Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita by country

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

Countries reporting
76
Highest
198.01 kilowatt-hours per person
Qatar
Lowest
2.8 kilowatt-hours per person
Pakistan
Median
21.24 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
3,792

What the numbers show

Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 76 countries. The highest value is 198.01 kilowatt-hours per person in Qatar; the lowest is 2.8 kilowatt-hours per person in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.24 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 33.5 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 fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 198.01 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.2% falling
2 Singapore 173.67 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.0% rising
3 United Arab Emirates 116.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.4% falling
4 Kuwait 104.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.2% falling
5 Trinidad and Tobago 99.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 35.9% rising
6 Saudi Arabia 96.06 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.8% rising
7 Oman 86.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.3% rising
8 Canada 65.14 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.8% rising
9 United States 62.42 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.0% falling
10 South Korea 56.68 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1.6% rising
11 Russia 54.04 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.7% falling
12 Australia 52.44 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.3% rising
13 USSR 50.55 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 up 22.9% rising
14 Taiwan 49.05 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.9% volatile
15 Luxembourg 45.27 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.9% falling
16 Kazakhstan 42.83 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.9% falling
17 Netherlands 42.16 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% rising
18 Belgium 42.14 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.9% flat
19 Iran 39.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.3% volatile
20 Hong Kong 36.67 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.1% rising
21 Turkmenistan 36.16 kilowatt-hours per person 1996 down 32.0% falling
22 Malaysia 35.64 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% volatile
23 Estonia 32.18 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 33.4% falling
24 Japan 31.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.3% rising
25 Belarus 28.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% falling
26 Israel 28.5 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.4% rising
27 Germany 28.15 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.5% falling
28 China 27.85 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.9% volatile
29 Czechia 27.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.0% falling
30 Poland 26.19 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.7% falling
31 Norway 26.1 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.0% flat
32 Greece 25.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.2% rising
33 Ireland 25.63 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.2% flat
34 Austria 25.19 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.4% rising
35 New Zealand 24.63 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.2% rising
36 Spain 22.43 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.6% rising
37 Italy 21.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.4% rising
38 Finland 21.92 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 32.8% falling
39 South Africa 20.57 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.6% rising
40 Slovenia 20.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.6% falling
41 Slovakia 20.37 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.7% falling
42 Croatia 20.15 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.8% rising
43 Turkey 19.92 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 17.0% rising
44 United Kingdom 19.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 30.0% falling
45 Bulgaria 19.15 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.9% falling
46 Hungary 18.99 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.8% falling
47 Azerbaijan 18.66 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.9% falling
48 Lithuania 18.14 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.0% falling
49 Thailand 17.9 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% rising
50 Chile 17.34 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.3% rising
51 Venezuela 17.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 31.6% flat
52 Argentina 16.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.8% rising
53 France 16.78 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% falling
54 Algeria 16.77 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8.8% rising
55 Sweden 15.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.3% falling
56 Portugal 15.79 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.0% falling
57 Denmark 15.78 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.1% falling
58 Uzbekistan 15.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.1% falling
59 Switzerland 15.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.3% falling
60 Mexico 15.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.8% rising
61 Latvia 14.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 17.8% falling
62 North Macedonia 13.73 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.3% flat
63 Romania 13.43 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.2% falling
64 Ukraine 12.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.9% falling
65 Vietnam 11.33 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 67.1% volatile
66 Indonesia 9.89 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 42.0% volatile
67 Ecuador 9.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.4% rising
68 Brazil 9.1 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.1% rising
69 Egypt 9.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 3.7% rising
70 Peru 7.76 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.6% rising
71 Colombia 7.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 4.3% rising
72 India 6.9 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.1% volatile
73 Morocco 6.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 13.8% rising
74 Philippines 4.95 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 35.9% rising
75 Bangladesh 3.19 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 33.2% volatile
76 Pakistan 2.8 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.2% rising

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Indicator
Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita
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.