Electricity demand per person in Singapore
Singapore: Electricity demand per person was 10,295 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
10,295 kilowatt-hours
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
20th
of 214 countries
All-time high
10,295 kilowatt-hours
in 2025
All-time low
7,848 kilowatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Electricity demand per person in Singapore, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 10,295 kilowatt-hours for electricity demand per person in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity demand per person in Singapore peaked at 10,295 kilowatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 7,848 kilowatt-hours, in 2000.
Singapore ranks 20th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Electricity demand per person in Singapore, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,848 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 8,032 kilowatt-hours | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 8,358 kilowatt-hours | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 8,535 kilowatt-hours | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 8,824 kilowatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 8,954 kilowatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 8,961 kilowatt-hours | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 8,948 kilowatt-hours | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 8,669 kilowatt-hours | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 8,413 kilowatt-hours | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 8,934 kilowatt-hours | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 8,876 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 8,868 kilowatt-hours | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 8,907 kilowatt-hours | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 9,033 kilowatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 9,100 kilowatt-hours | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 9,249 kilowatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 9,329 kilowatt-hours | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,401 kilowatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 9,549 kilowatt-hours | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,443 kilowatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 10,059 kilowatt-hours | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 10,106 kilowatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,915 kilowatt-hours | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 10,224 kilowatt-hours | +3.1% |
| 2025 | 10,295 kilowatt-hours | +0.7% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 10,295 kilowatt-hours is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,759 kilowatt-hours, 1.5× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 10,295 kilowatt-hours is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,115 kilowatt-hours, 3.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,554 kilowatt-hours | 7,848 kilowatt-hours | 8,961 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,125 kilowatt-hours | 8,868 kilowatt-hours | 9,549 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,007 kilowatt-hours | 9,443 kilowatt-hours | 10,295 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 17 Greenland 10,740 kilowatt-hours compare
- 18 New Caledonia 10,661 kilowatt-hours compare
- 19 Australia 10,615 kilowatt-hours compare
- 21 Luxembourg 9,846 kilowatt-hours compare
- 22 Oman 9,617 kilowatt-hours compare
- 23 Cayman Islands 9,533 kilowatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for Singapore
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.1889 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0002 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 19.1% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity demand per person in Singapore?
- Electricity demand per person in Singapore was 10,295 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity demand per person recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 10,295 kilowatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity demand per person recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,848 kilowatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Singapore rank for electricity demand per person?
- Singapore ranks 20th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity demand per person rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.