21 kWh Ranked 16th.
Gross inland availability per capita	18,084.71 kWh Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	4,846.79 kWh Ranked 46th.
Total > Production > Self-producer per capita	1,524.23 kWh Ranked 5th. 6 times more than South Africa	248.65 kWh Ranked 40th.
Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total	56.98% Ranked 32nd. 63 times more than South Africa	0.91% Ranked 104th.
Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita	3,222.13 kWh Ranked 12th.	4,838.55 kWh Ranked 6th. 50% more than Canada
Consumption by energy sector	27.4 billion kWh Ranked 5th. 81% more than South Africa	15.17 billion kWh Ranked 9th.
Station use and station loss	19.99 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 45% more than South Africa	13.82 billion kWh Ranked 12th.
Consumption by pump-storage plants > Per capita	6.5 kWh per capita Ranked 27th.	88.79 kWh per capita Ranked 11th. 14 times more than Canada
Wind > Production per capita	45.52 kWh Ranked 17th. 67 times more than South Africa	0.678 kWh Ranked 39th.
Power plant capacity > Solar > Per capita	0.526 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 14th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.128 kW per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd.
Consumption by iron and steel industry per capita	332.01 kWh Ranked 22nd.	452.18 kWh Ranked 12th. 36% more than Canada
Hydro > Production > Self-producer per capita	973.6 kWh Ranked 3rd. 241 times more than South Africa	4.05 kWh Ranked 29th.
Consumption by other transportation per capita	131.72 kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	45.85 kWh Ranked 13th.
Nuclear > Production per capita	2,848.48 kWh Ranked 8th. 12 times more than South Africa	239.27 kWh Ranked 22nd.
From hydroelectric plants	54.7% of total installed capacity Ranked 32nd. 36 times more than South Africa	1.5% of total installed capacity Ranked 122nd.
Consumption by other transportation	4.26 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 97% more than South Africa	2.16 billion kWh Ranked 5th.
Consumption by industry and construction	211.3 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 92% more than South Africa	109.86 billion kWh Ranked 11th.
Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities > Per capita	33.56 kWh per capita Ranked 20th.	67.56 kWh per capita Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Canada
Consumption by other consumers	133.98 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 3 times more than South Africa	40.51 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Gross inland availability	584.35 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	228.76 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Consumption by energy sector per capita	847.98 kWh Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Africa	321.49 kWh Ranked 18th.
Thermal > Production > Public	153.22 billion kWh Ranked 13th.	217.83 billion kWh Ranked 9th. 42% more than Canada
Thermal > Production > Public > Per capita	4,743.71 kWh per capita Ranked 33th. 2% more than South Africa	4,645.73 kWh per capita Ranked 36th.
Wind > Production > Per capita	45,543.21 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 17th. 67 times more than South Africa	682.47 kWh per 1,000 people Ranked 39th.
Wind > Production > Public	1.47 billion kWh Ranked 7th. 46 times more than South Africa	32 million kWh Ranked 30th.
Power plant capacity > Public solar per million	526.12 kW Ranked 9th. 4 times more than South Africa	127.12 kW Ranked 14th.
Total > Production > Self-producer > Per capita	1,524.85 kWh per capita Ranked 8th. 6 times more than South Africa	250.3 kWh per capita Ranked 42nd.
Consumption by other consumers per capita	4,146.48 kWh Ranked 7th. 5 times more than South Africa	858.33 kWh Ranked 54th.
Conversion > Transport and distribution losses per capita	1,418.67 kWh Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	323.76 kWh Ranked 63th.
Production from nuclear sources > % of total	15.1% Ranked 21st. 3 times more than South Africa	5.52% Ranked 24th.
Nuclear > Production > Public per capita	2,848.48 kWh Ranked 8th. 12 times more than South Africa	239.27 kWh Ranked 22nd.
Total > Production > Public per capita	17,917.28 kWh Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa	4,940.5 kWh Ranked 47th.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer per capita	19,441.51 kWh Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa	5,189.15 kWh Ranked 47th.
Consumption by transportation industry per capita	131.72 kWh Ranked 14th. 14% more than South Africa	115.34 kWh Ranked 19th.
Station use and station loss > Per capita	618.9 kWh per capita Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Africa	294.66 kWh per capita Ranked 42nd.
Consumption by chemical industry > Per capita	603.83 kWh per capita Ranked 10th. 3 times more than South Africa	215 kWh per capita Ranked 27th.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields	19.55 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 19549 times more than South Africa	1,000,000 kWh Ranked 38th.
Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita	680.73 kWh Ranked 21st. 68 times more than South Africa	9.99 kWh Ranked 106th.
Consumption by crude petroleum fields per capita	605.01 kWh Ranked 1st. 27171 times more than South Africa	0.0223 kWh Ranked 36th.
Gross > Production > Public and self-producer	628.19 billion kWh Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	244.92 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Consumption by iron and steel industry	10.73 billion kWh Ranked 13th.	21.34 billion kWh Ranked 9th. 99% more than Canada
Consumption by other consumers > Per capita	4,148.15 kWh per capita Ranked 9th. 5 times more than South Africa	864.01 kWh per capita Ranked 61st.
Consumption by other industries and construction	181.07 billion kWh Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Africa	78.44 billion kWh Ranked 13th.
Consumption by other transportation > Per capita	131.77 kWh per capita Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Africa	46.15 kWh per capita Ranked 13th.

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; 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.; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption

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