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Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

For 2024, Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) is led by Iceland at 48,997.95. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

Countries ranked 41
Snapshot year 2024
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0.012 K24 K37 K49 KIcelandIceland: 48,997.9549 KNorwayNorway: 23,673.0824 KFinlandFinland: 14,819.2715 KCanadaCanada: 14,093.4614 KUnited StatesUnited States: 12,839.3413 KSwedenSweden: 12,226.2612 KLuxembourgLuxembourg: 11,661.5412 KKorea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 11,350.1611 KAustraliaAustralia: 9,800.969.8 KNew ZealandNew Zealand: 7,988.858.0 KAustriaAustria: 7,896.837.9 KJapanJapan: 7,530.067.5 K
Rank Country Value
1 Iceland 48,997.95
2 Norway 23,673.08
3 Finland 14,819.27
4 Canada 14,093.46
5 United States 12,839.34
6 Sweden 12,226.26
7 Luxembourg 11,661.54
8 Korea, Rep. 11,350.16
9 Australia 9,800.96
10 New Zealand 7,988.85
11 Austria 7,896.83
12 Japan 7,530.06
13 Israel 7,186.42
14 Switzerland 7,117.25
15 Belgium 7,098.81
16 Slovenia 6,449.66
17 France 6,447.21
18 Netherlands 6,386.37
19 Ireland 6,298.24
20 Denmark 6,165.48
21 Germany 6,109.09
22 Czechia 5,876.92
23 Estonia 5,297.52
24 Portugal 5,293.85
25 Spain 5,196.11
26 Italy 5,136.68
27 Hungary 4,812.45
28 Greece 4,685.96
29 Slovak Republic 4,674.60
30 Lithuania 4,387.04
31 Chile 4,373.39
32 Poland 4,369.59
33 United Kingdom 4,194.89
34 Latvia 3,767.70
35 Turkiye 3,730.82
36 Brazil 3,068.10
37 Argentina 2,822.10
38 Mexico 2,658.05
39 Costa Rica 2,282.30
40 Colombia 1,551.19
41 Kenya 195.29
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Iceland sits at the top of the Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) distribution in 2024 at 48,997.95, with a lead of 25,324.87 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Germany at 6,109.09, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Kenya (195.29), and the page currently covers 41 countries.