Electricity generation from gas per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
23,552 kilowatt-hours
Bahrain
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
43.74 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
5,974

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from gas per person is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 23,552 kilowatt-hours in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 43.74 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 1,086 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 1,124.2%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).

Electricity generation from gas per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 23,552 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.5% rising
2 Qatar 17,298 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.2% rising
3 Kuwait 11,410 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.8% rising
4 United Arab Emirates 10,974 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 22.2% rising
5 Brunei 9,509 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 11.1% rising
6 Singapore 9,336 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 7.7% rising
7 Oman 8,834 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.9% rising
8 Saudi Arabia 8,479 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 61.3% rising
9 Israel 6,872 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 66.9% volatile
10 Trinidad and Tobago 6,301 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 4.6% rising
11 Taiwan 6,086 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 77.2% volatile
12 United States 5,204 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 27.3% rising
13 Gibraltar 4,574 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
14 Turkmenistan 4,403 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 31.1% rising
15 Iran 3,835 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 53.3% volatile
16 Russia 3,703 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.6% rising
17 Libya 3,493 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 10.8% rising
18 South Korea 3,379 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 41.2% volatile
19 Hong Kong 3,237 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 160.1% rising
20 Canada 2,888 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 52.8% volatile
21 Belarus 2,809 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 20.1% rising
22 Japan 2,742 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 16.4% rising
23 Netherlands 2,567 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 4.1% rising
24 Azerbaijan 2,367 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.6% rising
25 Greece 2,253 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 168.2% volatile
26 Italy 2,114 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.5% rising
27 Algeria 2,029 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 25.6% rising
28 Malaysia 1,887 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 15.8% rising
29 Puerto Rico 1,848 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.2% rising
30 Argentina 1,760 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.3% rising
31 Moldova 1,752 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.0% rising
32 Kazakhstan 1,745 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 96.1% volatile
33 Australia 1,744 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 16.0% rising
34 Iraq 1,722 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 315.5% volatile
35 Thailand 1,722 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 5.5% rising
36 Tunisia 1,715 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.7% rising
37 Uzbekistan 1,692 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 7.3% rising
38 Mexico 1,667 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.8% volatile
39 Egypt 1,653 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 26.8% volatile
40 Belgium 1,335 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 31.6% rising
41 United Kingdom 1,307 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 14.4% volatile
42 Spain 1,296 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.2% volatile
43 Jordan 1,270 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 758.8% volatile
44 Armenia 1,121 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17.0% rising
45 Jamaica 986.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
46 Germany 983.29 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 31.3% rising
47 Austria 959.01 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.2% flat
48 Turkey 893.65 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 27.9% volatile
49 Latvia 884.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 36.6% rising
50 Hungary 846.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 62.9% rising
51 Portugal 805.81 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 20.9% volatile
52 North Macedonia 738.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 712.8% volatile
53 New Zealand 731.16 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 50.4% falling
54 Georgia 722.42 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.1% rising
55 Croatia 717.23 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 150.1% rising
56 Chile 681.77 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.3% flat
57 Macao 680.3 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 66.1% volatile
58 Bolivia 676.37 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 19.0% rising
59 Poland 650.75 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 289.7% volatile
60 Congo 636.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 300.8% volatile
61 Peru 631.35 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.5% volatile
62 Panama 620.08 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
63 Slovakia 599.1 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 103.0% rising
64 Equatorial Guinea 570.67 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 14.1% volatile
65 Syria 526.9 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 23.6% falling
66 Dominican Republic 526.89 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 28.5% volatile
67 Lithuania 519.41 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 23.8% volatile
68 Romania 492.9 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.3% falling
69 Gabon 452.94 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 4.7% rising
70 Slovenia 448.73 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 131.1% volatile
71 Ghana 433.08 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 335.3% volatile
72 Czechia 384.57 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 77.5% volatile
73 Bangladesh 378.4 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 26.1% rising
74 Serbia 375.24 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,124.2% volatile
75 Bulgaria 275.52 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 6.3% flat
76 France 258.81 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 20.5% volatile
77 Brazil 257.74 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 34.6% volatile
78 Indonesia 242.62 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.7% volatile
79 Cuba 241.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 2.4% rising
80 Cote d'Ivoire 239.56 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.3% rising
81 China 235.98 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 97.4% volatile
82 Colombia 232.66 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 39.1% rising
83 Vietnam 190.36 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 63.3% volatile
84 Myanmar 183.49 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 86.7% volatile
85 Philippines 181.96 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.5% rising
86 Ukraine 174.91 kilowatt-hours 2022 down 49.6% falling
87 Finland 168.94 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 82.2% volatile
88 Pakistan 160.84 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 0.1% rising
89 Norway 160.06 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 62.2% volatile
90 Denmark 134.94 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 57.9% volatile
91 Venezuela 126.74 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 88.4% falling
92 Morocco 126.46 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 24.3% volatile
93 Nigeria 120.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 14.2% rising
94 Barbados 106.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 47.8% rising
95 Mozambique 90.38 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,009.9% volatile
96 Papua New Guinea 86.04 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 18.3% falling
97 Tanzania 80.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 55.0% volatile
98 Estonia 59.51 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 30.4% volatile
99 Togo 59.48 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 725.3% volatile
100 Cameroon 54.94 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 9.6% volatile
101 Ecuador 53.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 69.0% volatile
102 Benin 50.47 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 456.7% volatile
103 Kyrgyzstan 37.01 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 30.7% volatile
104 Angola 36.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
105 India 33.16 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 32.0% volatile
106 Suriname 31.52 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 81.4% rising
107 Switzerland 30.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 60.4% falling
108 Tajikistan 22.25 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
109 Rwanda 21.04 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,095.7% volatile
110 Guyana 12.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
111 Sweden 10.32 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 77.5% volatile
112 Niger 1.85 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
113 Yemen 1.48 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 98.5% volatile
114 Senegal 1.08 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 88.2% volatile
115 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Afghanistan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
115 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
115 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Botswana 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
115 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Guatemala 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
115 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Honduras 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Laos 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
115 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Madagascar 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Montenegro 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Mongolia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Mauritius 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Namibia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 New Caledonia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 North Korea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
115 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Eswatini 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 South Africa 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
115 Zambia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Zimbabwe 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours 2009 flat
115 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
115 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
115 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from gas per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,974 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.