Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita by country
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.
Countries reporting
160
Highest
4.68 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0.2389 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Rwanda
Median
0.9561 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Years covered
58
1965–2022
Data points
7,728
What the numbers show
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 4.68 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0.2389 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9561 kilowatt-hours per dollar, and the mean is 1.1 kilowatt-hours per dollar.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 117.7%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 43.2%).
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 4.68 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 2 | North Korea | 4.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 3 | Bahrain | 4.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Venezuela | 3.54 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 2.47 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 6 | Oman | 2.38 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 2.26 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 9 | Iran | 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Kuwait | 2.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 2.12 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 12 | Syria | 2.08 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 14 | Singapore | 1.98 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.93 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Canada | 1.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.83 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 1.79 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 19 | South Africa | 1.79 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 20 | Barbados | 1.74 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 21 | Belarus | 1.73 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 1.71 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 23 | South Korea | 1.71 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 24 | Jamaica | 1.67 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.67 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 1.66 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 1.63 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 28 | Moldova | 1.61 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 1.58 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 31 | Serbia | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 32 | China | 1.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 33 | Qatar | 1.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 1.48 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 1.45 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 1.43 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belgium | 1.4 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 38 | Lebanon | 1.36 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 39 | Czechia | 1.35 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 40 | Bolivia | 1.32 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 41 | United States | 1.31 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Finland | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 44 | Vietnam | 1.27 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 45 | Armenia | 1.25 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 46 | New Zealand | 1.24 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 1.23 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 48 | Thailand | 1.23 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 49 | Slovakia | 1.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Seychelles | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 52 | Iraq | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Mongolia | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Laos | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Jordan | 1.15 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 56 | Australia | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 57 | Palestine | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 1.11 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 59 | Argentina | 1.09 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 60 | Panama | 1.08 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 61 | Dominica | 1.07 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 1.06 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 63 | Greece | 1.06 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 1.05 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 66 | Honduras | 1.04 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 67 | Yemen | 1.04 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 43.1% | flat |
| 68 | Taiwan | 1.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 69 | Comoros | 1.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 70 | Lesotho | 1.01 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 71 | Netherlands | 1.01 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 72 | Japan | 1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 73 | Djibouti | 1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Congo | 0.9933 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 0.9812 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 76 | Sweden | 0.9735 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 0.9728 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 0.9719 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Slovenia | 0.9716 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 0.9685 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 0.9675 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 82 | Mali | 0.9585 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Tunisia | 0.9536 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 84 | Hungary | 0.9328 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 85 | Poland | 0.9249 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 86 | Guinea | 0.9096 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 87 | India | 0.9096 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 88 | Senegal | 0.9015 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 89 | Brazil | 0.8988 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 90 | Cyprus | 0.8892 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 91 | Montenegro | 0.8882 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 92 | Spain | 0.8833 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 0.8755 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 94 | France | 0.8593 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0.8462 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 0.832 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 97 | Togo | 0.8261 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 98 | Namibia | 0.8225 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 99 | Morocco | 0.8191 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.8074 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 101 | Germany | 0.8039 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 102 | Paraguay | 0.8027 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 103 | Mauritius | 0.7968 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 104 | Croatia | 0.7926 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 0.7847 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 106 | Turkey | 0.7797 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 107 | Austria | 0.7715 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 108 | Italy | 0.7703 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 109 | Portugal | 0.764 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 110 | Benin | 0.7613 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Botswana | 0.7452 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 112 | Liberia | 0.7357 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.5% | flat |
| 113 | Egypt | 0.7321 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.7282 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.7271 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 116 | Lithuania | 0.7219 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 0.7197 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Albania | 0.7152 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 119 | United Kingdom | 0.7131 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 120 | Pakistan | 0.7089 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.7051 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 0.7004 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 0.6978 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 124 | Dominican Republic | 0.6945 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 0.6915 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 126 | Guatemala | 0.6557 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 127 | Latvia | 0.6545 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 128 | Romania | 0.6524 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Eswatini | 0.6511 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6455 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 0.6417 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 132 | Norway | 0.6327 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 133 | Philippines | 0.6201 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 134 | Angola | 0.6165 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 0.6103 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 0.6095 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 0.5943 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 138 | Zambia | 0.5848 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Costa Rica | 0.5829 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 140 | Nepal | 0.5637 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 141 | Niger | 0.546 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 0.5434 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 144 | Denmark | 0.5257 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 0.477 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4741 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 0.4649 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 148 | Gabon | 0.4617 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 149 | Myanmar | 0.4605 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 150 | Kenya | 0.4588 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 151 | Switzerland | 0.4546 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 152 | Gambia | 0.4509 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 153 | Burundi | 0.4458 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 0.4374 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.4292 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 156 | Tanzania | 0.3804 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 157 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3517 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 158 | Chad | 0.3429 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Sri Lanka | 0.3161 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 160 | Uganda | 0.3076 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 161 | Malawi | 0.3051 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 0.3025 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 163 | Rwanda | 0.2389 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 5.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar
About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.