Electricity as a share of primary energy by country

Countries reporting
79
Highest
51.41
Norway
Lowest
4.52
Luxembourg
Median
17.36
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
3,313

What the numbers show

Electricity as a share of primary energy is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 51.41 in Norway; the lowest is 4.52 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 17.36, and the mean is 18.09.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 107.3%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 19.5%).

Electricity as a share of primary energy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 51.41 2025 up 11.3% rising
2 Sweden 37.14 2025 up 12.0% rising
3 Israel 28.63 2025 up 21.6% rising
4 Finland 27.73 2025 up 24.5% rising
5 Switzerland 26.66 2025 up 12.8% rising
6 Taïwan 24.36 2025 up 26.2% rising
7 Brazil 24.14 2025 up 20.0% rising
8 Austria 24.03 2025 up 25.6% rising
9 North Macedonia 23.83 2025 up 10.0% flat
10 Viet Nam 23.75 2025 up 0.6% rising
11 China 23.49 2025 up 32.9% rising
12 Portugal 23.45 2025 up 16.9% rising
13 Denmark 23.22 2025 up 41.0% rising
14 France 22.74 2025 up 13.9% rising
15 Japan 22.49 2025 up 13.8% rising
16 Pakistan 22.47 2025 up 54.2% flat
17 Egypt 22.3 2025 up 16.3% rising
18 Iraq 22.27 2024 up 53.9% rising
19 Iceland 21.98 2024 down 6.9% falling
20 Slovenia 21.54 2025 up 2.3% rising
21 Chile 20.98 2025 up 2.9% rising
22 Greece 20.43 2025 up 14.8% rising
23 Spain 19.94 2025 up 3.8% rising
24 Bulgaria 19.63 2025 down 12.5% rising
25 Ireland 19.56 2025 up 12.2% rising
26 Canada 19.48 2025 down 0.8% flat
27 Latvia 19.21 2025 up 33.7% rising
28 India 19.17 2025 up 11.3% rising
29 Peru 19.09 2025 down 5.1% rising
30 Australia 18.65 2025 up 13.5% rising
31 Ecuador 18.51 2025 up 18.9% rising
32 Bangladesh 18.36 2025 up 18.6% rising
33 Colombia 18.25 2025 up 0.3% flat
34 Cyprus 18.18 2025 up 14.5% rising
35 Czechia 17.94 2025 up 3.3% rising
36 Germany 17.94 2025 up 0.7% rising
37 Kuwait 17.55 2025 up 20.4% flat
38 Argentina 17.48 2025 up 10.8% rising
39 Türkiye 17.4 2025 down 1.6% rising
40 South Africa 17.36 2025 down 2.0% rising
41 United States 17.34 2025 up 8.0% rising
42 Republic of Korea 17.33 2025 up 6.9% rising
43 Philippines 17.22 2025 up 6.5% rising
44 Italy 17.22 2025 up 5.9% rising
45 Sri Lanka 17.18 2025 up 4.7% rising
46 Ukraine 17 2022 up 24.7% rising
47 United Kingdom 16.73 2025 up 9.5% rising
48 New Zealand 16.6 2025 up 0.8% falling
49 Mexico 16.41 2025 up 15.6% rising
50 Croatia 16.23 2025 up 13.7% rising
51 Slovakia 16.18 2025 up 10.6% rising
52 Morocco 16.14 2025 up 15.2% rising
53 Poland 15.9 2025 up 4.5% rising
54 Hungary 15.87 2025 up 33.9% rising
55 Romania 15.72 2025 down 17.9% rising
56 Netherlands 15.35 2025 up 42.7% rising
57 Malaysia 14.94 2025 up 8.5% rising
58 Belarus 14.75 2025 up 15.4% rising
59 Uzbekistan 14.67 2025 up 18.5% rising
60 Azerbaijan 14.19 2025 down 2.4% rising
61 Lithuania 14.15 2025 up 107.3% falling
62 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.03 2024 up 6.6% rising
63 Saudi Arabia 13.86 2024 up 23.8% rising
64 Russian Federation 13.77 2025 down 0.2% rising
65 Hong Kong (China) 13.74 2024 up 9.6% falling
66 Kazakhstan 13.59 2025 down 8.1% rising
67 Thailand 13.53 2025 up 5.4% flat
68 United Arab Emirates 12.56 2024 up 22.3% rising
69 Algeria 12.33 2024 up 12.3% rising
70 Estonia 12.22 2025 down 19.5% flat
71 Indonesia 12.22 2024 down 2.0% rising
72 Belgium 11.92 2025 up 13.8% rising
73 Oman 10.99 2025 up 13.3% flat
74 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.73 2025 up 5.0% rising
75 Qatar 9.05 2025 up 29.4% rising
76 Turkmenistan 8.59 2024 up 17.9% falling
77 Trinidad and Tobago 5.91 2024 up 43.8% falling
78 Singapore 5.88 2025 up 9.2% falling
79 Luxembourg 4.52 2025 up 43.3% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Electricity as a share of primary energy
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
81 places, 3,313 data points, 1965–2025
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