List of countries by energy consumption per capita

Last updated July 10, 2024

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This is a list of countries by total energy consumption per capita. This is not the consumption of end-users but all energy needed as input to produce fuel and electricity for end-users. It is known as total primary energy supply (TPES), a term used to indicate the sum of production and imports subtracting exports and storage changes (see also Worldwide energy supply). Numbers are from The World Bank - World Development Indicators.^[1]

The data are given in kilograms of oil equivalent per year, and gigajoules per year, and in watts, as average equivalent power.

Notes on conversions

1 kg of oil equivalent (kgoe) = 11.63 kWh or 1 kWh = 0.08598 kgoe^[2]
1000 kgoe = 42 GJ
1 GJ/a = 31.7 W average
1 W average = 8.76 kWh per year (365 × 24 Wh per year)

Total energy consumption per capita
Country/Territory	2003^[3]			2013^[1]			2014^[1]	2021/22^[4]
Country/Territory	kgoe/a	GJ/a	W	kgoe/a	GJ/a	W	kgoe/a	kWh
Afghanistan ^[5]	90	3.78	119.8					677
Albania	648.3	27.23	863.2	800.6	33.62	1065.9		14,100
Algeria	1138.2	47.81	1515.5	1246.0	52.33	1658.9		15,252
Angola	716.5	30.09	953.9	654.9	27.51	871.9		2,791
Antigua and Barbuda								29,464
Argentina	1846.8	77.57	2458.9	1894.6	79.57	2522.5		21,994
Armenia	790.8	33.22	1052.9	969.3	40.71	1290.5		17,685
Australia	5593.2	234.92	7446.8	5586.3	234.63	7437.7	5484.7	63,459
Austria	4033.6	169.41	5370.3	3917.8	164.55	5216.2	3754.1	42,685
Azerbaijan	1307.5	54.91	1740.8	1474.0	61.91	1962.5		18,748
Bahamas								35,448
Bahrain	7753.7	325.65	10323.2	10171.7	427.21	13542.6		161,111
Bangladesh	208.8	8.77	278.1	215.5	9.05	286.9		2,912
Barbados								23,026
Belarus	2922.0	122.73	3890.4	2881.5	121.02	3836.4		31,133
Belgium	5585.6	234.59	7436.6	5039.0	211.64	6708.9	4810.3	58,396
Belize								7,438
Benin	412.8	17.34	549.6	393.4	16.52	523.8		2,485
Bhutan								27,785
Bolivia	737.4	30.97	981.7	785.5	32.99	1045.8		7,062
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1703.4	71.54	2267.9	1688.0	70.89	2247.4		23,013
Botswana	1127.8	47.37	1501.6	1098.4	46.13	1462.4		9,385
Brazil	1362.5	57.23	1814.1	1437.8	60.39	1914.3		17,300
Brunei Darussalam	8308.4	348.95	11061.9	7392.9	310.50	9842.9		103,268
Bulgaria	2370.1	99.55	3155.6	2327.4	97.75	3098.7		34,176
Burkina Faso								905
Burundi								294
Cambodia	355.4	14.93	473.1	396.2	16.64	527.5		4,035
Cameroon	362.7	15.23	482.9	330.7	13.89	440.3		1,594
Canada	7379.6	309.94	9825.2	7202.2	302.49	9589.0	7247.2	102,160
Cape Verde								7,249
Central African Republic								286
Chile	1806.7	75.88	2405.5	2201.2	92.45	2930.6	2186.6	25,343
China	1806.8	75.88	2405.5	2226.3	93.50	2964.1		31,051
Colombia	696.3	29.24	927.1	668.5	28.08	890.0		11,747
Comoros								1,634
Congo, Dem. Rep.	360.2	15.13	479.5	292.3	12.28	389.1		411
Congo, Rep.	363.5	15.27	483.9	555.8	23.34	740.0		2,348
Costa Rica	997.8	41.91	1328.5	1029.0	43.22	1370.0		11,958
Cote d'Ivoire	484.9	20.37	645.6	605.3	25.42	805.9		2,371
Croatia	1931.9	81.14	2572.2	1813.9	76.19	2415.1		23,468
Cuba	975.3	40.96	1298.5	1030.9	43.30	1372.5		9,230
Cyprus	2215.2	93.04	2949.3	1691.1	71.03	2251.5		25,360
Czech Republic	4192.8	176.10	5582.3	3989.9	167.58	5312.2	3945.3	44,242
Denmark	3470.4	145.76	4620.5	3107.1	130.50	4136.9	2903.7	32,198
Djibouti								2,785
Dominica								10,548
Dominican Republic	840.0	35.28	1118.4	731.3	30.72	973.7		9,988
Ecuador	836.3	35.12	1113.5	979.8	41.15	1304.4		12,150
Egypt	903.1	37.93	1202.4	885.0	37.17	1178.3		9,960
El Salvador	676.9	28.43	901.2	693.4	29.12	923.3		7,076
Equatorial Guinea								12,399
Eritrea	141.7	5.95	188.7					914
Estonia	4154.5	174.49	5531.3	4623.3	194.18	6155.4	4599.7	46,505
Eswatini								5,981
Ethiopia	400.3	16.81	532.9	507.0	21.29	675.0		872
Fiji								9,223
Finland	6787.2	285.06	9036.5	6074.7	255.14	8087.9	6266.9	58,966
France	4030.5	169.28	5366.2	3839.9	161.27	5112.4	3641.1	36,052
Gabon	1417.6	59.54	1887.4	1434.9	60.27	1910.4		8,010
Gambia								931
Georgia	700.3	29.41	3142.8	1032.1	43.35	1374.2		20,835
Germany	4003.3	168.14	5329.9	3867.6	162.44	5149.4	3749.1	40,977
Ghana	382.2	16.05	508.9	343.6	14.43	457.5		3,483
Greece	2440.5	102.50	3249.3	2134.1	89.63	2841.3	2061.4	30,410
Grenada								9,432
Guatemala	712.8	29.94	949.0	767.6	32.24	1022		5,712
Guinea								1,282
Guinea-Bissau								677
Guyana								13,690
Haiti	229.0	9.62	304.9	393.2	16.51	523.5		1,031
Honduras	600.9	25.24	800.1	662.4	27.82	882		5,087
Hong Kong	1951.3	81.96	2598.0	1938.4	81.41	2580.7		29,152
Hungary	2566.7	107.80	3417.3	2280.4	95.78	3036.1	2292.3	26,660
Iceland	16882.5	709.06	22477.4	18177.3	763.44	24201.2	17583.6	165,871
India	565.6	23.76	753.1	606.1	25.45	806.9		7,143
Indonesia	866.5	36.39	1153.7	850.2	35.71	1132		9,854
Iran, Islamic Rep.	2816.8	118.30	3750.2	2960.4	124.34	3941.5		38,133
Iraq	1180.3	49.57	1571.4	1466.6	61.6	1952.6		14,392
Ireland	3217.7	135.14	4284.0	2840.2	119.29	3781.4	2766.6	37,761
Israel	3005.4	126.23	4001.3	2970.8	124.77	3955.3	2849.5	33,643
Italy	2814.6	118.21	3747.4	2579.5	108.34	3434.3	2405.5	28,910
Jamaica	1130.2	47.47	1504.7	1083.6	45.51	1442.7		12,236
Japan	3898.4	163.73	5190.3	3570.4	149.96	4753.7	3470.2	39,985
Jordan	1191.4	50.04	1586.2	1071	44.98	1426		9,183
Kazakhstan	4595.1	193.00	6118.0	4786.7	201.04	6373		44,702
Kenya	482.9	20.28	642.9	491.7	20.65	654.7		1,953
Kiribati								2,447
North Korea	761.2	31.97	1013.4	580.6	24.38	773		3,834
South Korea	5059.9	212.52	6736.8	5253.5	220.65	6994.5	5262	68,126
Kosovo ^[6]	1372.1	57.63	1826.9	1296.7	54.46	1726.4		16,777
Kuwait	12204.3	512.58	16248.8	9757.4	409.81	12991.1		103,883
Kyrgyzstan	535.6	22.50	713.2	690.4	29	919.2		9,275
Laos								18,847
Latvia	1971.3	82.79	2624.6	2159.2	90.69	2874.8		21,436
Lebanon	1526.1	64.10	2031.8	1337.2	56.16	1780.3		18,832
Lesotho								2,133
Liberia								1,065
Libya	3013.0	126.54	4011.5	2711.3	113.87	3609.8		28,270
Lithuania	2107.0	88.49	2805.2	2356.6	98.98	3137.6		23,151
Luxembourg	8342.5	350.39	11107.3	7310.3	307.03	9732.9	6812.2	60,334
Macao								21,400
Madagascar								508
Malawi								465
Malaysia	2557.8	107.43	3405.5	3019.8	126.83	4020.6		39,587
Maldives								17,669
Mali								1,169
Malta	2012.9	84.54	2680.0	3019.8	126.83	4020.6		74,324
Mauritania								3,989
Mauritius								19,725
Mexico	1570.3	65.95	2090.8	1545.8	64.92	2058	1510.1	19,009
Moldova	730.7	30.69	972.8	862.7	36.23	1148.5		16,006
Mongolia	1188.7	49.92	1582.6	1826.5	76.71	2431.7		22,408
Montenegro	1303.5	54.75	1735.5	1651.3	69.35	2198.5		18,940
Morocco	516.7	21.70	687.9	564.4	23.7	751.4		6,855
Mozambique	436.0	18.31	580.5	407.4	17.11	542.4		2,241
Myanmar	291.8	12.26	388.6	312.8	13.14	416.4		3,065
Namibia	702.5	29.50	935.3	742.3	31.18	988.4		8,748
Nauru								21,610
Nepal	341.1	14.32	454.1	369.7	15.53	492.2		1,608
Netherlands	5021.0	210.88	6685.0	4605.4	193.43	6131.7	4289.4	56,001
New Zealand	4166.4	174.99	5547.2	4391.6	184.45	5846.9	4454.7	44,939
Nicaragua	542.0	22.76	721.6	593.7	24.93	790.4		4,265
Niger								410
Nigeria	713.6	29.97	950.1	773	32.47	1029.2		2,548
North Macedonia	1402.3	58.90	1867.0	1349.5	56.68	1796.7		13,875
Norway	6637.4	278.77	8837.0	6438.8	270.43	8572.6	5854	96,926
Oman	7187.7	301.88	9569.7	6232.5	261.76	8297.9		90,751
Pakistan	487.3	20.47	648.8	474.9	19.94	632.2		4,243
Palestine								3,999
Panama	1072.7	45.05	1428.2	1057.5	44.41	1407.9		27,067
Papua New Guinea								2,123
Paraguay	741.9	31.16	987.7	764.1	32.09	1017.4		15,782
Peru	667.1	28.02	888.2	708.3	29.75	943.1		9,835
Philippines	434.0	18.23	577.8	457.1	19.2	608.6		5,067
Poland	2657.0	111.59	3537.5	2565.4	107.75	3415.6	2495.8	30,065
Portugal	2213.1	92.95	2946.5	2082.8	87.48	2773.1	2028.1	25,094
Qatar	12799.4	537.58	17041.2	19120.3	803.05	25456.8		194,222
Romania	1632.2	68.55	2173.1	1592.1	66.87	2119.8		18,347
Russia	4943.1	207.61	6581.2	5093.1	213.91	6780.9		55,459
Rwanda								471
Saint Lucia								13,600
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines								8,245
Samoa								7,302
São Tomé and Príncipe								3,310
Saudi Arabia	6167.9	259.05	8212.0	6363.4	267.26	8472.2		87,707
Senegal	272.0	11.42	362.1	261	10.96	347.5		2,505
Serbia	2141.0	89.92	2850.5	2078.5	87.3	2767.3		27,641
Seychelles								45,934
Singapore	6455.7	271.14	8595.2	4833.4	203	6435.2		147,085
Slovakia	3280.5	137.78	4367.6	3178.3	133.49	4231.6	2846.9	33,888
Slovenia	3520.2	147.85	4686.7	3323.2	139.58	4424.6	3272	34,391
Solomon Islands								1,892
Somalia								217
South Africa	2737.8	114.99	3645.1	2655.9	111.55	3536		22,351
South Sudan								732
Spain	2772.7	116.45	3691.5	2503.8	105.16	3333.6	2449.8	33,615
Sri Lanka	477.9	20.07	636.3	487.5	20.48	649.1		4,348
Sudan	370.9	15.58	493.9	374.8	15.74	499		2,317
Suriname								20,285
Sweden	5468.2	229.67	7280.4	5131.5	215.52	6832.1	4811	59,927
Switzerland	3348.8	140.65	4458.5	3304	138.77	4399	3074.8	33,351
Syrian Arab Republic	1063.0	44.64	1415.2	668.1	28.06	889.6		5,507
Taiwan								55,607
Tajikistan	335.5	14.09	446.7	302.7	12.71	403.1		7,675
Tanzania	447.8	18.81	596.1	469.7	19.73	625.4		907
Thailand	1698.9	71.35	2261.9	1987.6	83.48	2646.3		19,617
Togo	446.1	18.74	593.9	462.6	19.43	615.9		1,116
Tonga								6,699
Trinidad and Tobago	15913.3	668.36	21187.0	14537.6	610.58	19355.3		107,269
Tunisia	912.8	38.34	1215.3	956.5	40.17	1273.5		9,524
Turkey	1445.1	60.69	1924.0	1528.2	64.18	2034.6	1540.5	22,824
Turkmenistan	4225.9	177.49	5626.3	5011.6	210.49	6672.5		71,367
Uganda								767
Ukraine	2844.9	119.49	3787.7	2553.2	107.23	3399.3		16,309
United Arab Emirates	8271.5	347.40	11012.6	7691	323.02	10239.8		148,577
United Kingdom	3254.1	136.67	4332.5	2977.7	125.06	3964.5	2751.6	30,098
United States	7164.5	300.91	9538.8	6915.8	290.47	9207.8	6917.4	78,754
Uruguay	1240.9	52.12	1652.1	1350.5	56.72	1798.1		18,317
Uzbekistan	1533.0	64.39	2041.1	1419.5	59.62	1889.9		16,930
Vanuatu								2,957
Venezuela	2668.6	112.08	3553.0	2271.2	95.39	3023.9		21,683
Vietnam	681.4	28.62	907.2	667.6	28.04	888.9		12,983
Yemen	297.9	12.51	396.6	323.7	13.6	431		1,080
Zambia	627.8	26.37	835.9	631.5	26.52	840.7		3,419
Zimbabwe	764.0	32.09	1017.2	757.5	31.82	1008.6		2,635

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List of countries by energy consumption per capita

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