Per capita electricity generation by source by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
4,536 kilowatt-hours
Australia
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
0 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
5,969

What the numbers show

Per capita electricity generation by source is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 4,536 kilowatt-hours in Australia; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 379.33 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 16,309.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Per capita electricity generation by source: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 4,536 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 33.0% falling
2 Taiwan 4,523 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.2% rising
3 China 4,062 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 40.1% volatile
4 New Caledonia 3,895 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 42.3% volatile
5 South Korea 3,765 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 17.5% volatile
6 Serbia 3,561 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 5.9% rising
7 Kazakhstan 3,220 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 10.0% rising
8 South Africa 3,050 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 23.9% falling
9 Japan 2,681 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 2.4% rising
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,548 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 17.0% falling
11 Czechia 2,507 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 35.9% falling
12 Malaysia 2,490 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 22.6% volatile
13 Brunei 2,377 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
14 Mongolia 2,363 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 39.0% rising
15 Poland 2,289 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 32.9% falling
16 United States 2,123 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 48.8% falling
17 Hong Kong 1,699 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 59.1% falling
18 Laos 1,568 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
19 Russia 1,524 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 39.7% rising
20 Vietnam 1,469 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 141.5% volatile
21 Turkey 1,384 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 45.5% rising
22 Botswana 1,337 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 31.4% volatile
23 Bulgaria 1,273 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 59.4% rising
24 Germany 1,227 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 63.0% falling
25 North Macedonia 1,152 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 30.9% falling
26 Mauritius 1,054 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 8.1% rising
27 Puerto Rico 1,035 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 11.9% rising
28 Slovenia 1,030 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 51.6% falling
29 India 1,007 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 32.9% volatile
30 Montenegro 948.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 60.6% rising
31 Indonesia 805.78 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 74.5% volatile
32 Chile 791.54 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 49.0% rising
33 Morocco 712.19 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 44.1% rising
34 Canada 664.89 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 63.2% falling
35 Philippines 618.48 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 77.5% rising
36 Dominican Republic 572.02 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 158.4% volatile
37 Ukraine 568.11 kilowatt-hours 2022 down 67.4% falling
38 Netherlands 520.53 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 77.4% falling
39 Thailand 468.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 4.4% rising
40 Romania 353.28 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 61.3% falling
41 North Korea 348.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 10.7% rising
42 Israel 294.2 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 91.9% falling
43 Greece 275.69 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 86.5% falling
44 Kyrgyzstan 272.79 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 4.8% rising
45 Zimbabwe 264.51 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 14.6% falling
46 Croatia 189.7 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 65.6% volatile
47 Uzbekistan 153.83 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 143.8% rising
48 Denmark 148.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 88.1% volatile
49 Hungary 143.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 75.7% falling
50 Guatemala 135.82 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13.3% rising
51 Bangladesh 126.59 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,917.6% volatile
52 Pakistan 113.28 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 16,309.1% volatile
53 Panama 110.73 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 37.5% volatile
54 Tajikistan 106.61 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 476.0% volatile
55 Colombia 103.51 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 31.1% rising
56 Zambia 99.93 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
57 Singapore 97.09 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 10.6% volatile
58 New Zealand 93.3 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 65.0% volatile
59 Mexico 82.46 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 70.4% rising
60 Brazil 80.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 39.6% rising
61 Italy 63.06 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 91.2% falling
62 Argentina 61.5 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 11.9% rising
63 Slovakia 56.62 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 89.2% falling
65 Finland 28.45 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 97.0% volatile
66 France 26.11 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 85.7% volatile
67 Myanmar 22.02 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 284.8% volatile
68 Spain 19.21 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 98.3% volatile
69 Eswatini 16.09 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 8.6% rising
70 Madagascar 15.64 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 330.4% volatile
71 Namibia 13.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
72 Rwanda 11.92 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
73 Iran 7.9 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 41.9% volatile
74 Niger 6.29 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 51.7% falling
75 Honduras 5.54 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 61.4% volatile
76 Senegal 5.4 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 282.4% volatile
77 United Kingdom 4.74 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 99.6% volatile
78 Belarus 2.22 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 47.3% volatile
79 Afghanistan 0.7034 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 79.0% volatile
80 Peru 0.2892 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 97.9% volatile
81 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
81 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
81 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
81 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
81 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Georgia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
81 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Nigeria 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Norway 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% falling
81 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% falling
81 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile
81 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Tanzania 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
81 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Venezuela 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours 2009 flat
81 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Per capita electricity generation by source
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, 5,969 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.