Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person by country
Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
23,552 kilowatt-hours
Bahrain
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Paraguay
Median
1,031 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,157
What the numbers show
Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 23,552 kilowatt-hours in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,031 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 2,287 kilowatt-hours.
Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 1,010.2%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 100.0%).
Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 23,552 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 2 | Kuwait | 17,990 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Qatar | 17,298 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 13,097 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 5 | Brunei | 11,994 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 10,974 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 7 | Taiwan | 10,810 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 8 | Guam | 10,132 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 9 | Singapore | 9,684 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bermuda | 9,279 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 11 | Oman | 9,180 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 12 | Cayman Islands | 9,130 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8,761 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 14 | New Caledonia | 7,791 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 15 | United States Virgin Islands | 7,700 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 16 | Aruba | 7,680 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 17 | United States | 7,418 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 18 | South Korea | 7,259 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Israel | 7,166 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 6,516 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,327 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 22 | Puerto Rico | 5,867 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 5,630 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Gibraltar | 5,591 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,584 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 26 | Bahamas | 5,557 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 27 | Russia | 5,328 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 5,052 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 4,997 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Faroe Islands | 4,750 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 31 | Libya | 4,685 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,481 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 4,435 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 4,403 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 35 | China | 4,361 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 36 | British Virgin Islands | 4,358 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 37 | Seychelles | 4,063 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 38 | Iran | 4,038 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 3,953 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 3,743 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 41 | American Samoa | 3,633 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 42 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,625 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 3,576 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 3,374 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 45 | Netherlands | 3,372 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 46 | Nauru | 3,342 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 47 | Martinique | 3,237 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 48 | Iraq | 3,199 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 3,115 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 3,111 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 51 | South Africa | 3,080 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 52 | Ireland | 3,024 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 53 | Belarus | 3,019 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 2,949 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 55 | Czechia | 2,907 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 56 | Guadeloupe | 2,868 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 57 | Falkland Islands | 2,859 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,595 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mongolia | 2,525 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 60 | Germany | 2,435 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 2,374 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 62 | Italy | 2,292 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 63 | Turkey | 2,290 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Montserrat | 2,266 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 65 | Mauritius | 2,203 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 66 | Thailand | 2,193 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 2,170 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Grenada | 2,047 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 69 | Algeria | 2,036 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 70 | Mexico | 2,004 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 1,985 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 72 | Dominica | 1,954 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 1,950 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 1,886 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Helena | 1,881 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 76 | Estonia | 1,837 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 77 | Moldova | 1,826 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Egypt | 1,806 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 79 | Greenland | 1,790 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 80 | Belgium | 1,735 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 81 | Tunisia | 1,734 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 1,699 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 1,668 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1,665 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Guyana | 1,612 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 1,588 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 53.6% | flat |
| 87 | Laos | 1,568 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Jordan | 1,555 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 89 | Spain | 1,525 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 90 | Reunion | 1,520 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 91 | Jamaica | 1,515 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 1,500 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 93 | Chile | 1,498 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 94 | Maldives | 1,497 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 1,495 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 1,478 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 97 | Cook Islands | 1,455 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 98 | Botswana | 1,357 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Austria | 1,318 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 100 | Suriname | 1,292 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,292 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 102 | Armenia | 1,121 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 103 | French Guiana | 1,121 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 104 | Indonesia | 1,074 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 105 | India | 1,043 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 1,031 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 107 | Syria | 972.73 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 952.26 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 109 | Montenegro | 948.27 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 60.6% | rising |
| 110 | New Zealand | 946.33 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 111 | Portugal | 935.47 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 63.8% | falling |
| 112 | Latvia | 911.76 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 113 | Croatia | 906.93 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 114 | Morocco | 880.54 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 115 | Romania | 855.69 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 116 | Philippines | 808.48 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 117 | Slovakia | 789.06 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 118 | Ukraine | 755.93 kilowatt-hours | 2022 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 119 | Macao | 749.72 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 722.42 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 121 | Lithuania | 703.14 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Bolivia | 692.27 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 685.87 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 124 | Congo | 682.14 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 329.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Gabon | 661.69 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 126 | Peru | 635.4 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 127 | Cambodia | 588.3 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 301.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 575.97 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 575.95 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Tonga | 575.86 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 131 | Finland | 535.27 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 132 | Lebanon | 516.71 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 81.5% | falling |
| 133 | Honduras | 513.59 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 134 | Denmark | 489.8 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Fiji | 452.2 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 136 | Ghana | 449.64 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 137 | France | 440.36 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 138 | Samoa | 412.79 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 139 | Ecuador | 412.25 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 46.9% | rising |
| 140 | Brazil | 397.96 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Colombia | 388.58 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 142 | North Korea | 374.73 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 143 | East Timor | 364.12 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 346.5 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 145 | Pakistan | 344.61 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 341.32 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 147 | Senegal | 330.77 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 330.36 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 149 | Mauritania | 309.51 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 150 | Norway | 286.32 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 284.98 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 152 | Guatemala | 271.64 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 264.51 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 154 | Venezuela | 249.95 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 85.1% | falling |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 245.8 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 240.18 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 157 | Western Sahara | 227.87 kilowatt-hours | 2009 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 158 | Kiribati | 223.01 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 159 | Myanmar | 207.71 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Mali | 196.09 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 236.5% | rising |
| 161 | Sweden | 195.18 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 162 | Luxembourg | 191.05 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 187.25 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 164 | Gambia | 184.78 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 165 | Switzerland | 167.27 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 166 | Comoros | 164.63 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 143.86 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 168 | El Salvador | 136.67 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 66.6% | falling |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 128.86 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 596.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 122.07 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 171 | Nigeria | 120.11 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 172 | Zambia | 115.88 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 349.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Yemen | 114.83 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 174 | Eritrea | 113.14 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 175 | Djibouti | 111.23 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Palestine | 109.18 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 177 | Angola | 108.22 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Mozambique | 94.71 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 1,010.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Tanzania | 86.49 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Uruguay | 76.82 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Guinea | 67.77 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 168.1% | rising |
| 182 | Benin | 67.07 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 117.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Cameroon | 66.96 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Togo | 59.48 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Sudan | 59.47 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 186 | Haiti | 59.46 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 187 | Burkina Faso | 59.45 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 188 | Liberia | 46.32 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 189 | South Sudan | 46.05 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 190 | Madagascar | 43.8 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 191 | Rwanda | 39.98 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.34 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 193 | Niger | 34.03 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 194 | Kenya | 24.33 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 195 | Somalia | 17.89 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 196 | Chad | 17.24 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 197 | Eswatini | 16.09 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 198 | Namibia | 13.2 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Burundi | 8.54 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 207.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Malawi | 3.69 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Uganda | 3.4 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Afghanistan | 3.05 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 203 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Albania | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Costa Rica | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Ethiopia | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Iceland | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Nepal | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 204 | Paraguay | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | — | volatile |
About this data
Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in kilowatt-hours per person.