Primary energy from renewables per person by country

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

Countries reporting
77
Highest
175,277 kilowatt-hours per person
Iceland
Lowest
1.33 kilowatt-hours per person
Turkmenistan
Median
1,814 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,564

What the numbers show

Primary energy from renewables per person is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 175,277 kilowatt-hours per person in Iceland; the lowest is 1.33 kilowatt-hours per person in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,814 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 5,559 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 104,208.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 11.8%).

Primary energy from renewables per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 175,277 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.3% volatile
2 Norway 29,534 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.8% rising
3 New Zealand 25,090 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.6% rising
4 Sweden 13,936 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2.4% rising
5 Finland 13,178 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 22.9% volatile
6 Canada 11,911 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.5% rising
7 Austria 8,252 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 14.3% rising
8 Denmark 8,109 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 53.9% volatile
9 Switzerland 5,587 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.0% rising
10 United States 5,422 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 44.2% rising
11 Brazil 5,280 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 41.2% volatile
12 Portugal 5,150 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 46.0% volatile
13 Netherlands 5,083 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 217.0% volatile
14 Germany 5,032 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.9% volatile
15 Estonia 5,014 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 97.8% volatile
17 Australia 4,491 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 136.2% volatile
18 Spain 4,279 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 61.6% volatile
20 Lithuania 4,058 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 249.2% volatile
21 Italy 4,022 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.0% rising
22 Chile 3,901 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 60.1% volatile
23 Belgium 3,770 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 48.7% volatile
24 United Kingdom 3,746 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 59.5% volatile
25 Slovenia 3,626 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 42.8% rising
26 Latvia 3,504 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 49.7% rising
27 Croatia 3,381 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 69.8% rising
28 Turkey 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 121.3% volatile
29 France 3,096 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 45.7% rising
30 Japan 3,011 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 63.7% rising
31 Greece 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 87.4% volatile
32 China 2,924 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 174.7% volatile
33 Bulgaria 2,739 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 79.1% volatile
34 Czechia 2,666 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 24.1% volatile
35 Venezuela 2,570 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.8% volatile
36 Poland 2,381 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.8% volatile
37 Hungary 2,279 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 132.7% volatile
38 South Korea 2,231 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 220.3% volatile
39 North Macedonia 2,048 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 95.6% volatile
40 United Arab Emirates 1,825 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 5,167.2% volatile
41 Slovakia 1,814 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.8% volatile
42 Malaysia 1,774 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 163.9% volatile
43 Taiwan 1,756 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 224.5% volatile
44 Colombia 1,724 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 39.0% rising
45 Ecuador 1,640 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.4% volatile
46 Israel 1,638 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 739.1% volatile
47 Argentina 1,580 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 30.5% volatile
48 Romania 1,564 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.8% volatile
49 Russia 1,522 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 27.8% rising
50 Thailand 1,520 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 60.7% volatile
51 Vietnam 1,515 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 149.1% volatile
52 Cyprus 1,461 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 188.8% volatile
53 Peru 1,390 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 33.7% rising
54 Indonesia 1,308 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 176.1% volatile
55 Qatar 1,247 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 721.9% volatile
56 Philippines 1,171 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.9% volatile
57 Mexico 936.37 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.4% rising
58 Oman 922.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 104,208.0% volatile
59 Kazakhstan 844.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 61.7% rising
60 Singapore 711.27 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 56.6% volatile
61 Saudi Arabia 571.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 37,261.3% volatile
62 Sri Lanka 534.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 77.6% volatile
63 South Africa 519.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 260.1% volatile
64 Ukraine 512.41 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 201.1% rising
65 Uzbekistan 453.63 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 131.7% falling
66 Hong Kong 427.5 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 380.7% volatile
67 India 408.47 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 133.3% volatile
68 Azerbaijan 379.76 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 92.7% rising
69 Pakistan 316.46 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 102.2% rising
70 Morocco 299.33 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 134.9% volatile
71 Belarus 289.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 310.4% volatile
72 Egypt 288.09 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 83.7% rising
73 Iran 167.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2.6% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2,116.4% volatile
75 Iraq 64.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.9% volatile
76 Kuwait 20.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1,426.1% volatile
77 Bangladesh 14.81 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 87.4% rising
78 Algeria 14.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 161.5% volatile
79 Turkmenistan 1.33 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.5% 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
Primary energy from renewables per person
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
80 places, 4,564 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

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