Energy intensity by country
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
5.35 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Iceland
Lowest
0.2389 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Rwanda
Median
0.963 kilowatt-hours per dollar
Years covered
58
1965–2022
Data points
7,844
What the numbers show
Energy intensity is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 5.35 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Iceland; the lowest is 0.2389 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.963 kilowatt-hours per dollar, and the mean is 1.15 kilowatt-hours per dollar.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 117.7%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 43.2%).
Energy intensity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 5.35 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 4.68 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.61 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 4 | North Korea | 4.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 5 | Bahrain | 4.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Venezuela | 3.54 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 7 | Libya | 2.47 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 8 | Oman | 2.38 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 9 | Russia | 2.26 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 11 | Iran | 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kuwait | 2.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 13 | Ukraine | 2.12 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 14 | Syria | 2.08 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Singapore | 1.98 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.93 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 18 | Canada | 1.87 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.83 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Mozambique | 1.79 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 21 | South Africa | 1.79 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 22 | Barbados | 1.74 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 23 | Belarus | 1.73 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 1.71 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 25 | South Korea | 1.71 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 1.67 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 27 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.67 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 1.66 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 1.63 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 30 | Moldova | 1.61 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 1.58 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 32 | Estonia | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 33 | Serbia | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 34 | China | 1.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 35 | Qatar | 1.49 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Malaysia | 1.48 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 1.45 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 1.43 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 39 | Belgium | 1.4 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 40 | Lebanon | 1.36 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 41 | Czechia | 1.35 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 42 | Bolivia | 1.32 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 1.31 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 44 | Mauritania | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Finland | 1.29 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 46 | Vietnam | 1.27 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 47 | Armenia | 1.25 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 48 | New Zealand | 1.24 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 49 | Algeria | 1.23 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 50 | Thailand | 1.23 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 1.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Seychelles | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 54 | Iraq | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Mongolia | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Laos | 1.18 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Jordan | 1.15 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 58 | Australia | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 59 | Palestine | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 1.11 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 61 | Argentina | 1.09 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 1.08 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 1.07 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 64 | Mexico | 1.06 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 65 | Greece | 1.06 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 66 | Ecuador | 1.05 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 1.04 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 69 | Yemen | 1.04 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 43.1% | flat |
| 70 | Taiwan | 1.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 1.03 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 72 | Lesotho | 1.01 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands | 1.01 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 74 | Japan | 1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 75 | Djibouti | 1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Congo | 0.9933 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.9812 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 78 | Sweden | 0.9735 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.9728 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 0.9719 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovenia | 0.9716 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 82 | Cambodia | 0.9685 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Chile | 0.9675 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 84 | Mali | 0.9585 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Tunisia | 0.9536 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 86 | Hungary | 0.9328 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 87 | Poland | 0.9249 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 88 | Guinea | 0.9096 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 89 | India | 0.9096 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.9015 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Brazil | 0.8988 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | Cyprus | 0.8892 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 93 | Montenegro | 0.8882 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 94 | Spain | 0.8833 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 95 | Israel | 0.8755 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 96 | France | 0.8593 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 0.8462 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Peru | 0.832 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 99 | Togo | 0.8261 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 100 | Namibia | 0.8225 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 101 | Morocco | 0.8191 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 102 | Indonesia | 0.8074 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 103 | Germany | 0.8039 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 104 | Paraguay | 0.8027 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritius | 0.7968 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 106 | Croatia | 0.7926 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 0.7847 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 108 | Turkey | 0.7797 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 0.7715 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 110 | Italy | 0.7703 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 111 | Portugal | 0.764 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 112 | Benin | 0.7613 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Botswana | 0.7452 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 114 | Liberia | 0.7357 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.5% | flat |
| 115 | Egypt | 0.7321 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 116 | El Salvador | 0.7282 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 117 | Uruguay | 0.7271 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 118 | Lithuania | 0.7219 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 0.7197 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Albania | 0.7152 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 0.7131 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 122 | Pakistan | 0.7089 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 123 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.7051 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 124 | Haiti | 0.7004 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 125 | Ghana | 0.6978 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 0.6945 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 127 | Colombia | 0.6915 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 128 | Guatemala | 0.6557 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.6545 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 130 | Romania | 0.6524 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Eswatini | 0.6511 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 132 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6455 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 0.6417 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 134 | Norway | 0.6327 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 135 | Philippines | 0.6201 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 136 | Angola | 0.6165 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.6103 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 138 | Hong Kong | 0.6095 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 0.5943 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 140 | Zambia | 0.5848 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 0.5829 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 142 | Nepal | 0.5637 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 143 | Niger | 0.546 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.5434 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 146 | Denmark | 0.5257 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 147 | Central African Republic | 0.477 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 104.3% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4741 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 149 | Nigeria | 0.4649 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 150 | Gabon | 0.4617 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 151 | Myanmar | 0.4605 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 27.9% | falling |
| 152 | Kenya | 0.4588 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 153 | Switzerland | 0.4546 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.4509 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 155 | Burundi | 0.4458 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 78.4% | rising |
| 156 | Cameroon | 0.4374 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.4292 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 158 | Tanzania | 0.3804 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3517 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 160 | Chad | 0.3429 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 92.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | 0.3161 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 162 | Uganda | 0.3076 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 163 | Malawi | 0.3051 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 0.3025 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 165 | 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.