Per capita electricity generation vs gdp per capita by country

Countries reporting
209
Highest
23,615
Bahrain
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
2,628
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,561

What the numbers show

Per capita electricity generation vs gdp per capita is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 23,615 in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,628, and the mean is 3,774.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 341.4%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 100.0%).

Per capita electricity generation vs gdp per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 23,615 2024 up 13.7% rising
2 Kuwait 18,402 2025 up 3.3% rising
3 Qatar 18,030 2025 up 5.1% rising
4 Canada 16,260 2025 down 11.5% falling
5 United Arab Emirates 16,075 2024 up 13.6% rising
6 Sweden 16,019 2025 down 3.1% falling
7 Finland 14,636 2025 up 16.9% rising
8 Bhutan 13,897 2024 up 42.5% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 13,386 2024 up 18.3% rising
10 United States 13,015 2025 up 3.9% flat
11 Taiwan 12,478 2025 up 13.7% rising
12 South Korea 12,090 2025 up 12.5% rising
13 Brunei 12,016 2024 up 11.3% rising
14 Guam 11,085 2024 up 7.9% falling
15 Greenland 10,740 2024 up 25.7% rising
16 New Caledonia 10,661 2024 down 0.4% rising
17 Australia 10,615 2025 up 0.1% rising
18 Singapore 10,246 2025 up 12.6% rising
19 Oman 9,617 2025 up 22.9% rising
20 Cayman Islands 9,533 2024 down 7.5% falling
21 Bermuda 9,434 2024 down 9.2% falling
22 Aruba 9,253 2024 up 1.8% flat
23 Faroe Islands 8,952 2023 up 49.1% rising
24 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8,761 2023 up 5.1% rising
25 Israel 8,626 2025 up 8.2% rising
26 France 8,552 2025 down 3.3% rising
27 Japan 8,366 2025 up 3.4% rising
28 Russia 8,283 2025 up 12.7% rising
29 New Zealand 8,252 2025 down 12.6% falling
30 Austria 8,034 2025 up 12.4% rising
31 United States Virgin Islands 7,934 2023 down 0.2% falling
32 China 7,474 2025 up 79.4% volatile
33 Netherlands 7,356 2025 up 15.5% rising
34 Switzerland 7,251 2025 down 9.1% falling
35 Czechia 7,116 2025 down 9.2% rising
36 Slovenia 7,010 2025 down 2.4% rising
37 Laos 6,732 2024 up 198.5% volatile
38 Paraguay 6,466 2025 down 28.7% falling
39 Trinidad and Tobago 6,334 2024 down 4.3% rising
40 Puerto Rico 6,265 2025 up 5.6% falling
41 Belgium 6,199 2025 up 2.1% rising
42 Spain 6,011 2025 up 1.3% rising
43 Germany 5,953 2025 down 23.6% flat
44 Kazakhstan 5,934 2025 up 17.1% rising
45 Greece 5,863 2025 up 24.3% rising
46 Ireland 5,831 2025 down 2.6% rising
47 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,799 2024 down 11.6% rising
48 Bulgaria 5,653 2025 down 16.7% rising
49 Bahamas 5,607 2024 up 11.6% falling
50 Gibraltar 5,591 2024 down 8.2% rising
51 Malaysia 5,589 2025 up 16.3% rising
52 Denmark 5,548 2025 up 9.6% falling
53 Serbia 5,475 2025 up 4.5% rising
54 Slovakia 5,315 2025 up 8.2% rising
55 Belarus 5,154 2025 up 43.4% rising
56 Hong Kong 5,049 2024 down 7.0% rising
57 Portugal 4,911 2025 down 0.4% rising
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,908 2024 up 5.1% rising
59 Seychelles 4,830 2024 up 12.3% rising
60 Libya 4,686 2024 down 20.2% rising
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,599 2025 down 1.5% rising
62 Estonia 4,545 2025 down 41.1% falling
63 Poland 4,543 2025 up 5.8% rising
64 Italy 4,475 2025 down 3.1% rising
65 Chile 4,456 2025 up 7.4% rising
66 Guadeloupe 4,435 2023 up 4.1% rising
67 Turkmenistan 4,405 2024 up 31.2% rising
68 Martinique 4,364 2023 up 7.6% rising
69 British Virgin Islands 4,358 2023 down 30.9% falling
70 Cyprus 4,312 2025 up 15.8% rising
71 Iran 4,283 2025 up 26.3% rising
72 United Kingdom 4,203 2025 down 18.9% volatile
73 Nauru 4,178 2024 up 49.9% rising
74 Hungary 4,178 2025 up 35.5% rising
75 Turkey 4,036 2025 up 23.4% rising
76 Malta 4,015 2025 up 37.4% flat
77 Antigua and Barbuda 3,945 2024 up 3.0% rising
78 Barbados 3,930 2024 up 6.2% rising
79 Montenegro 3,888 2025 down 18.6% rising
81 Croatia 3,820 2025 up 42.2% rising
82 North Macedonia 3,760 2025 up 31.8% rising
84 Georgia 3,546 2025 up 25.1% rising
85 Uruguay 3,528 2025 down 13.5% rising
86 Brazil 3,527 2025 up 22.4% rising
87 Reunion 3,509 2023 up 5.5% rising
88 Latvia 3,383 2025 up 20.8% rising
89 Argentina 3,340 2025 down 0.1% rising
90 Armenia 3,292 2025 up 27.4% rising
91 Iraq 3,252 2024 up 72.2% rising
92 French Guiana 3,230 2023 down 8.1% flat
93 Lithuania 3,141 2025 up 115.8% volatile
94 Vietnam 3,051 2025 up 74.9% volatile
95 Albania 2,987 2024 up 83.8% rising
96 Panama 2,974 2024 up 24.5% rising
97 Cook Islands 2,909 2024 up 70.2% rising
98 Falkland Islands 2,859 2023 down 53.0% falling
99 Venezuela 2,821 2024 down 25.9% rising
100 Mongolia 2,755 2025 up 48.8% rising
101 Suriname 2,743 2024 down 13.3% rising
102 Ukraine 2,717 2022 down 36.9% falling
103 Mexico 2,705 2025 up 5.5% rising
104 Azerbaijan 2,702 2025 up 7.2% falling
105 Mauritius 2,683 2024 up 17.9% rising
106 Romania 2,634 2025 down 20.3% rising
107 Thailand 2,628 2025 up 4.3% rising
108 French Polynesia 2,555 2024 up 3.8% rising
109 Costa Rica 2,486 2025 up 11.2% rising
110 Uzbekistan 2,340 2025 up 25.3% falling
111 Tajikistan 2,287 2025 up 15.2% falling
112 Montserrat 2,266 2024 up 7.3% flat
113 Luxembourg 2,263 2025 down 3.8% volatile
114 Dominica 2,255 2023 up 4.8% rising
115 Saint Lucia 2,225 2024 up 2.0% rising
116 Kyrgyzstan 2,163 2025 up 0.5% falling
117 Egypt 2,076 2025 up 13.7% rising
118 Algeria 2,058 2024 up 25.6% rising
119 Moldova 2,056 2025 up 11.9% rising
120 Jordan 2,049 2024 down 1.4% rising
121 Grenada 2,047 2024 up 16.9% rising
122 Ecuador 2,001 2025 up 26.0% rising
123 Dominican Republic 1,969 2025 up 14.1% rising
124 Saint Helena 1,881 2023 up 2.7% rising
125 Tunisia 1,807 2025 up 5.8% rising
126 Cuba 1,770 2024 up 2.8% rising
127 Peru 1,748 2025 up 10.3% rising
128 Jamaica 1,733 2024 up 13.6% falling
129 Colombia 1,691 2025 up 1.9% rising
130 Guyana 1,660 2024 up 25.2% rising
131 Maldives 1,610 2024 up 23.4% rising
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,491 2024 up 14.5% rising
133 India 1,422 2025 up 44.1% rising
134 Botswana 1,360 2024 up 27.9% volatile
135 Indonesia 1,311 2024 up 42.8% volatile
136 Fiji 1,238 2024 up 24.8% rising
137 Morocco 1,158 2025 up 34.0% rising
138 Honduras 1,153 2024 up 25.9% rising
139 Belize 1,127 2024 up 9.2% rising
140 Bolivia 1,083 2025 up 32.6% rising
141 Macao 1,083 2024 up 3.3% volatile
142 Philippines 1,054 2025 up 34.7% rising
143 Gabon 1,024 2024 up 1.8% rising
144 North Korea 1,023 2024 up 21.2% rising
145 El Salvador 1,015 2025 up 3.4% rising
146 Syria 1,008 2024 down 3.8% falling
147 Cambodia 995.07 2025 up 246.2% volatile
148 Cape Verde 990.71 2024 up 18.0% rising
149 Zambia 925.17 2024 up 1.3% rising
150 Lebanon 919.74 2024 down 67.5% falling
151 Congo 862.15 2024 up 143.7% volatile
152 Guatemala 857.86 2024 up 26.4% rising
153 Equatorial Guinea 787.31 2024 up 1.1% volatile
154 Pakistan 764.17 2025 up 47.2% rising
155 Sri Lanka 742.59 2025 up 22.2% rising
156 Samoa 733.84 2024 up 12.9% rising
157 Ghana 704.96 2024 up 51.1% rising
158 Tonga 671.84 2024 up 43.3% rising
159 Nicaragua 653.54 2024 down 11.1% rising
160 Zimbabwe 616.79 2024 down 11.1% falling
161 Bangladesh 588.55 2025 up 58.2% volatile
162 Mozambique 571.44 2024 down 10.1% falling
163 Namibia 541.23 2024 down 18.2% falling
164 Eswatini 490.82 2024 up 16.2% falling
165 Papua New Guinea 447.22 2024 down 10.9% falling
166 Senegal 412.39 2024 up 39.6% rising
167 Angola 411.5 2024 up 16.9% rising
168 Mauritania 400.43 2024 up 49.6% rising
169 Myanmar 398.35 2024 up 40.3% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 389.81 2023 up 7.6% rising
171 Nepal 375.37 2024 up 173.3% volatile
172 East Timor 364.12 2024 up 23.0% volatile
173 Cote d'Ivoire 337.88 2024 up 0.2% rising
174 Kiribati 297.35 2024 up 14.3% rising
175 Sudan 292.77 2024 down 0.4% rising
176 Guinea 273.13 2024 up 341.4% volatile
177 Vanuatu 249.67 2023 down 9.2% rising
178 Cameroon 249.28 2024 down 20.2% rising
179 Ethiopia 246.32 2025 up 146.2% volatile
180 Kenya 244.04 2025 up 17.1% rising
181 Mali 243.48 2024 up 74.8% rising
182 Western Sahara 227.87 2009 down 22.5% falling
183 Gambia 184.78 2024 up 60.0% rising
184 Palestine 180.15 2024 up 134.0% rising
185 Nigeria 174.88 2025 up 0.5% rising
186 Djibouti 171.13 2024 up 71.6% volatile
187 Comoros 164.63 2023 up 91.0% rising
188 Democratic Republic of Congo 145.69 2024 up 30.7% rising
189 Solomon Islands 134.28 2024 down 8.0% flat
190 Yemen 129.36 2024 down 49.0% falling
191 Tanzania 128.94 2024 up 3.7% rising
192 Eritrea 127.28 2024 up 45.9% rising
193 Uganda 116.17 2024 up 30.9% rising
194 Liberia 101.55 2024 up 54.5% rising
195 Malawi 84.51 2024 down 35.3% falling
196 Togo 84.46 2024 up 67.4% volatile
197 Rwanda 79.26 2024 up 119.7% volatile
198 Madagascar 76.02 2024 up 9.5% rising
199 Haiti 73.05 2024 down 26.4% rising
200 Burkina Faso 71.77 2024 up 48.7% rising
201 Benin 69.83 2024 up 126.6% volatile
202 South Sudan 46.89 2024 up 9.7% rising
203 Guinea-Bissau 36.34 2024 up 110.9% rising
204 Niger 35.14 2024 up 50.1% rising
205 Burundi 34.88 2024 up 109.3% rising
207 Sierra Leone 24.3 2024 up 11.4% rising
208 Afghanistan 23.21 2024 down 34.4% falling
209 Somalia 22.62 2024 down 13.8% falling
210 Chad 18.23 2024 down 13.8% rising
211 Lesotho 0 2024 down 100.0% falling
211 Niue 0 2023 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
Per capita electricity generation vs gdp per capita
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,561 data points, 1920–2025
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