Per capita electricity generation by source in Portugal
Portugal: Per capita electricity generation by source was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0 kilowatt-hours
World rank
81st
of 207 countries
All-time high
1,473 kilowatt-hours
in 1999
All-time low
0 kilowatt-hours
in 2022
Years of data
36
1990–2025
Per capita electricity generation by source in Portugal, 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 Portugal 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 Portugal peaked at 1,473 kilowatt-hours in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 kilowatt-hours, in 2022.
Portugal ranks 81st of 207 countries on this measure, 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | kilowatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 906.95 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 978.01 kilowatt-hours | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 1,021 kilowatt-hours | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 1,141 kilowatt-hours | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 1,157 kilowatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,337 kilowatt-hours | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 1,247 kilowatt-hours | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 1,282 kilowatt-hours | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 1,179 kilowatt-hours | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 1,473 kilowatt-hours | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 1,420 kilowatt-hours | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 1,314 kilowatt-hours | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 1,461 kilowatt-hours | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 1,390 kilowatt-hours | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 1,418 kilowatt-hours | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,450 kilowatt-hours | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 1,422 kilowatt-hours | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,176 kilowatt-hours | -17.3% |
| 2008 | 1,060 kilowatt-hours | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 1,220 kilowatt-hours | +15.0% |
| 2010 | 671.16 kilowatt-hours | -45.0% |
| 2011 | 933.03 kilowatt-hours | +39.0% |
| 2012 | 1,245 kilowatt-hours | +33.4% |
| 2013 | 1,132 kilowatt-hours | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 1,148 kilowatt-hours | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,420 kilowatt-hours | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 1,221 kilowatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 1,420 kilowatt-hours | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 1,163 kilowatt-hours | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 534.65 kilowatt-hours | -54.0% |
| 2020 | 227.57 kilowatt-hours | -57.4% |
| 2021 | 76.99 kilowatt-hours | -66.2% |
| 2022 | 0 kilowatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
| 2025 | 0 kilowatt-hours | — |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0 kilowatt-hours is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 28.45 kilowatt-hours. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,172 kilowatt-hours | 906.95 kilowatt-hours | 1,473 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,333 kilowatt-hours | 1,060 kilowatt-hours | 1,461 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,089 kilowatt-hours | 534.65 kilowatt-hours | 1,420 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.76 kilowatt-hours | 0 kilowatt-hours | 227.57 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 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 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 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 Portugal
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.67 % 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 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 8.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita electricity generation by source in Portugal?
- Per capita electricity generation by source in Portugal 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,473 kilowatt-hours in 1999.
- What is the lowest per capita electricity generation by source recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kilowatt-hours in 2022.
- How does Portugal rank for per capita electricity generation by source?
- Portugal ranks 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is per capita electricity generation by source rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.