Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.

Countries reporting
76
Highest
198,009 kilowatt-hours per person
Qatar
Lowest
2,803 kilowatt-hours per person
Pakistan
Median
21,245 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
3,792

What the numbers show

Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 198,009 kilowatt-hours per person in Qatar; the lowest is 2,803 kilowatt-hours per person in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 21,245 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 33,496 kilowatt-hours per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 67.1%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 38.1%).

Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 198,009 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.2% falling
2 Singapore 173,671 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.0% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 116,409 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.4% falling
4 Kuwait 104,837 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.2% falling
5 Trinidad and Tobago 99,409 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 35.9% rising
6 Saudi Arabia 96,062 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.8% rising
7 Oman 86,541 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.3% rising
8 Canada 65,136 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.8% rising
9 United States 62,421 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.0% falling
10 South Korea 56,682 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1.6% rising
11 Russia 54,045 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.7% falling
12 Australia 52,436 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.3% rising
13 USSR 50,549 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 up 22.9% rising
14 Taiwan 49,051 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.9% volatile
15 Luxembourg 45,268 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.9% falling
16 Kazakhstan 42,834 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.9% falling
17 Netherlands 42,163 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% rising
18 Belgium 42,135 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.9% flat
19 Iran 39,562 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.3% volatile
20 Hong Kong 36,669 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.1% rising
21 Turkmenistan 36,158 kilowatt-hours per person 1996 down 32.0% falling
22 Malaysia 35,636 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% volatile
23 Estonia 32,181 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% falling
24 Japan 31,866 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.3% rising
25 Belarus 28,935 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% falling
26 Israel 28,497 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.4% rising
27 Germany 28,151 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.5% falling
28 China 27,853 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.9% volatile
29 Czechia 27,844 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.0% falling
30 Poland 26,194 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.7% falling
31 Norway 26,096 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.0% flat
32 Greece 25,724 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% rising
33 Ireland 25,630 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.2% flat
34 Austria 25,187 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.4% rising
35 New Zealand 24,629 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.2% rising
36 Spain 22,434 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.6% rising
37 Italy 21,969 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.4% rising
38 Finland 21,919 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.8% falling
39 South Africa 20,570 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.6% rising
40 Slovenia 20,561 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.6% falling
41 Slovakia 20,366 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.7% falling
42 Croatia 20,151 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.8% rising
43 Turkey 19,920 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 17.0% rising
44 United Kingdom 19,820 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 30.0% falling
45 Bulgaria 19,145 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.9% falling
46 Hungary 18,988 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.8% falling
47 Azerbaijan 18,665 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.9% falling
48 Lithuania 18,139 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.0% falling
49 Thailand 17,904 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% rising
50 Chile 17,336 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.3% rising
51 Venezuela 17,168 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 31.6% flat
52 Argentina 16,817 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.8% rising
53 France 16,782 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% falling
54 Algeria 16,770 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.8% rising
55 Sweden 15,927 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.3% falling
56 Portugal 15,792 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.0% falling
57 Denmark 15,778 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.1% falling
58 Uzbekistan 15,495 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% falling
59 Switzerland 15,399 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.3% falling
60 Mexico 15,313 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.8% rising
61 Latvia 14,108 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.8% falling
62 North Macedonia 13,730 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.3% flat
63 Romania 13,427 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% falling
64 Ukraine 12,263 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% falling
65 Vietnam 11,332 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 67.1% volatile
66 Indonesia 9,888 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 42.0% volatile
67 Ecuador 9,170 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.4% rising
68 Brazil 9,103 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.1% rising
69 Egypt 9,021 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.7% rising
70 Peru 7,765 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.6% rising
71 Colombia 7,544 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.3% rising
72 India 6,899 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.1% volatile
73 Morocco 6,873 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.8% rising
74 Philippines 4,951 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 35.9% rising
75 Bangladesh 3,191 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 33.2% volatile
76 Pakistan 2,803 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.2% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
76 places, 3,792 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.