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

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

Countries reporting
73
Highest
198,009 kilowatt-hours per person
Qatar
Lowest
2,803 kilowatt-hours per person
Pakistan
Median
20,561 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 73 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 20,561 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 33,209 kilowatt-hours per person.

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

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 50 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 Taiwan 49,051 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.9% volatile
15 Kazakhstan 42,834 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.9% falling
16 Netherlands 42,163 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% rising
17 Belgium 42,135 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.9% flat
18 Iran 39,562 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.3% volatile
19 Hong Kong 36,669 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.1% rising
20 Turkmenistan 36,158 kilowatt-hours per person 1996 down 32.0% falling
21 Malaysia 35,636 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% volatile
22 Estonia 32,181 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% falling
23 Japan 31,866 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.3% rising
24 Belarus 28,935 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% falling
25 Israel 28,497 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.4% rising
26 Germany 28,151 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.5% falling
27 China 27,853 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.9% volatile
28 Czechia 27,844 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.0% falling
29 Poland 26,194 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.7% falling
30 Norway 26,096 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.0% flat
31 Greece 25,724 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% rising
33 Austria 25,187 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.4% rising
34 New Zealand 24,629 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.2% rising
35 Spain 22,434 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.6% rising
36 Italy 21,969 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.4% rising
37 Finland 21,919 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.8% falling
38 South Africa 20,570 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.6% rising
39 Slovenia 20,561 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.6% falling
40 Slovakia 20,366 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.7% falling
41 Croatia 20,151 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.8% rising
42 Turkey 19,920 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 17.0% rising
43 United Kingdom 19,820 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 30.0% falling
44 Bulgaria 19,145 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.9% falling
45 Hungary 18,988 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.8% falling
46 Azerbaijan 18,665 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.9% falling
47 Lithuania 18,139 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.0% falling
48 Thailand 17,904 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% rising
49 Chile 17,336 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.3% rising
50 Venezuela 17,168 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 31.6% flat
51 Argentina 16,817 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.8% rising
52 France 16,782 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% falling
53 Algeria 16,770 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.8% rising
54 Sweden 15,927 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.3% falling
55 Portugal 15,792 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.0% falling
56 Denmark 15,778 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.1% falling
57 Uzbekistan 15,495 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% falling
58 Switzerland 15,399 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.3% falling
59 Mexico 15,313 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.8% rising
60 Latvia 14,108 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.8% falling
61 North Macedonia 13,730 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.3% flat
62 Romania 13,427 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% falling
63 Ukraine 12,263 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% falling
64 Vietnam 11,332 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 67.1% volatile
65 Indonesia 9,888 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 42.0% volatile
66 Ecuador 9,170 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.4% rising
67 Brazil 9,103 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.1% rising
68 Egypt 9,021 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.7% rising
69 Peru 7,765 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.6% rising
70 Colombia 7,544 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.3% rising
71 India 6,899 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.1% volatile
72 Morocco 6,873 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.8% rising
73 Philippines 4,951 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 35.9% rising
74 Bangladesh 3,191 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 33.2% volatile
75 Pakistan 2,803 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.2% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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
Last refreshed

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