Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.

Countries reporting
213
Highest
588,966 kilowatt-hours per person
Qatar
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Netherlands Antilles
Median
0 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
14,802

What the numbers show

Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 588,966 kilowatt-hours per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 9,895 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 5,464.7%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 588,966 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.7% volatile
2 Brunei 225,202 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.5% volatile
3 Norway 214,403 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.1% volatile
4 Trinidad and Tobago 157,520 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 37.4% volatile
5 Bahrain 97,413 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.5% volatile
6 Turkmenistan 95,062 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.3% falling
7 Oman 83,014 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.0% volatile
8 Australia 55,080 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 77.5% volatile
9 United Arab Emirates 51,674 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.5% volatile
10 Canada 51,394 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 15.0% volatile
11 Russia 42,319 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 5.2% rising
12 Saudi Arabia 38,695 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 16.9% volatile
13 Equatorial Guinea 38,081 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 20.1% volatile
14 Azerbaijan 36,394 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 89.0% volatile
15 United States 30,919 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 36.2% volatile
16 Kuwait 30,898 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.2% volatile
17 Iran 28,655 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 29.0% volatile
18 Israel 27,256 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 179.0% volatile
19 Malaysia 22,301 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.4% volatile
20 Algeria 20,664 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1.6% volatile
21 Kazakhstan 18,419 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 22.7% volatile
22 Libya 15,721 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.7% volatile
23 Papua New Guinea 11,687 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 93.5% volatile
24 Venezuela 10,886 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.7% volatile
25 Uzbekistan 10,804 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 35.7% falling
26 Argentina 9,848 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.6% volatile
27 Bolivia 6,847 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 62.5% volatile
28 New Zealand 6,765 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 46.0% volatile
29 Denmark 5,114 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 39.4% volatile
30 Romania 4,711 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.4% volatile
31 Peru 4,472 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.6% volatile
32 United Kingdom 4,304 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 30.8% volatile
33 Netherlands 4,235 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 84.2% volatile
34 Ukraine 4,120 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.2% volatile
35 Thailand 4,101 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% volatile
36 Mozambique 4,030 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 61.8% volatile
37 Egypt 3,443 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.5% volatile
38 Congo 3,033 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 7.2% volatile
39 Mexico 2,637 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% volatile
40 Myanmar 2,537 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.5% volatile
41 Indonesia 2,514 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.1% volatile
42 Iraq 2,327 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.7% volatile
44 Nigeria 2,138 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.3% volatile
45 Gabon 2,037 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 11.4% volatile
46 China 1,865 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 91.9% volatile
47 Hungary 1,778 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 5.6% volatile
48 Croatia 1,774 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 49.3% falling
49 Colombia 1,762 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.7% volatile
50 Angola 1,659 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 468.8% volatile
51 Syria 1,292 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.1% volatile
52 Brazil 1,248 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 5.8% volatile
53 Ghana 1,075 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 5,464.7% volatile
54 Tunisia 1,048 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 35.3% volatile
55 Bangladesh 1,024 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.9% volatile
56 Pakistan 977.28 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 39.4% volatile
57 Cameroon 939.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 307.6% volatile
58 Cuba 907.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 16.9% volatile
59 Poland 897.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.8% volatile
60 Cote d'Ivoire 878.71 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 0.9% volatile
61 Austria 624.5 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 61.9% volatile
62 Chile 600.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 23.6% volatile
63 Vietnam 569.29 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 48.6% volatile
64 Italy 551.92 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 48.2% volatile
65 Serbia 492.06 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 42.4% rising
66 Germany 444.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 51.5% volatile
67 Tanzania 314.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 166.0% volatile
68 Turkey 274.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 320.3% volatile
69 India 212.9 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 0.5% volatile
70 Albania 201.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 77.1% volatile
71 Czechia 181.23 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 30.4% volatile
72 Japan 178.13 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 31.4% volatile
73 Jordan 171.78 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 20.1% volatile
74 Ecuador 160.42 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 59.3% volatile
75 Philippines 153.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 45.0% volatile
76 Barbados 143.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 74.1% volatile
77 Suriname 120.88 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
78 Belarus 82.07 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 141.4% volatile
79 Slovakia 73.64 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 63.2% volatile
80 Rwanda 68.24 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
81 Kyrgyzstan 47 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 24.8% volatile
82 Guatemala 42.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
83 Taiwan 26.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 82.2% volatile
84 Georgia 26.46 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 931.8% volatile
85 Afghanistan 23.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2020 down 56.7% volatile
86 Tajikistan 18.46 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 19.6% volatile
87 Slovenia 17.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 8.2% volatile
88 Senegal 17.44 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 55.8% volatile
89 Bulgaria 14.32 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 94.5% volatile
90 Belgium 13.75 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
91 Morocco 12.09 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 60.2% volatile
92 Niger 10.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
93 South Africa 9.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 94.7% volatile
94 Spain 6.94 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 up 20.5% volatile
95 Greece 3.01 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 53.3% volatile
96 Yemen 2.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 99.9% volatile
97 France 2.23 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 26.5% volatile
98 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
98 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
98 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Dominican Republic 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Finland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Micronesia (country) 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Cambodia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 South Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
98 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Sri Lanka 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 volatile
98 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 North Macedonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Panama 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Puerto Rico 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 El Salvador 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 down 100.0% volatile
98 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Tuvalu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 French Guiana 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2011 flat
98 Reunion 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2011 flat
98 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2024 flat
98 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 production 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, 14,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.