Fossil fuel consumption per person, by fuel by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
213
Highest
140,623 kilowatt-hours per person
Qatar
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Netherlands Antilles
Median
300.3 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,244

What the numbers show

Fossil fuel consumption per person, by fuel is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 140,623 kilowatt-hours per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 300.3 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 6,390 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 729.2%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 98.5%).

Fossil fuel consumption per person, by fuel: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 140,623 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.6% rising
2 Bahrain 126,292 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 1.3% rising
3 Brunei 91,071 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 10.1% rising
4 Trinidad and Tobago 86,586 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.9% volatile
5 United Arab Emirates 62,217 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.3% rising
6 Oman 59,842 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.4% volatile
7 Kuwait 51,374 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.1% rising
8 Turkmenistan 45,494 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 11.4% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 38,695 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 16.9% rising
10 Russia 33,337 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.5% rising
11 Canada 32,977 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.5% rising
12 Iran 27,730 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 24.5% volatile
13 United States 26,303 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 15.4% flat
14 Singapore 22,694 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.3% volatile
15 Belarus 17,717 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.1% rising
16 Gibraltar 16,770 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
17 Libya 15,702 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 56.8% rising
18 Australia 14,354 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.8% rising
19 Israel 14,260 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 43.7% volatile
20 Equatorial Guinea 14,214 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 34.0% volatile
21 Netherlands 14,209 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.1% rising
22 Taiwan 13,542 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 57.9% volatile
23 Malaysia 12,828 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.5% volatile
24 South Korea 12,185 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 36.1% volatile
25 Uzbekistan 12,004 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.1% falling
26 Azerbaijan 11,832 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.5% falling
27 Kazakhstan 11,461 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 50.2% rising
28 Belgium 11,459 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.5% rising
29 Algeria 11,391 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.2% rising
30 Venezuela 10,886 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.1% rising
31 Italy 10,168 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% rising
32 Armenia 9,700 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 4.6% rising
33 Argentina 9,515 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.3% rising
34 Germany 9,339 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 0.4% rising
35 Georgia 9,209 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 48.5% rising
38 Hungary 8,929 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.9% rising
39 United Kingdom 8,794 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.2% rising
41 Puerto Rico 8,408 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 66.4% volatile
42 Slovakia 8,211 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.4% rising
43 Austria 8,107 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.0% rising
44 Mexico 7,554 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.2% rising
45 Japan 7,343 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.3% volatile
46 Greece 7,157 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 126.9% volatile
47 Hong Kong 7,103 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 71.8% volatile
48 Croatia 6,840 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.2% rising
49 Moldova 6,764 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 23.7% rising
50 Czechia 6,732 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.0% volatile
51 Thailand 6,605 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.6% volatile
52 Spain 6,538 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.9% volatile
53 Turkey 6,438 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.1% volatile
54 Norway 6,049 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 30.4% rising
55 Lithuania 5,894 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.8% falling
56 Poland 5,801 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 29.8% rising
57 Ukraine 5,780 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.3% falling
58 New Zealand 5,227 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 49.8% rising
59 Egypt 5,192 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.4% volatile
60 Romania 5,060 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.0% falling
61 Tunisia 4,905 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 8.6% rising
62 France 4,591 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.9% rising
63 Serbia 4,361 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 61.3% rising
64 Latvia 4,346 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.5% falling
65 Slovenia 4,279 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 14.1% falling
66 Bolivia 4,153 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 30.3% volatile
67 Bulgaria 4,005 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% rising
68 Chile 3,941 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 47.4% volatile
69 Portugal 3,927 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.5% volatile
70 Iraq 3,918 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 101.5% volatile
71 Jordan 3,665 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 729.2% volatile
72 Switzerland 3,426 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.5% volatile
73 China 3,121 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 123.8% volatile
74 Peru 2,960 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.0% volatile
75 Jamaica 2,845 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
76 Denmark 2,651 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 54.5% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 2,488 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 121.6% volatile
78 Macao 2,376 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 131.5% volatile
79 Congo 2,357 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 27.9% volatile
80 Estonia 2,297 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.5% falling
81 Colombia 2,196 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.0% rising
82 Gabon 2,037 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 11.4% volatile
83 Finland 1,990 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 52.3% volatile
84 Indonesia 1,691 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.7% volatile
85 North Macedonia 1,652 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 151.2% volatile
86 Syria 1,646 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 37.2% volatile
87 Brazil 1,560 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.7% volatile
88 Bangladesh 1,558 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.9% volatile
89 Ghana 1,336 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 431.8% volatile
90 Pakistan 1,334 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.6% rising
91 Panama 1,324 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
92 Nigeria 934.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 15.1% rising
93 Cuba 907.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 16.9% volatile
94 Cote d'Ivoire 878.71 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 0.9% volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 865.04 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 9.8% volatile
96 Barbados 811.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 46.7% falling
97 Myanmar 805.74 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 8.8% rising
98 Sweden 797.37 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.3% rising
99 El Salvador 783.45 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
100 South Africa 722.95 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.0% volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 693.35 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 39.1% volatile
102 Mozambique 634.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 20.7% volatile
103 Vietnam 569.29 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 48.6% volatile
104 Papua New Guinea 457.9 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 260.2% volatile
105 India 454.75 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.3% volatile
106 Angola 347.12 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 276.6% falling
107 Philippines 342.7 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.6% volatile
108 Tanzania 314.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 166.0% volatile
109 Bahamas 309.95 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
110 Uruguay 300.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 68.1% volatile
111 Ecuador 254.7 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 49.5% rising
112 Morocco 247.25 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.3% volatile
113 Cameroon 230.5 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 0.1% volatile
114 Albania 200.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 77.1% volatile
115 Togo 183 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
116 Suriname 120.88 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
117 Tajikistan 118.62 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 58.8% volatile
118 Benin 113.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
119 Rwanda 68.24 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
120 Guatemala 42.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
121 Guyana 24.75 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
122 Afghanistan 23.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2020 down 56.7% volatile
123 Senegal 17.44 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 55.8% volatile
124 Niger 10.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
125 Yemen 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 98.5% volatile
126 Haiti 1.99 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
127 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
127 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2011 flat
127 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2011 flat
127 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
127 Netherlands Antilles 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Fossil fuel consumption per person, by fuel
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
219 places, 10,244 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.