Electricity net consumption by country

Countries reporting
201
Highest
6,875
China
Lowest
-0.103
East Timor
Median
9.68
Years covered
41
1980–2020
Data points
7,699

What the numbers show

Electricity net consumption is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 6,875 in China; the lowest is -0.103 in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.68, and the mean is 117.35.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66,748.

Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 494.3%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 296.2%).

Electricity net consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 6,875 2019 up 109.0% volatile
2 United States 3,898 2020 up 0.2% rising
3 India 1,229 2019 up 80.8% volatile
4 Russia 942.89 2019 up 15.5% rising
5 Japan 903.7 2019 down 2.2% rising
6 Brazil 541 2020 up 18.7% rising
7 Canada 539.7 2020 up 1.6% rising
8 South Korea 531.26 2020 up 17.9% volatile
9 Germany 500.35 2020 down 9.9% rising
10 France 472.7 2020 down 0.3% rising
11 Saudi Arabia 331.38 2019 up 78.1% volatile
12 United Kingdom 289.69 2020 down 12.5% rising
13 Italy 286.38 2020 down 6.8% rising
14 Iran 279.83 2019 up 64.8% volatile
15 Taiwan 269.57 2020 up 22.3% volatile
16 Mexico 267.34 2020 up 23.6% rising
17 Turkey 263.95 2020 up 54.8% volatile
18 Indonesia 256.74 2019 up 92.4% volatile
19 Australia 237.39 2019 up 7.9% rising
20 Spain 233.27 2020 down 6.5% rising
21 South Africa 202.29 2019 down 1.1% rising
22 Vietnam 199.85 2019 up 164.9% volatile
23 Thailand 190.57 2019 up 47.0% volatile
24 Malaysia 150.06 2019 up 46.0% volatile
25 Poland 149.2 2020 up 10.6% rising
26 Egypt 149.08 2019 up 27.0% volatile
27 Sweden 124.61 2020 down 9.2% rising
28 Ukraine 124.53 2019 down 10.3% falling
29 Norway 124.29 2020 up 3.4% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 122.39 2019 up 57.7% volatile
31 Argentina 121.56 2020 up 9.3% rising
32 Netherlands 109.8 2020 down 0.1% rising
33 Pakistan 103.49 2019 up 43.2% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 92.13 2019 up 37.1% rising
35 Philippines 90.93 2019 up 75.5% volatile
36 Belgium 81.17 2020 down 4.4% rising
37 Finland 79.36 2020 down 6.7% rising
38 Venezuela 78.08 2019 down 6.8% rising
39 Bangladesh 76.85 2019 up 149.1% volatile
40 Chile 75.3 2020 up 39.3% volatile
41 Austria 69.91 2020 up 12.2% rising
42 Colombia 69.86 2019 up 50.6% rising
43 Algeria 66.65 2019 up 135.4% volatile
44 Kuwait 63.8 2019 up 47.0% volatile
45 Czechia 60.81 2020 down 0.2% rising
46 Israel 59.19 2019 up 28.9% rising
47 Uzbekistan 57.61 2019 up 56.2% rising
48 Switzerland 56.41 2020 down 2.1% rising
49 Singapore 50.74 2019 up 28.0% volatile
50 Romania 50.04 2019 up 10.2% falling
51 Peru 49.12 2019 up 68.4% volatile
52 Portugal 48.41 2020 down 3.6% rising
53 Iraq 46.49 2019 up 54.0% rising
54 Greece 46.18 2020 down 18.2% rising
55 Hong Kong 44.18 2020 up 4.6% rising
56 Qatar 44.12 2019 up 108.2% volatile
57 Hungary 41.53 2020 up 13.6% rising
58 New Zealand 41.17 2019 up 4.3% rising
59 Denmark 33.08 2020 down 1.4% rising
60 Belarus 32.67 2019 up 10.9% rising
61 Oman 32.32 2019 up 140.9% volatile
62 Bahrain 31.04 2019 up 55.7% volatile
63 Bulgaria 30.91 2019 up 2.9% falling
64 Ireland 30.63 2020 up 22.7% rising
65 Serbia 29.93 2019 up 5.8% rising
66 Morocco 29.45 2019 up 32.4% volatile
67 Slovakia 26.5 2020 up 2.0% rising
68 Ecuador 26.35 2019 up 68.0% volatile
69 Libya 25.36 2019 up 40.2% rising
70 Nigeria 24.61 2019 up 55.2% volatile
71 Azerbaijan 21.03 2019 up 56.0% rising
72 Myanmar 20.47 2019 up 323.0% volatile
73 Lebanon 18.72 2019 up 51.6% volatile
74 Iceland 17.91 2020 up 10.0% volatile
75 Jordan 17.37 2019 up 49.2% volatile
76 Croatia 16.79 2019 up 10.3% rising
77 Tunisia 16.74 2019 up 33.8% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 16.33 2019 up 65.4% volatile
79 Cuba 16.1 2019 up 15.4% rising
80 Puerto Rico 15.2 2019 down 13.9% rising
81 Turkmenistan 15.09 2019 up 32.8% rising
82 Tajikistan 15.07 2019 up 8.3% flat
83 Sri Lanka 13.99 2019 up 71.1% volatile
84 North Korea 13.93 2019 down 18.8% falling
85 Slovenia 13.45 2020 up 8.4% rising
86 Ghana 13.11 2019 up 114.6% rising
87 Syria 13.07 2019 down 55.9% volatile
88 Mozambique 12.72 2019 up 33.1% volatile
89 Paraguay 12.72 2019 up 103.9% volatile
90 Kyrgyzstan 12.32 2019 up 76.8% rising
91 Georgia 12.06 2019 up 76.1% rising
92 Angola 11.81 2019 up 185.9% volatile
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.66 2019 up 14.6% rising
94 Uruguay 11.46 2019 up 31.1% rising
95 Lithuania 11.06 2020 up 19.7% rising
96 Panama 10.81 2019 up 86.6% volatile
97 Guatemala 10.79 2019 up 48.1% volatile
98 Cambodia 10.29 2019 up 494.3% volatile
99 Costa Rica 10.07 2019 up 22.2% rising
100 Ethiopia 9.78 2019 up 173.1% volatile
101 Sudan 9.68 2019 up 94.0% volatile
102 Estonia 9.17 2020 up 15.4% rising
103 Bolivia 8.76 2019 up 68.9% volatile
104 Kenya 8.24 2019 up 49.2% rising
105 Trinidad and Tobago 8.21 2019 up 15.9% rising
106 Honduras 8.14 2019 up 78.8% volatile
107 Mongolia 7.34 2019 up 104.8% rising
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.18 2019 up 9.0% rising
109 Latvia 6.71 2020 up 2.2% rising
110 Albania 6.53 2019 up 50.0% rising
111 Tanzania 6.52 2019 up 120.1% volatile
112 Cameroon 6.51 2019 up 29.4% rising
113 El Salvador 6.44 2019 up 22.4% rising
114 North Macedonia 6.35 2019 down 5.7% rising
115 Luxembourg 6.19 2020 down 4.1% rising
116 Cote d'Ivoire 5.92 2019 up 59.7% rising
117 Afghanistan 5.91 2019 up 191.7% volatile
118 Armenia 5.76 2019 up 28.3% rising
119 Palestine 5.7 2019 up 60.4% rising
120 Macao 5.28 2020 up 45.1% volatile
121 Laos 5.11 2019 up 125.1% volatile
122 Senegal 4.74 2019 up 96.4% volatile
123 Cyprus 4.73 2019 up 1.4% rising
124 Nepal 4.68 2019 up 80.8% volatile
125 Moldova 4.59 2019 down 5.4% falling
126 Bhutan 4.31 2019 up 203.7% volatile
127 Uganda 4.21 2019 up 175.5% volatile
128 Brunei 4.14 2019 up 30.3% volatile
129 Namibia 4.07 2019 up 21.3% rising
130 Papua New Guinea 3.7 2019 up 19.0% rising
131 Botswana 3.52 2019 up 24.3% volatile
132 Montenegro 3.25 2019 up 9.7% falling
133 Nicaragua 3.18 2019 up 11.8% rising
134 Gabon 3.13 2019 up 117.8% rising
135 Jamaica 3.05 2019 down 0.7% rising
136 New Caledonia 2.94 2019 up 72.4% rising
137 Suriname 2.94 2019 up 108.5% rising
138 Mauritius 2.9 2019 up 28.5% volatile
139 Mali 2.62 2019 up 195.2% volatile
140 Malta 2.5 2019 up 46.9% rising
141 Bahamas 2.1 2019 up 16.3% rising
142 Congo 2.07 2019 up 253.7% volatile
143 Burkina Faso 2.03 2019 up 166.8% volatile
144 Guinea 1.78 2019 up 98.9% rising
145 Madagascar 1.72 2019 up 49.8% volatile
146 Guam 1.68 2019 up 4.1% rising
147 Mauritania 1.58 2019 up 192.4% volatile
148 Eswatini 1.45 2019 down 3.9% rising
149 Niger 1.33 2019 up 101.7% volatile
150 Togo 1.18 2019 up 54.9% rising
151 Malawi 1.12 2019 down 29.9% rising
152 Fiji 1.02 2019 up 27.7% rising
153 Rwanda 1.01 2019 up 256.7% volatile
154 Equatorial Guinea 1 2019 up 122.9% volatile
155 Barbados 1 2019 up 2.2% rising
156 Belize 0.9923 2019 up 140.2% volatile
157 Lesotho 0.9128 2019 up 25.6% volatile
158 Aruba 0.9094 2019 up 8.8% rising
159 Guyana 0.9054 2019 up 100.1% rising
160 Cayman Islands 0.6552 2019 up 19.6% volatile
161 French Polynesia 0.6397 2019 down 1.9% rising
162 Maldives 0.5865 2019 up 123.6% volatile
163 United States Virgin Islands 0.5612 2019 down 30.2% falling
164 Bermuda 0.5334 2019 down 17.4% rising
165 South Sudan 0.5317 2019 up 35.5% rising
166 Benin 0.5241 2020 down 42.2% volatile
167 Greenland 0.4817 2019 up 33.4% rising
168 Seychelles 0.4639 2019 up 92.6% volatile
169 Burundi 0.4408 2019 up 114.5% volatile
170 Cape Verde 0.4369 2019 up 67.2% volatile
171 Eritrea 0.3945 2019 up 61.7% rising
172 Faroe Islands 0.3586 2019 up 45.8% rising
173 Haiti 0.339 2019 up 6.3% falling
174 Saint Lucia 0.3225 2019 up 1.7% volatile
175 Somalia 0.3112 2019 up 9.7% rising
176 Liberia 0.292 2019 up 25.6% volatile
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.278 2019 down 2.9% volatile
178 Gambia 0.235 2019 up 9.8% volatile
179 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2316 2019 up 27.1% volatile
180 Gibraltar 0.1989 2019 up 25.1% rising
181 Grenada 0.1945 2019 up 9.8% volatile
182 Chad 0.1885 2019 up 17.8% volatile
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1753 2019 up 9.0% volatile
184 American Samoa 0.151 2019 down 8.8% rising
185 Central African Republic 0.1404 2019 down 5.0% rising
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1339 2019 up 9.1% rising
187 Sierra Leone 0.1307 2019 up 156.4% falling
188 Samoa 0.1201 2019 up 10.2% rising
189 British Virgin Islands 0.1163 2019 down 16.6% volatile
190 Comoros 0.0962 2019 up 152.4% volatile
191 Solomon Islands 0.0935 2019 up 22.6% rising
192 Dominica 0.0821 2019 down 0.7% volatile
193 Sao Tome and Principe 0.078 2019 up 71.2% volatile
194 Guinea-Bissau 0.0765 2019 up 174.0% volatile
195 Vanuatu 0.0629 2019 up 30.1% rising
196 Tonga 0.0544 2019 up 27.0% rising
197 Cook Islands 0.0387 2019 up 33.9% rising
198 Nauru 0.0342 2019 up 75.2% rising
199 Kiribati 0.0251 2019 up 25.7% volatile
200 Niue 0.0026 2019 down 6.8% flat
201 East Timor -0.103 2019 down 296.2% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Electricity net consumption
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
202 places, 7,699 data points, 1980–2020
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