Per capita primary energy use by source by country

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

Countries reporting
78
Highest
20,954 kilowatt-hours per person
Kazakhstan
Lowest
0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person
Azerbaijan
Median
1,555 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,256

What the numbers show

Per capita primary energy use by source is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 20,954 kilowatt-hours per person in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,555 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 3,679 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 456.7%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 99.8%).

Per capita primary energy use by source: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 20,954 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.2% falling
2 Estonia 18,970 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 40.6% falling
3 China 18,093 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.1% volatile
4 South Africa 15,640 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.3% rising
5 Taiwan 15,405 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.9% volatile
6 South Korea 15,352 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.3% volatile
7 Australia 15,029 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% rising
8 USSR 14,290 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 down 7.3% flat
9 Czechia 9,984 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 44.7% falling
10 Japan 9,834 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.5% rising
11 Poland 9,778 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.9% falling
12 Malaysia 8,516 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 31.5% volatile
13 Vietnam 7,025 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 113.7% volatile
14 United States 6,983 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% falling
15 Russia 6,863 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.9% falling
16 Bulgaria 5,847 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 45.0% falling
17 Turkey 5,662 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.1% rising
18 Indonesia 5,011 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 146.5% volatile
19 Germany 4,938 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 55.7% falling
20 India 4,378 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 29.5% volatile
21 North Macedonia 4,208 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.2% falling
22 Hong Kong 3,948 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 62.7% volatile
23 Finland 3,784 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 53.3% rising
24 Slovakia 3,658 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% falling
25 Austria 2,916 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.7% falling
26 Netherlands 2,871 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 61.8% flat
27 Belgium 2,852 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.0% volatile
28 Slovenia 2,586 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 57.0% falling
29 United Arab Emirates 2,554 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 11.1% volatile
30 Ukraine 2,527 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 63.6% falling
31 Iceland 2,306 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 34.0% volatile
32 Thailand 2,305 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.3% volatile
33 New Zealand 2,291 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.6% falling
34 Chile 2,236 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 52.6% volatile
35 Philippines 2,222 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 73.2% volatile
36 Israel 2,193 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 76.5% rising
37 Morocco 2,034 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 36.2% volatile
38 Canada 1,706 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 71.3% falling
39 Sweden 1,585 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.7% falling
40 Norway 1,525 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.7% falling
41 Uzbekistan 1,514 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 214.8% rising
42 Romania 1,301 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 63.1% falling
43 Belarus 1,201 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 32.3% falling
44 Greece 854.79 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 85.9% falling
45 Brazil 772.29 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.0% rising
46 Colombia 735.96 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 40.2% falling
47 Croatia 692.23 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.9% rising
48 Singapore 673.05 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.3% volatile
49 Bangladesh 669.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 248.5% volatile
50 France 659.98 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.1% volatile
51 Sri Lanka 656.19 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.0% volatile
52 Ireland 621.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 88.5% falling
53 Pakistan 518.88 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 66.5% volatile
54 Spain 503.32 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 85.2% falling
55 Kuwait 496.07 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.4% volatile
56 Hungary 466.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 83.2% volatile
57 Mexico 458.94 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 62.4% volatile
58 Luxembourg 426.14 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 57.5% volatile
59 Italy 404.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 82.9% falling
60 Denmark 361.45 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 90.3% volatile
61 Lithuania 304.13 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.3% volatile
62 Oman 249.05 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.2% volatile
63 Peru 204.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 34.0% volatile
64 Iran 203.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 32.6% falling
65 United Kingdom 198.24 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 95.3% volatile
66 Argentina 186.9 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 48.6% falling
67 Cyprus 176.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 456.7% volatile
68 Egypt 137.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 47.3% falling
69 Turkmenistan 125.47 kilowatt-hours per person 1996 down 88.8% volatile
70 Latvia 86.28 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 68.7% volatile
71 Venezuela 78.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.3% volatile
72 Switzerland 58.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 66.6% volatile
73 Saudi Arabia 50.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 45.7% volatile
74 Qatar 48.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.3% volatile
75 Portugal 5.58 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 99.8% volatile
76 Ecuador 5.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 41.3% volatile
77 Algeria 4.59 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 88.1% volatile
78 Azerbaijan 0.0746 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 97.9% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita primary energy use by source
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
79 places, 4,256 data points, 1965–2025
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.