Per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium
Belgium: Per capita electricity generation by source was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium stood at 0 kilowatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium peaked at 1,716 kilowatt-hours in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours, in 2017.
That places Belgium 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,716 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 1,651 kilowatt-hours | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,594 kilowatt-hours | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,616 kilowatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,679 kilowatt-hours | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 1,630 kilowatt-hours | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,531 kilowatt-hours | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 1,350 kilowatt-hours | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 1,391 kilowatt-hours | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 971.97 kilowatt-hours | -30.1% |
| 2000 | 1,260 kilowatt-hours | +29.7% |
| 2001 | 966.27 kilowatt-hours | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 970.68 kilowatt-hours | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 929.04 kilowatt-hours | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 878.01 kilowatt-hours | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 782.53 kilowatt-hours | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 649.38 kilowatt-hours | -17.0% |
| 2007 | 608.91 kilowatt-hours | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 518.22 kilowatt-hours | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 479.06 kilowatt-hours | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 384.03 kilowatt-hours | -19.8% |
| 2011 | 315.26 kilowatt-hours | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 305.2 kilowatt-hours | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 269.71 kilowatt-hours | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 186.44 kilowatt-hours | -30.9% |
| 2015 | 183.59 kilowatt-hours | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 34.41 kilowatt-hours | -81.3% |
| 2017 | 0 kilowatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2025 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0 kilowatt-hours is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 28.45 kilowatt-hours. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -100.0% | 34.41 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours |
| 2016 | -81.3% | 183.59 kilowatt-hours | 34.41 kilowatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,513 kilowatt-hours | 971.97 kilowatt-hours | 1,716 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 804.24 kilowatt-hours | 479.06 kilowatt-hours | 1,260 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 167.86 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 384.03 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 78 Belarus 2.22 kilowatt-hours compare
- 79 Afghanistan 0.7034 kilowatt-hours compare
- 80 Peru 0.2892 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Albania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Algeria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 American Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Angola 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Armenia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Aruba 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Austria 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Bahamas 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Bahrain 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Barbados 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Belize 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Benin 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Bolivia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Burkina Faso 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cameroon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cape Verde 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cayman Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cook Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Costa Rica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cuba 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Ecuador 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Egypt 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Eritrea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Estonia 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Ethiopia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Fiji 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 French Polynesia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Georgia 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Ghana 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Guam 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Guyana 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Iceland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Iraq 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Jamaica 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Jordan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Kenya 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Kiribati 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Latvia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Lebanon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Liberia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Libya 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Lithuania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Luxembourg 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Malawi 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Maldives 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Mali 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Malta 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Mauritania 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Moldova 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Mozambique 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Nauru 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Nepal 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Nicaragua 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Nigeria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Norway 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Palestine 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Papua New Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Portugal 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saint Lucia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Samoa 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Seychelles 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Sierra Leone 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Solomon Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Somalia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 South Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Sudan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Suriname 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Sweden 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Switzerland 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Syria 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Tanzania 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 Togo 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Tonga 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Tunisia 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Uganda 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 81 United States Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Uruguay 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Vanuatu 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Venezuela 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours
- 81 Yemen 0 kilowatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Belgium
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -2.47 % 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)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 16.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium?
- Per capita electricity generation by source in Belgium was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita electricity generation by source recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1,716 kilowatt-hours in 1990.
- What is the lowest per capita electricity generation by source recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for per capita electricity generation by source?
- Belgium ranks 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is per capita electricity generation by source rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.