Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
211
Highest
23,615 kilowatt-hours
Bahrain
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Lesotho
Median
2,634 kilowatt-hours
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 211 countries. The highest value is 23,615 kilowatt-hours in Bahrain; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,634 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 3,774 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 58 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 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.7% rising
2 Kuwait 18,402 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.3% rising
3 Qatar 18,030 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 5.1% rising
4 Canada 16,260 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.5% falling
5 United Arab Emirates 16,075 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.6% rising
6 Sweden 16,019 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.1% falling
7 Finland 14,636 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 16.9% rising
8 Bhutan 13,897 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 42.5% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 13,386 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 18.3% rising
10 United States 13,015 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.9% flat
11 Taiwan 12,478 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 13.7% rising
12 South Korea 12,090 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.5% rising
13 Brunei 12,016 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 11.3% rising
14 Guam 11,085 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 7.9% falling
15 Greenland 10,740 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 25.7% rising
16 New Caledonia 10,661 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 0.4% rising
17 Australia 10,615 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.1% rising
18 Singapore 10,246 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.6% rising
19 Oman 9,617 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 22.9% rising
20 Cayman Islands 9,533 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 7.5% falling
21 Bermuda 9,434 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 9.2% falling
22 Aruba 9,253 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.8% flat
23 Faroe Islands 8,952 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 49.1% rising
24 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8,761 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 5.1% rising
25 Israel 8,626 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.2% rising
26 France 8,552 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.3% rising
27 Japan 8,366 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.4% rising
28 Russia 8,283 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.7% rising
29 New Zealand 8,252 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 12.6% falling
30 Austria 8,034 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12.4% rising
31 United States Virgin Islands 7,934 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 0.2% falling
32 China 7,474 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 79.4% volatile
33 Netherlands 7,356 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.5% rising
34 Switzerland 7,251 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 9.1% falling
35 Czechia 7,116 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 9.2% rising
36 Slovenia 7,010 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 2.4% rising
37 Laos 6,732 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 198.5% volatile
38 Paraguay 6,466 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 28.7% falling
39 Trinidad and Tobago 6,334 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 4.3% rising
40 Puerto Rico 6,265 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 5.6% falling
41 Belgium 6,199 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2.1% rising
42 Spain 6,011 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.3% rising
43 Germany 5,953 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 23.6% flat
44 Kazakhstan 5,934 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17.1% rising
45 Greece 5,863 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 24.3% rising
46 Ireland 5,831 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 2.6% rising
47 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,799 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 11.6% rising
48 Bulgaria 5,653 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 16.7% rising
49 Bahamas 5,607 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 11.6% falling
50 Gibraltar 5,591 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.2% rising
51 Malaysia 5,589 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 16.3% rising
52 Denmark 5,548 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 9.6% falling
53 Serbia 5,475 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.5% rising
54 Slovakia 5,315 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8.2% rising
55 Belarus 5,154 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 43.4% rising
56 Hong Kong 5,049 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 7.0% rising
57 Portugal 4,911 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 0.4% rising
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4,908 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 5.1% rising
59 Seychelles 4,830 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 12.3% rising
60 Libya 4,686 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 20.2% rising
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,599 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 1.5% rising
62 Estonia 4,545 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 41.1% falling
63 Poland 4,543 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 5.8% rising
64 Italy 4,475 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.1% rising
65 Chile 4,456 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 7.4% rising
66 Guadeloupe 4,435 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 4.1% rising
67 Turkmenistan 4,405 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 31.2% rising
68 Martinique 4,364 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 7.6% rising
69 British Virgin Islands 4,358 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 30.9% falling
70 Cyprus 4,312 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.8% rising
71 Iran 4,283 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 26.3% rising
72 United Kingdom 4,203 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 18.9% volatile
73 Nauru 4,178 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 49.9% rising
74 Hungary 4,178 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 35.5% rising
75 Turkey 4,036 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 23.4% rising
76 Malta 4,015 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 37.4% flat
77 Antigua and Barbuda 3,945 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.0% rising
78 Barbados 3,930 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 6.2% rising
79 Montenegro 3,888 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 18.6% rising
80 American Samoa 3,847 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 37.2% rising
81 Croatia 3,820 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 42.2% rising
82 North Macedonia 3,760 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 31.8% rising
83 South Africa 3,749 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 14.9% flat
84 Georgia 3,546 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 25.1% rising
85 Uruguay 3,528 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 13.5% rising
86 Brazil 3,527 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 22.4% rising
87 Reunion 3,509 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 5.5% rising
88 Latvia 3,383 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 20.8% rising
89 Argentina 3,340 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 0.1% rising
90 Armenia 3,292 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 27.4% rising
91 Iraq 3,252 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 72.2% rising
92 French Guiana 3,230 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 8.1% flat
93 Lithuania 3,141 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 115.8% volatile
94 Vietnam 3,051 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 74.9% volatile
95 Albania 2,987 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 83.8% rising
96 Panama 2,974 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 24.5% rising
97 Cook Islands 2,909 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 70.2% rising
98 Falkland Islands 2,859 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 53.0% falling
99 Venezuela 2,821 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 25.9% rising
100 Mongolia 2,755 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 48.8% rising
101 Suriname 2,743 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 13.3% rising
102 Ukraine 2,717 kilowatt-hours 2022 down 36.9% falling
103 Mexico 2,705 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 5.5% rising
104 Azerbaijan 2,702 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 7.2% falling
105 Mauritius 2,683 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 17.9% rising
106 Romania 2,634 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 20.3% rising
107 Thailand 2,628 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 4.3% rising
108 French Polynesia 2,555 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.8% rising
109 Costa Rica 2,486 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 11.2% rising
110 Uzbekistan 2,340 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 25.3% falling
111 Tajikistan 2,287 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15.2% falling
112 Montserrat 2,266 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 7.3% flat
113 Luxembourg 2,263 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 3.8% volatile
114 Dominica 2,255 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 4.8% rising
115 Saint Lucia 2,225 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 2.0% rising
116 Kyrgyzstan 2,163 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.5% falling
117 Egypt 2,076 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 13.7% rising
118 Algeria 2,058 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 25.6% rising
119 Moldova 2,056 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 11.9% rising
120 Jordan 2,049 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 1.4% rising
121 Grenada 2,047 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16.9% rising
122 Ecuador 2,001 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 26.0% rising
123 Dominican Republic 1,969 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 14.1% rising
124 Saint Helena 1,881 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 2.7% rising
125 Tunisia 1,807 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 5.8% rising
126 Cuba 1,770 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 2.8% rising
127 Peru 1,748 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 10.3% rising
128 Jamaica 1,733 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.6% falling
129 Colombia 1,691 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1.9% rising
130 Guyana 1,660 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 25.2% rising
131 Maldives 1,610 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 23.4% rising
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,491 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 14.5% rising
133 India 1,422 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 44.1% rising
134 Botswana 1,360 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 27.9% volatile
135 Indonesia 1,311 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 42.8% volatile
136 Fiji 1,238 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 24.8% rising
137 Morocco 1,158 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 34.0% rising
138 Honduras 1,153 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 25.9% rising
139 Belize 1,127 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 9.2% rising
140 Bolivia 1,083 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 32.6% rising
141 Macao 1,083 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.3% volatile
142 Philippines 1,054 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 34.7% rising
143 Gabon 1,024 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.8% rising
144 North Korea 1,023 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 21.2% rising
145 El Salvador 1,015 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3.4% rising
146 Syria 1,008 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 3.8% falling
147 Cambodia 995.07 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 246.2% volatile
148 Cape Verde 990.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 18.0% rising
149 Zambia 925.17 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.3% rising
150 Lebanon 919.74 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 67.5% falling
151 Congo 862.15 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 143.7% volatile
152 Guatemala 857.86 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 26.4% rising
153 Equatorial Guinea 787.31 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1.1% volatile
154 Pakistan 764.17 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 47.2% rising
155 Sri Lanka 742.59 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 22.2% rising
156 Samoa 733.84 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 12.9% rising
157 Ghana 704.96 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 51.1% rising
158 Tonga 671.84 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 43.3% rising
159 Nicaragua 653.54 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 11.1% rising
160 Zimbabwe 616.79 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 11.1% falling
161 Bangladesh 588.55 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 58.2% volatile
162 Mozambique 571.44 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 10.1% falling
163 Namibia 541.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 18.2% falling
164 Eswatini 490.82 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16.2% falling
165 Papua New Guinea 447.22 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 10.9% falling
166 Senegal 412.39 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 39.6% rising
167 Angola 411.5 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 16.9% rising
168 Mauritania 400.43 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 49.6% rising
169 Myanmar 398.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 40.3% rising
170 Sao Tome and Principe 389.81 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 7.6% rising
171 Nepal 375.37 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 173.3% volatile
172 East Timor 364.12 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 23.0% volatile
173 Cote d'Ivoire 337.88 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 0.2% rising
174 Kiribati 297.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 14.3% rising
175 Sudan 292.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 0.4% rising
176 Guinea 273.13 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 341.4% volatile
177 Vanuatu 249.67 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 9.2% rising
178 Cameroon 249.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 20.2% rising
179 Ethiopia 246.32 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 146.2% volatile
180 Kenya 244.04 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17.1% rising
181 Mali 243.48 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 74.8% rising
182 Western Sahara 227.87 kilowatt-hours 2009 down 22.5% falling
183 Gambia 184.78 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 60.0% rising
184 Palestine 180.15 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 134.0% rising
185 Nigeria 174.88 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 0.5% rising
186 Djibouti 171.13 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 71.6% volatile
187 Comoros 164.63 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 91.0% rising
188 Democratic Republic of Congo 145.69 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 30.7% rising
189 Solomon Islands 134.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.0% flat
190 Yemen 129.36 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 49.0% falling
191 Tanzania 128.94 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3.7% rising
192 Eritrea 127.28 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 45.9% rising
193 Uganda 116.17 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 30.9% rising
194 Liberia 101.55 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 54.5% rising
195 Malawi 84.51 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 35.3% falling
196 Togo 84.46 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 67.4% volatile
197 Rwanda 79.26 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 119.7% volatile
198 Madagascar 76.02 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 9.5% rising
199 Haiti 73.05 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 26.4% rising
200 Burkina Faso 71.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 48.7% rising
201 Benin 69.83 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 126.6% volatile
202 South Sudan 46.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 9.7% rising
203 Guinea-Bissau 36.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 110.9% rising
204 Niger 35.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 50.1% rising
205 Burundi 34.88 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 109.3% rising
206 Central African Republic 27.17 kilowatt-hours 2023 down 9.9% flat
207 Sierra Leone 24.3 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 11.4% rising
208 Afghanistan 23.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 34.4% falling
209 Somalia 22.62 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 13.8% falling
210 Chad 18.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 13.8% rising
211 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Per capita electricity generation vs. GDP per capita
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
212 places, 6,561 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.