Environment

Electricity per capita

EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC · kWh

Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 5,136.68 kWh for Italy in 2024, over a series running from 1990 to 2024 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 12,839 kWh) to the lowest (South Sudan, 47.9 kWh).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Algeria
2024	5,136.68 kWh	5,196.11 kWh	6,386.37 kWh	12,839 kWh
2023	5,047.47 kWh	5,117.83 kWh	6,206.43 kWh	12,553 kWh	6,523.72 kWh	47.9 kWh	1,827.95 kWh
2022	5,215.69 kWh	5,179.77 kWh	6,352.19 kWh	12,969 kWh	6,112.14 kWh	48.91 kWh	1,756.59 kWh
2021	5,290.23 kWh	5,236.42 kWh	6,708.82 kWh	12,556 kWh	5,847.8 kWh	50.53 kWh	1,681.48 kWh
2020	4,969.24 kWh	5,089.19 kWh	6,643.58 kWh	12,393 kWh	5,261.94 kWh	49.63 kWh	1,591.98 kWh
2019	5,260.02 kWh	5,418.87 kWh	6,757.33 kWh	12,678 kWh	5,082.39 kWh	50.66 kWh	1,651.18 kWh
2018	5,271.1 kWh	5,556.79 kWh	6,790.77 kWh	13,054 kWh	4,842.21 kWh	51.37 kWh	1,568.47 kWh
2017	5,248.52 kWh	5,605.86 kWh	6,727.98 kWh	12,604 kWh	4,571.04 kWh	50.59 kWh	1,554.5 kWh
2016	5,124.18 kWh	5,504.27 kWh	6,731.47 kWh	12,806 kWh	4,237.55 kWh	44.23 kWh	1,470.35 kWh
2015	5,141.23 kWh	5,477.3 kWh	6,711.78 kWh	12,829 kWh	4,017.08 kWh	49.61 kWh	1,438.57 kWh
2014	5,041.25 kWh	5,358.29 kWh	6,709.22 kWh	12,962 kWh	4,006.17 kWh	40.32 kWh	1,353.09 kWh
2013	5,152.52 kWh	5,411.23 kWh	6,827.6 kWh	12,972 kWh	3,757.19 kWh	39.85 kWh	1,269.79 kWh
2012	5,339.31 kWh	5,573.38 kWh	6,872.77 kWh	12,945 kWh	3,466.02 kWh	38.95 kWh	1,229.34 kWh
2011	5,455.31 kWh	5,599.36 kWh	7,060.05 kWh	13,235 kWh	3,295.78 kWh		1,115.97 kWh
2010	5,443.94 kWh	5,706.56 kWh	7,006.27 kWh	13,393 kWh	2,943.59 kWh		1,010.72 kWh
2009	5,326.9 kWh	5,652.6 kWh	6,856.28 kWh	12,914 kWh	2,612.46 kWh		862.49 kWh
2008	5,720.56 kWh	6,025.77 kWh	7,173.05 kWh	13,663 kWh	2,446.37 kWh		944.94 kWh
2007	5,772.9 kWh	6,054.53 kWh	7,157.38 kWh	13,657 kWh	2,325.93 kWh		893.7 kWh
2006	5,807.89 kWh	6,105.19 kWh	7,025.83 kWh	13,583 kWh	2,039.01 kWh		862.88 kWh
2005	5,711.65 kWh	6,111.36 kWh	6,912.37 kWh	13,705 kWh	1,782.31 kWh		891.71 kWh
2004	5,673.95 kWh	5,891.54 kWh	6,882.97 kWh	13,389 kWh	1,585.84 kWh		805.68 kWh
2003	5,644.03 kWh	5,675.64 kWh	6,695.72 kWh	13,307 kWh	1,379.48 kWh		788.57 kWh
2002	5,536.73 kWh	5,576.26 kWh	6,641.74 kWh	13,296 kWh	1,194.86 kWh		733.21 kWh
2001	5,406.2 kWh	5,422.34 kWh	6,599.27 kWh	13,047 kWh	1,076.55 kWh		711.81 kWh
2000	5,299.86 kWh	5,167.71 kWh	6,507.11 kWh	13,671 kWh	992.94 kWh		686.35 kWh
1999	5,079.49 kWh	4,815.62 kWh	6,349.32 kWh	13,282 kWh	913.96 kWh		655.99 kWh
1998	4,955.72 kWh	4,479.22 kWh	6,257.89 kWh	13,155 kWh	870.62 kWh		621.35 kWh
1997	4,791.29 kWh	4,324.57 kWh	6,066.24 kWh	12,890 kWh	852.74 kWh		578.88 kWh
1996	4,658.7 kWh	4,009.09 kWh	5,905.99 kWh	12,854 kWh	821.08 kWh		575.1 kWh
1995	4,597.89 kWh	3,917.45 kWh	5,718.41 kWh	12,660 kWh	770.28 kWh		565.57 kWh
1994	4,439.32 kWh	3,756.17 kWh	5,616.32 kWh	12,455 kWh	727.11 kWh		557.42 kWh
1993	4,303.65 kWh	3,638.63 kWh	5,462.65 kWh	12,262 kWh	662.64 kWh		555.19 kWh
1992	4,310.54 kWh	3,690.69 kWh	5,403.52 kWh	12,015 kWh	604.69 kWh		568.19 kWh
1991	4,224.74 kWh	3,607.8 kWh	5,291.18 kWh	12,134 kWh	548.95 kWh		540.94 kWh
1990	4,144.91 kWh	3,536.83 kWh	5,183.69 kWh	11,713 kWh	510.62 kWh		539.61 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.

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