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Percent of world electricity consumption, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 190 countries was 0.526 percent. The highest value was in China: 34.361 percent and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0 percent. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The Global Economy
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Countries Percent of world electricity consumption, 2024 Global rank Available data
China 34.361 1 1980 - 2024
USA 14.716 2 1980 - 2024
India 6.166 3 1980 - 2024
Russia 3.667 4 1992 - 2024
Japan 3.012 5 1980 - 2024
Brazil 2.232 6 1980 - 2024
Canada 2.011 7 1980 - 2024
South Korea 1.957 8 1980 - 2024
Germany 1.72 9 1991 - 2024
France 1.437 10 1980 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 1.424 11 1980 - 2024
Indonesia 1.32 12 1980 - 2024
Iran 1.219 13 1980 - 2024
Mexico 1.203 14 1980 - 2024
Turkey 1.063 15 1980 - 2024
Vietnam 1.056 16 1980 - 2024
Italy 1.018 17 1980 - 2024
Taiwan 0.975 18 1980 - 2024
UK 0.963 19 1980 - 2024
Australia 0.901 20 1980 - 2024
Spain 0.818 21 1980 - 2024
Thailand 0.784 22 1980 - 2024
South Africa 0.761 23 1980 - 2024
Malaysia 0.634 24 1980 - 2024
Egypt 0.61 25 1980 - 2024
UA Emirates 0.566 26 1980 - 2024
Poland 0.554 27 1980 - 2024
Norway 0.452 28 1980 - 2024
Pakistan 0.45 29 1980 - 2024
Sweden 0.444 30 1980 - 2024
Argentina 0.432 31 1980 - 2024
Kazakhstan 0.397 32 1992 - 2024
Philippines 0.392 33 1980 - 2024
Netherlands 0.387 34 1980 - 2024
Colombia 0.376 35 1980 - 2024
Bangladesh 0.364 36 1980 - 2024
Ukraine 0.306 37 1992 - 2024
Algeria 0.298 38 1980 - 2024
Kuwait 0.297 39 1980 - 2024
Chile 0.292 40 1980 - 2024
Finland 0.279 41 1980 - 2024
Belgium 0.277 42 1980 - 2024
Uzbekistan 0.263 43 1992 - 2024
Iraq 0.236 44 1980 - 2024
Israel 0.236 45 1980 - 2024
Czechia 0.224 46 1993 - 2024
Venezuela 0.222 47 1980 - 2024
Austria 0.216 48 1980 - 2024
Singapore 0.207 49 1980 - 2024
Switzerland 0.198 50 1980 - 2024
Qatar 0.187 51 1980 - 2024
Peru 0.185 52 1980 - 2024
Portugal 0.18 53 1980 - 2024
Greece 0.168 54 1980 - 2024
Romania 0.165 55 1980 - 2024
Hong Kong 0.158 56 1980 - 2024
Hungary 0.158 57 1980 - 2024
Oman 0.151 58 1980 - 2024
Belarus 0.148 59 1992 - 2024
New Zealand 0.144 60 1980 - 2024
Bahrain 0.131 61 1980 - 2024
Morocco 0.129 62 1980 - 2024
Denmark 0.126 63 1980 - 2024
Bulgaria 0.124 64 1980 - 2024
Serbia 0.118 65 2006 - 2024
Ireland 0.117 66 1980 - 2024
Nigeria 0.105 67 1980 - 2024
Ecuador 0.098 68 1980 - 2024
Libya 0.097 69 1980 - 2024
Azerbaijan 0.086 70 1992 - 2024
Slovakia 0.086 71 1993 - 2024
North Korea 0.081 72 1980 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 0.074 73 1980 - 2024
Jordan 0.074 74 1980 - 2024
Turkmenistan 0.073 75 1992 - 2024
Burma 0.071 76 1980 - 2024
Tunisia 0.07 77 1980 - 2024
Cambodia 0.068 78 1980 - 2024
Ghana 0.067 79 1980 - 2024
Puerto Rico 0.066 80 1980 - 2024
Syria 0.066 81 1980 - 2024
Iceland 0.065 82 1980 - 2024
Croatia 0.061 83 1992 - 2024
DR Congo 0.057 84 1980 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 0.057 85 1992 - 2024
Cuba 0.055 86 1980 - 2024
Paraguay 0.055 87 1980 - 2024
Tajikistan 0.055 88 1992 - 2024
Zambia 0.055 89 1980 - 2024
Sri Lanka 0.053 90 1980 - 2024
Guatemala 0.051 91 1980 - 2024
Angola 0.049 92 1980 - 2024
Slovenia 0.047 93 1992 - 2024
Georgia 0.046 94 1992 - 2024
Mozambique 0.046 95 1980 - 2024
Uruguay 0.046 96 1980 - 2024
Bolivia 0.044 97 1980 - 2024
Laos 0.044 98 1980 - 2024
Panama 0.044 99 1980 - 2024
Bhutan 0.043 100 1980 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 0.042 101 1992 - 2024
Sudan 0.041 102 1980 - 2024
Kenya 0.04 103 1980 - 2024
Ethiopia 0.038 104 1980 - 2024
Lithuania 0.036 105 1992 - 2024
Mongolia 0.036 106 1980 - 2024
Zimbabwe 0.036 107 1980 - 2024
Nepal 0.032 108 1980 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 0.032 109 1980 - 2024
Honduras 0.03 110 1980 - 2024
Ivory Coast 0.029 111 1980 - 2024
Albania 0.027 112 1980 - 2024
Tanzania 0.027 113 1980 - 2024
Armenia 0.025 114 1992 - 2024
Estonia 0.025 115 1992 - 2024
Senegal 0.025 116 1980 - 2024
Latvia 0.023 117 1992 - 2024
Afghanistan 0.021 118 1980 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.021 119 1980 - 2024
Macao 0.021 120 1980 - 2024
North Macedonia 0.021 121 1992 - 2024
El Salvador 0.02 122 1980 - 2024
Cameroon 0.019 123 1980 - 2024
Cyprus 0.019 124 1980 - 2024
Moldova 0.019 125 1992 - 2024
Mali 0.018 126 1980 - 2024
Brunei 0.017 127 1980 - 2024
Lebanon 0.017 128 1980 - 2024
Nicaragua 0.016 129 1980 - 2024
Papua N.G. 0.015 130 1980 - 2024
Uganda 0.015 131 1980 - 2024
Botswana 0.014 132 1980 - 2024
R. of Congo 0.014 133 1980 - 2024
Guinea 0.013 134 1980 - 2024
Jamaica 0.013 135 1980 - 2024
Namibia 0.013 136 1990 - 2024
Yemen 0.013 137 1980 - 2024
Mauritius 0.011 138 1980 - 2024
Montenegro 0.011 139 2006 - 2024
N. Caledonia 0.011 140 1980 - 2024
Burkina Faso 0.01 141 1980 - 2024
Malta 0.01 142 1980 - 2024
Gabon 0.009 143 1980 - 2024
Madagascar 0.008 144 1980 - 2024
Bahamas 0.007 145 1980 - 2024
Mauritania 0.007 146 1980 - 2024
Togo 0.007 147 1980 - 2024
Benin 0.006 148 1980 - 2024
Malawi 0.006 149 1980 - 2024
Niger 0.006 150 1980 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 0.005 151 1980 - 2024
Suriname 0.005 152 1980 - 2024
Swaziland 0.005 153 1980 - 2024
Barbados 0.004 154 1980 - 2024
Fiji 0.004 155 1980 - 2024
Guyana 0.004 156 1980 - 2024
Rwanda 0.004 157 1980 - 2024
Aruba 0.003 158 1986 - 2024
Haiti 0.003 159 1980 - 2024
Maldives 0.003 160 1980 - 2024
Belize 0.002 161 1980 - 2024
Burundi 0.002 162 1980 - 2024
Djibouti 0.002 163 1980 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 0.002 164 1980 - 2024
Lesotho 0.002 165 1980 - 2024
Seychelles 0.002 166 1980 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 0.001 167 1980 - 2024
Bermuda 0.001 168 1980 - 2024
Cape Verde 0.001 169 1980 - 2024
Chad 0.001 170 1980 - 2024
Dominica 0.001 171 1980 - 2024
Eritrea 0.001 172 1994 - 2024
Gambia 0.001 173 1980 - 2024
Gibraltar 0.001 174 1980 - 2024
Grenada 0.001 175 1980 - 2024
Liberia 0.001 176 1980 - 2024
Saint Lucia 0.001 177 1980 - 2024
Samoa 0.001 178 1980 - 2024
Somalia 0.001 179 1980 - 2024
C.A. Republic 0 180 1980 - 2024
Comoros 0 181 1980 - 2024
G.-Bissau 0 182 1980 - 2024
Kiribati 0 183 1980 - 2024
Montserrat 0 184 1980 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 0 185 1980 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0 186 1980 - 2024
Sierra Leone 0 187 1980 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 0 188 1980 - 2024
Tonga 0 189 1980 - 2024
Vanuatu 0 190 1980 - 2024


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