Country Comparison > Electricity - consumption

Rank	Country	Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)
1	China	5,564
2	United States	3,902
3	India	1,137
4	Japan	943.7
5	Russia	909.6
6	Germany	536.5
7	Canada	522.2
8	Brazil	509.1
9	Korea, South	507.6
10	France	450.8
11	United Kingdom	309.2
12	Saudi Arabia	296.2
13	Italy	293.5
14	Mexico	258.7
15	Spain	239.5
16	Taiwan	237.4
17	Iran	236.3
18	Turkey	231.1
19	Australia	229.4
20	Indonesia	213.4
21	South Africa	207.1
22	Thailand	187.7
23	Egypt	159.7
24	Poland	149.4
25	Vietnam	143.2
26	Malaysia	136.9
27	Sweden	133.5
28	Ukraine	133.2
29	Norway	122.2
30	Argentina	121
31	United Arab Emirates	113.2
32	Netherlands	108.8
33	Kazakhstan	94.23
34	Pakistan	92.33
35	Finland	82.79
36	Belgium	82.16
37	Philippines	78.3
38	Chile	73.22
39	Venezuela	71.96
40	Colombia	68.25
41	Austria	64.6
42	Czech Republic	62.34
43	Switzerland	58.46
44	Kuwait	57.78
45	Greece	56.89
46	Algeria	55.96
47	Israel	55
48	Bangladesh	53.65
49	Romania	49.64
50	Uzbekistan	49.07
51	Singapore	47.69
52	Portugal	46.94
53	Peru	44.61
54	Hong Kong	41.84
55	New Zealand	39.5
56	Hungary	39.37
57	Iraq	38.46
58	Qatar	37.24
59	Denmark	33.02
60	Bulgaria	32.34
61	Belarus	31.72
62	Serbia	29.81
63	Oman	28.92
64	Morocco	28.25
65	Libya	27.3
66	Slovakia	26.64
67	Bahrain	26.11
68	Ireland	25.68
69	Nigeria	24.72
70	Ecuador	22.68
71	Azerbaijan	20.24
72	Puerto Rico	19.48
73	Iceland	17.68
74	Jordan	16.82
75	Cuba	16.16
76	Croatia	15.93
77	Lebanon	15.71
78	Dominican Republic	15.64
79	Tunisia	15.27
80	Turkmenistan	15.09
81	Burma	14.93
82	Syria	14.16
83	Korea, North	13.89
84	Slovenia	13.4
85	Tajikistan	12.96
86	Sri Lanka	12.67
87	Georgia	12.37
88	Sudan	12.12
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.87
90	Mozambique	11.57
91	Zambia	11.04
92	Paraguay	10.9
93	Uruguay	10.77
94	Kyrgyzstan	10.52
95	Lithuania	10.5
96	Guatemala	10.1
97	Trinidad and Tobago	9.87
98	Costa Rica	9.81
99	Ghana	9.36
100	Ethiopia	9.06
101	Angola	9.04
102	Estonia	8.8
103	Panama	8.71
104	Kenya	7.86
105	Bolivia	7.78
106	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	7.43
107	Honduras	7.22
108	Zimbabwe	7.12
109	Latvia	6.8
110	West Bank	6.49
111	Luxembourg	6.47
112	Macedonia	6.42
113	Cameroon	6.41
114	Mongolia	5.93
115	El Salvador	5.93
116	Cambodia	5.86
117	Tanzania	5.68
118	Afghanistan	5.53
119	Laos	5.47
120	Armenia	5.29
121	Albania	5.11
122	Macau	5.08
123	Nepal	4.98
124	Moldova	4.4
125	Kosovo	3.96
126	Namibia	3.89
127	Brunei	3.77
128	Yemen	3.68
129	Botswana	3.64
130	Nicaragua	3.59
131	Senegal	3.5
132	Papua New Guinea	3.24
133	Uganda	3.11
134	Mali	2.98
135	Jamaica	2.85
136	Montenegro	2.81
137	New Caledonia	2.74
138	Mauritius	2.73
139	Bhutan	2.18
140	Malta	2.12
141	Gabon	2.07
142	Suriname	1.75
143	Bahamas, The	1.65
144	Guam	1.6
145	Madagascar	1.59
146	Burkina Faso	1.55
147	Swaziland	1.43
148	Malawi	1.32
149	Togo	1.26
150	Benin	1.14
151	Niger	1.07
152	Mauritania	1.06
153	Barbados	0.99
154	Congo, Republic of the	0.91
155	Aruba	0.87
156	Fiji	0.85
157	Lesotho	0.85
158	Guyana	0.79
159	Virgin Islands	0.65
160	Jersey	0.63
161	French Polynesia	0.63
162	Cayman Islands	0.61
163	Bermuda	0.6
164	Marshall Islands	0.6
165	Guinea	0.56
166	Rwanda	0.53
167	Greenland	0.47
168	Equatorial Guinea	0.47
169	Belize	0.45
170	Haiti	0.41
171	Liechtenstein	0.39
172	South Sudan	0.39
173	Burundi	0.38
174	Djibouti	0.38
175	Maldives	0.37
176	Cape Verde	0.37
177	Eritrea	0.35
178	Saint Lucia	0.34
179	Seychelles	0.33
180	Somalia	0.32
181	Antigua and Barbuda	0.31
182	Faroe Islands	0.29
183	Gambia, The	0.28
184	Liberia	0.28
185	Sierra Leone	0.28
186	Gibraltar	0.23
187	Andorra	0.22
188	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.22
189	Chad	0.21
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.19
191	Grenada	0.19
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.18
193	Central African Republic	0.16
194	American Samoa	0.16
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.15
196	Samoa	0.12
197	British Virgin Islands	0.12
198	Dominica	0.1
199	Solomon Islands	0.1
200	Sao Tome and Principe	0.06
201	Vanuatu	0.06
202	Tonga	0.05
203	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.04
204	Comoros	0.04
205	Guinea-Bissau	0.04
206	Cook Islands	0.03
207	Kiribati	0.03
208	Montserrat	0.02
209	Nauru	0.02
210	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.02
211	Saint Helena	0.01
212	Niue	0
213	Northern Mariana Islands	0
214	Gaza Strip	0
215	East Timor	0
216	Western Sahara	0

Definition: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Electricity - consumption map

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