Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables by country

Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
205
Highest
23,552 kilowatt-hours
Bahrain
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Paraguay
Median
972.73 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
5,940

What the numbers show

Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables is currently reported for 205 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 972.73 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 2,308 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 1,010.2%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 100.0%).

Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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% falling
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 Iraq 3,199 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 77.1% rising
48 Cyprus 3,115 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 8.2% rising
49 Poland 3,111 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 15.9% flat
50 South Africa 3,080 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 24.5% flat
51 Ireland 3,024 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 29.6% falling
52 Belarus 3,019 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 15.1% rising
53 Greece 2,949 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.8% falling
54 Czechia 2,907 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 33.8% falling
55 Falkland Islands 2,859 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 5.9% falling
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,595 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 16.1% falling
57 Mongolia 2,525 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 42.1% rising
58 Germany 2,435 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 44.4% falling
59 Azerbaijan 2,374 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.3% rising
60 Italy 2,292 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 18.7% falling
61 Turkey 2,290 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.9% rising
62 Montserrat 2,266 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 7.3% flat
63 Mauritius 2,203 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 21.6% rising
64 Thailand 2,193 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 5.7% rising
65 Saint Lucia 2,170 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 0.6% rising
66 Grenada 2,047 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16.9% rising
67 Algeria 2,036 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 24.7% rising
68 Mexico 2,004 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.2% rising
69 North Macedonia 1,985 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.6% falling
70 Dominica 1,954 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 23.9% rising
71 Argentina 1,950 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 18.4% rising
72 Uzbekistan 1,886 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 14.7% rising
73 Saint Helena 1,881 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 2.7% rising
74 Estonia 1,837 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 71.9% falling
75 Moldova 1,826 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.0% rising
76 Egypt 1,806 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.2% rising
77 Greenland 1,790 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 11.8% falling
78 Belgium 1,735 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 29.9% falling
79 Tunisia 1,734 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.6% rising
80 Cuba 1,699 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.2% rising
81 French Polynesia 1,668 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 4.0% rising
82 Vietnam 1,665 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 46.4% volatile
83 Guyana 1,612 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 26.7% rising
84 Bulgaria 1,588 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 53.6% flat
85 Laos 1,568 kilowatt-hours 2024 — volatile
86 Jordan 1,555 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 24.9% rising
87 Spain 1,525 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 42.1% rising
88 Jamaica 1,515 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 10.2% falling
89 Dominican Republic 1,500 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 5.6% rising
90 Chile 1,498 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 36.4% rising
91 Maldives 1,497 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16.8% rising
92 United Kingdom 1,495 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 47.2% volatile
93 Slovenia 1,478 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 36.6% falling
94 Cook Islands 1,455 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 14.9% falling
95 Botswana 1,357 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 27.6% volatile
96 Austria 1,318 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 19.7% falling
97 Suriname 1,292 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 41.4% rising
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,292 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 6.9% rising
99 Armenia 1,121 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17.0% rising
100 Indonesia 1,074 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 36.8% volatile
101 India 1,043 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 28.2% rising
102 Hungary 1,031 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 10.1% falling
103 Syria 972.73 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 4.5% falling
104 Panama 952.26 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 9.8% rising
105 Montenegro 948.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 60.6% rising
106 New Zealand 946.33 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 49.7% falling
107 Portugal 935.47 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 63.8% falling
108 Latvia 911.76 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 34.7% rising
109 Croatia 906.93 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.0% rising
110 Morocco 880.54 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 21.4% rising
111 Romania 855.69 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 38.9% falling
112 Philippines 808.48 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 38.5% rising
113 Slovakia 789.06 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 21.1% falling
114 Ukraine 755.93 kilowatt-hours 2022 down 64.2% falling
115 Macao 749.72 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 20.4% volatile
116 Georgia 722.42 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.1% rising
117 Lithuania 703.14 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 19.9% volatile
118 Bolivia 692.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 20.1% rising
119 Cape Verde 685.87 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.4% rising
120 Congo 682.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 329.7% volatile
121 Gabon 661.69 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 10.0% rising
122 Peru 635.4 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 15.2% rising
123 Bangladesh 575.97 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 56.9% rising
124 Equatorial Guinea 575.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.6% volatile
125 Tonga 575.86 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 22.8% rising
126 Finland 535.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 80.2% falling
127 Lebanon 516.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 81.5% falling
128 Honduras 513.59 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 5.6% rising
129 Denmark 489.8 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 71.7% volatile
130 Fiji 452.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 11.7% rising
131 Ghana 449.64 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 164.9% volatile
132 France 440.36 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 36.3% falling
133 Samoa 412.79 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 17.4% rising
134 Ecuador 412.25 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 46.9% rising
135 Brazil 397.96 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 40.6% volatile
136 Colombia 388.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 36.1% rising
137 North Korea 374.73 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 10.9% flat
138 East Timor 364.12 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 23.0% volatile
139 Sao Tome and Principe 346.5 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 11.5% rising
140 Pakistan 344.61 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 6.2% rising
141 Papua New Guinea 341.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 2.1% rising
142 Senegal 330.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 23.2% rising
143 Kyrgyzstan 330.36 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.7% falling
144 Mauritania 309.51 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 47.1% rising
145 Norway 286.32 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 49.3% volatile
146 Sri Lanka 284.98 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 8.5% rising
147 Guatemala 271.64 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 26.8% falling
148 Zimbabwe 264.51 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 15.0% falling
149 Venezuela 249.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 85.1% falling
150 Nicaragua 245.8 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 27.6% falling
151 Cote d'Ivoire 240.18 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 6.6% rising
152 Western Sahara 227.87 kilowatt-hours 2009 down 22.5% falling
153 Kiribati 223.01 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 14.3% rising
154 Myanmar 207.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 97.5% volatile
155 Mali 196.09 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 236.5% rising
156 Sweden 195.18 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 39.3% falling
157 Luxembourg 191.05 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 88.0% volatile
158 Vanuatu 187.25 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 20.6% falling
159 Gambia 184.78 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 60.0% rising
160 Switzerland 167.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 25.5% falling
161 Comoros 164.63 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 91.0% rising
162 Belize 143.86 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 67.3% volatile
163 Tajikistan 128.86 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 596.2% volatile
164 Solomon Islands 122.07 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 16.3% falling
165 Nigeria 120.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 14.2% rising
166 Zambia 115.88 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 349.3% volatile
167 Yemen 114.83 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 54.6% falling
168 Eritrea 113.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 29.7% rising
169 Djibouti 111.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 11.5% volatile
170 Palestine 109.18 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 41.8% rising
171 Angola 108.22 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 34.8% volatile
172 Mozambique 94.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,010.2% volatile
173 Tanzania 86.49 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 21.3% volatile
174 Uruguay 76.82 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 72.5% volatile
175 Guinea 67.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 168.1% rising
176 Benin 67.07 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 117.6% volatile
177 Cameroon 66.96 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 40.4% volatile
178 Togo 59.48 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 79.4% volatile
179 Sudan 59.47 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 6.2% rising
180 Haiti 59.46 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 34.4% rising
181 Burkina Faso 59.45 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 38.9% rising
182 Liberia 46.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 29.5% falling
183 South Sudan 46.05 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 7.8% rising
184 Madagascar 43.8 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 33.9% rising
185 Rwanda 39.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 116.4% volatile
186 Guinea-Bissau 36.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 110.9% rising
187 Niger 34.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 48.6% rising
188 Kenya 24.33 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 14.6% falling
189 Somalia 17.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 31.8% falling
190 Chad 17.24 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 15.6% rising
191 Eswatini 16.09 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.6% flat
192 Namibia 13.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 205.2% volatile
193 Burundi 8.54 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 207.5% volatile
194 Malawi 3.69 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 48.8% volatile
195 Uganda 3.4 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 37.5% volatile
196 Afghanistan 3.05 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 37.5% falling
197 Sierra Leone 1.16 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 73.5% volatile
198 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 — volatile
198 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 — volatile
198 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
198 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
198 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 — volatile
198 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 — volatile
198 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 — volatile
198 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 — volatile

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Indicator
Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
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
208 places, 5,940 data points, 1920–2025
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Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in kilowatt-hours per person.