Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person by country
Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) energy use measures domestic energy use minus energy used to produce exported goods, plus energy used to produce imported goods. Measured in megawatt-hours.
What the numbers show
Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 130.79 kilowatt-hours in Luxembourg; the lowest is 10.5 kilowatt-hours in India.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.8 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 51.16 kilowatt-hours.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 70.9%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 27.3%).
Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 130.79 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 98.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 97.3 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 82.1 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 5 | Finland | 79.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 78.2 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 74.6 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 8 | Belgium | 69.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 69.7 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 61.6 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 11 | Estonia | 60 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 59.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 59.1 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | Denmark | 59.1 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 15 | Sweden | 57.3 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 16 | Cyprus | 56.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 55.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 18 | Australia | 55 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 19 | France | 53.7 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 20 | Switzerland | 53.4 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 21 | Japan | 53.1 kilowatt-hours | 2019 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 52.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 50.6 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 24 | Slovenia | 49.9 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 25 | Hungary | 49.3 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 26 | Slovakia | 47.7 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 45.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 28 | Russia | 44.9 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 42.7 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 39.4 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 31 | Spain | 33.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 32.9 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Croatia | 32.2 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 30.4 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 28.3 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 36 | China | 28.1 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 26 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 38 | Mexico | 21.9 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 22.3% | flat |
| 39 | South Africa | 21.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 40 | Turkey | 20.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 13.8 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 42 | Indonesia | 11.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 43 | India | 10.5 kilowatt-hours | 2020 | up 61.0% | rising |
About this data
Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) energy use measures domestic energy use minus energy used to produce exported goods, plus energy used to produce imported goods. Measured in megawatt-hours.