Electricity demand in Kuwait
Kuwait: Electricity demand was 92.49 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
92.49 terawatt-hours
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
39th
of 214 countries
All-time high
92.49 terawatt-hours
in 2024
All-time low
32.33 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Electricity demand in Kuwait, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 92.49 terawatt-hours for electricity demand in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity demand in Kuwait peaked at 92.49 terawatt-hours in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.33 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
Kuwait ranks 39th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Electricity demand in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.33 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 34.3 terawatt-hours | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 36.37 terawatt-hours | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 39.8 terawatt-hours | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 41.26 terawatt-hours | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 43.73 terawatt-hours | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 47.6 terawatt-hours | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 48.75 terawatt-hours | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 51.75 terawatt-hours | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 53.22 terawatt-hours | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 57.03 terawatt-hours | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 57.46 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 61.12 terawatt-hours | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 60.99 terawatt-hours | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 65.15 terawatt-hours | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 68.3 terawatt-hours | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 70.1 terawatt-hours | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 68.89 terawatt-hours | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 74.13 terawatt-hours | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 75.04 terawatt-hours | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 74.64 terawatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 80.8 terawatt-hours | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 85.29 terawatt-hours | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 89.76 terawatt-hours | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 92.49 terawatt-hours | +3.0% |
| 2025 | 92.49 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 92.49 terawatt-hours is above the median for high income countries, which is 36.53 terawatt-hours, 2.5× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 92.49 terawatt-hours is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 48.23 terawatt-hours, 1.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.91 terawatt-hours | 32.33 terawatt-hours | 53.22 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.82 terawatt-hours | 57.03 terawatt-hours | 75.04 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.91 terawatt-hours | 74.64 terawatt-hours | 92.49 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More energy & mining data for Kuwait
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity demand in Kuwait?
- Electricity demand in Kuwait was 92.49 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity demand recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 92.49 terawatt-hours in 2024.
- What is the lowest electricity demand recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.33 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for electricity demand?
- Kuwait ranks 39th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity demand rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.