Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: 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.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Bahrain 19,596.98 2014
2 Kuwait 15,590.61 2014
3 Qatar 14,781.62 2014
4 United Arab Emirates 11,088.34 2014
5 Korea 10,496.51 2014
6 Brunei 10,290.94 2014
7 Saudi Arabia 9,401.49 2014
8 Singapore 8,844.69 2014
9 Japan 7,819.72 2014
10 Russia 6,602.66 2014
11 Israel 6,600.90 2014
12 Oman 6,445.58 2014
13 Hong Kong SAR, China 6,083.27 2014
14 Kazakhstan 5,600.21 2014
15 Malaysia 4,651.95 2014
16 China 3,905.32 2014
17 Iran 3,022.12 2014
18 Turkey 2,847.22 2014
19 Georgia 2,693.97 2014
20 Turkmenistan 2,678.77 2014
21 Lebanon 2,588.87 2014
22 Thailand 2,538.80 2014
23 Azerbaijan 2,202.39 2014
24 Mongolia 2,006.39 2014
25 Armenia 1,961.61 2014
26 Kyrgyz Republic 1,941.22 2014
27 Jordan 1,864.93 2014
28 Uzbekistan 1,645.44 2014
29 Tajikistan 1,499.49 2014
30 Vietnam 1,423.70 2014
31 Iraq 1,328.23 2014
32 Indonesia 1,084.00 2019
33 Syrian Arab Republic 974.58 2014
34 India 804.52 2014
35 Philippines 696.35 2014
36 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 601.69 2014
37 Sri Lanka 531.09 2014
38 Pakistan 447.51 2014
39 Bangladesh 320.21 2014
40 Cambodia 271.37 2014
41 Yemen 219.80 2014
42 Myanmar 215.30 2014
43 Nepal 146.47 2014

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Development Relevance: An economy's production and consumption of electricity are basic indicators of its size and level of development. Although a few countries export electric power, most production is for domestic consumption. Expanding the supply of electricity to meet the growing demand of increasingly urbanized and industrialized economies without incurring unacceptable social, economic, and environmental costs is one of the great challenges facing developing countries. Modern societies are becoming increasing dependent on reliable and secure electricity supplies to underpin economic growth and community prosperity. This reliance is set to grow as more efficient and less carbon intensive forms of power are developed and deployed to help decarbonize economies. Maintaining reliable and secure electricity services while seeking to rapidly decarbonize power systems is a key challenge for countries throughout the world. In developing economies growth in energy use is closely related to growth in the modern sectors - industry, motorized transport, and urban areas - but energy use also reflects climatic, geographic, and economic factors (such as the relative price of energy). Energy use has been growing rapidly in low- and middle-income economies, but high-income economies still use almost five times as much energy on a per capita basis. Governments in many countries are increasingly aware of the urgent need to make better use of the world's energy resources. Improved energy efficiency is often the most economic and readily available means of improving energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data on electric power production and consumption are collected from national energy agencies by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and adjusted by the IEA to meet international definitions. Data are reported as net consumption as opposed to gross consumption. Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units. For all countries except the United States, total electric power consumption is equal total net electricity generation plus electricity imports minus electricity exports minus electricity distribution losses. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts. The IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes, and energy statistics undergo continual changes in coverage or methodology as more detailed energy accounts become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Electric power consumption per capita (kWh ) is 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, divided by midyear population. Energy data are compiled by the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEA data for economies that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. Electricity consumption is equivalent to production less power plants' own use and transmission, distribution, and transformation losses less exports plus imports. It includes consumption by auxiliary stations, losses in transformers that are considered integral parts of those stations, and electricity produced by pumping installations. Where data are available, it covers electricity generated by primary sources of energy - coal, oil, gas, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, wind, tide and wave, and combustible renewables. Neither production nor consumption data capture the reliability of supplies, including breakdowns, load factors, and frequency of outages.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.