Environment
Electricity per capita
EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC · kWh
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Qatar. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 4,194.89 kWh2024
- Period covered
- 1990 - 202435 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 19,963 kWhQatar, 2023
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 47.9 kWhSouth Sudan, 2023
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Qatar19,963 kWh2023
United States12,839 kWh2024
China6,523.72 kWh2023
Netherlands6,386.37 kWh2024
Spain5,196.11 kWh2024
Italy5,136.68 kWh2024
United Kingdom4,194.89 kWh2024
South Sudan47.9 kWh2023
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Qatar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,194.89 kWh | 5,136.68 kWh | 5,196.11 kWh | 6,386.37 kWh | 12,839 kWh | |||
| 2023 | 4,229.27 kWh | 5,047.47 kWh | 5,117.83 kWh | 6,206.43 kWh | 12,553 kWh | 6,523.72 kWh | 47.9 kWh | 19,963 kWh |
| 2022 | 4,314.48 kWh | 5,215.69 kWh | 5,179.77 kWh | 6,352.19 kWh | 12,969 kWh | 6,112.14 kWh | 48.91 kWh | 19,381 kWh |
| 2021 | 4,570.05 kWh | 5,290.23 kWh | 5,236.42 kWh | 6,708.82 kWh | 12,556 kWh | 5,847.8 kWh | 50.53 kWh | 19,449 kWh |
| 2020 | 4,511.3 kWh | 4,969.24 kWh | 5,089.19 kWh | 6,643.58 kWh | 12,393 kWh | 5,261.94 kWh | 49.63 kWh | 16,636 kWh |
| 2019 | 4,775.62 kWh | 5,260.02 kWh | 5,418.87 kWh | 6,757.33 kWh | 12,678 kWh | 5,082.39 kWh | 50.66 kWh | 17,850 kWh |
| 2018 | 4,902.02 kWh | 5,271.1 kWh | 5,556.79 kWh | 6,790.77 kWh | 13,054 kWh | 4,842.21 kWh | 51.37 kWh | 17,486 kWh |
| 2017 | 4,932.31 kWh | 5,248.52 kWh | 5,605.86 kWh | 6,727.98 kWh | 12,604 kWh | 4,571.04 kWh | 50.59 kWh | 16,835 kWh |
| 2016 | 5,009.62 kWh | 5,124.18 kWh | 5,504.27 kWh | 6,731.47 kWh | 12,806 kWh | 4,237.55 kWh | 44.23 kWh | 16,057 kWh |
| 2015 | 5,078.34 kWh | 5,141.23 kWh | 5,477.3 kWh | 6,711.78 kWh | 12,829 kWh | 4,017.08 kWh | 49.61 kWh | 16,645 kWh |
| 2014 | 5,119.01 kWh | 5,041.25 kWh | 5,358.29 kWh | 6,709.22 kWh | 12,962 kWh | 4,006.17 kWh | 40.32 kWh | 16,894 kWh |
| 2013 | 5,395.83 kWh | 5,152.52 kWh | 5,411.23 kWh | 6,827.6 kWh | 12,972 kWh | 3,757.19 kWh | 39.85 kWh | 16,963 kWh |
| 2012 | 5,456.25 kWh | 5,339.31 kWh | 5,573.38 kWh | 6,872.77 kWh | 12,945 kWh | 3,466.02 kWh | 38.95 kWh | 18,938 kWh |
| 2011 | 5,472.53 kWh | 5,455.31 kWh | 5,599.36 kWh | 7,060.05 kWh | 13,235 kWh | 3,295.78 kWh | 17,735 kWh | |
| 2010 | 5,712.74 kWh | 5,443.94 kWh | 5,706.56 kWh | 7,006.27 kWh | 13,393 kWh | 2,943.59 kWh | 16,314 kWh | |
| 2009 | 5,644.57 kWh | 5,326.9 kWh | 5,652.6 kWh | 6,856.28 kWh | 12,914 kWh | 2,612.46 kWh | 14,072 kWh | |
| 2008 | 6,015.39 kWh | 5,720.56 kWh | 6,025.77 kWh | 7,173.05 kWh | 13,663 kWh | 2,446.37 kWh | 14,076 kWh | |
| 2007 | 6,102.4 kWh | 5,772.9 kWh | 6,054.53 kWh | 7,157.38 kWh | 13,657 kWh | 2,325.93 kWh | 14,955 kWh | |
| 2006 | 6,200.55 kWh | 5,807.89 kWh | 6,105.19 kWh | 7,025.83 kWh | 13,583 kWh | 2,039.01 kWh | 16,309 kWh | |
| 2005 | 6,271 kWh | 5,711.65 kWh | 6,111.36 kWh | 6,912.37 kWh | 13,705 kWh | 1,782.31 kWh | 16,207 kWh | |
| 2004 | 6,138.6 kWh | 5,673.95 kWh | 5,891.54 kWh | 6,882.97 kWh | 13,389 kWh | 1,585.84 kWh | 15,927 kWh | |
| 2003 | 6,174.4 kWh | 5,644.03 kWh | 5,675.64 kWh | 6,695.72 kWh | 13,307 kWh | 1,379.48 kWh | 15,006 kWh | |
| 2002 | 6,142.73 kWh | 5,536.73 kWh | 5,576.26 kWh | 6,641.74 kWh | 13,296 kWh | 1,194.86 kWh | 14,308 kWh | |
| 2001 | 6,141.97 kWh | 5,406.2 kWh | 5,422.34 kWh | 6,599.27 kWh | 13,047 kWh | 1,076.55 kWh | 13,655 kWh | |
| 2000 | 6,114.53 kWh | 5,299.86 kWh | 5,167.71 kWh | 6,507.11 kWh | 13,671 kWh | 992.94 kWh | 13,180 kWh | |
| 1999 | 6,007.48 kWh | 5,079.49 kWh | 4,815.62 kWh | 6,349.32 kWh | 13,282 kWh | 913.96 kWh | 13,042 kWh | |
| 1998 | 5,908.87 kWh | 4,955.72 kWh | 4,479.22 kWh | 6,257.89 kWh | 13,155 kWh | 870.62 kWh | 13,084 kWh | |
| 1997 | 5,831.96 kWh | 4,791.29 kWh | 4,324.57 kWh | 6,066.24 kWh | 12,890 kWh | 852.74 kWh | 11,729 kWh | |
| 1996 | 5,815.83 kWh | 4,658.7 kWh | 4,009.09 kWh | 5,905.99 kWh | 12,854 kWh | 821.08 kWh | 11,688 kWh | |
| 1995 | 5,575.81 kWh | 4,597.89 kWh | 3,917.45 kWh | 5,718.41 kWh | 12,660 kWh | 770.28 kWh | 10,721 kWh | |
| 1994 | 5,380.26 kWh | 4,439.32 kWh | 3,756.17 kWh | 5,616.32 kWh | 12,455 kWh | 727.11 kWh | 10,922 kWh | |
| 1993 | 5,491.99 kWh | 4,303.65 kWh | 3,638.63 kWh | 5,462.65 kWh | 12,262 kWh | 662.64 kWh | 10,730 kWh | |
| 1992 | 5,452.39 kWh | 4,310.54 kWh | 3,690.69 kWh | 5,403.52 kWh | 12,015 kWh | 604.69 kWh | 10,376 kWh | |
| 1991 | 5,451.68 kWh | 4,224.74 kWh | 3,607.8 kWh | 5,291.18 kWh | 12,134 kWh | 548.95 kWh | 9,631.68 kWh | |
| 1990 | 5,356.58 kWh | 4,144.91 kWh | 3,536.83 kWh | 5,183.69 kWh | 11,713 kWh | 510.62 kWh | 10,378 kWh |
World Bank definition
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
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.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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