Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Oil consumption per person

Kuwait

52,966 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

57,316 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Kuwait rank

11th

Saudi Arabia rank

8th

Oil consumption per person over time

Kuwait
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 57,316 kilowatt-hours per person against 52,966 kilowatt-hours per person in Kuwait, a difference of 4,350 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 11th and Saudi Arabia ranks 8th of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Oil consumption per person
Unit: kilowatt-hours per person
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 219 places, 10,532 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Includes refined petroleum products and other liquid fuels.