Per capita electricity generation by source in Norway
Norway: Per capita electricity generation by source was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ▼ Falling
Per capita electricity generation by source in Norway, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0 kilowatt-hours for per capita electricity generation by source in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita electricity generation by source in Norway peaked at 13.84 kilowatt-hours in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours, in 2024.
That places Norway 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Per capita electricity generation by source in Norway, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 9.43 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 11.73 kilowatt-hours | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 11.67 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 11.6 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 13.84 kilowatt-hours | +19.3% |
| 1995 | 13.76 kilowatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 11.41 kilowatt-hours | -17.1% |
| 1997 | 9.08 kilowatt-hours | -20.4% |
| 1998 | 9.03 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 8.97 kilowatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 8.91 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 8.86 kilowatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 8.81 kilowatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 8.76 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 8.71 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 8.65 kilowatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 8.58 kilowatt-hours | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 8.49 kilowatt-hours | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 8.39 kilowatt-hours | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 8.28 kilowatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 8.18 kilowatt-hours | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 8.08 kilowatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 7.97 kilowatt-hours | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 7.87 kilowatt-hours | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7.79 kilowatt-hours | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 7.71 kilowatt-hours | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 7.64 kilowatt-hours | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 7.58 kilowatt-hours | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 7.53 kilowatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 7.48 kilowatt-hours | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 7.44 kilowatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 7.4 kilowatt-hours | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 7.33 kilowatt-hours | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 5.44 kilowatt-hours | -25.8% |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2025 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway'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 Norway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -100.0% | 5.44 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours |
| 2023 | -25.8% | 7.33 kilowatt-hours | 5.44 kilowatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.05 kilowatt-hours | 8.97 kilowatt-hours | 13.84 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.65 kilowatt-hours | 8.28 kilowatt-hours | 8.91 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.78 kilowatt-hours | 7.48 kilowatt-hours | 8.18 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 7.44 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 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 Belgium 0 kilowatt-hours compare
- 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 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 Norway
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.48 % 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 5.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita electricity generation by source in Norway?
- Per capita electricity generation by source in Norway 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 13.84 kilowatt-hours in 1994.
- What is the lowest per capita electricity generation by source recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2024.
- How does Norway rank for per capita electricity generation by source?
- Norway ranks 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is per capita electricity generation by source rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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.