Greece vs Turkey: Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person
Greece
2,974 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Turkey
3,269 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Greece rank
42nd
Turkey rank
41st
Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person over time
- Greece
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person against 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece, a difference of 295 kilowatt-hours per person.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 42nd and Turkey ranks 41st of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175.86 kilowatt-hours per person | 92.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 83.56 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1970s | 274.67 kilowatt-hours per person | 150.86 kilowatt-hours per person | 123.81 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1980s | 288 kilowatt-hours per person | 307.45 kilowatt-hours per person | 19.45 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 1990s | 308.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 561.83 kilowatt-hours per person | 253.4 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2000s | 553.21 kilowatt-hours per person | 550.51 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.7 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 2010s | 1,415 kilowatt-hours per person | 1,446 kilowatt-hours per person | 30.47 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2020s | 2,608 kilowatt-hours per person | 2,957 kilowatt-hours per person | 349.56 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from low-carbon energy per person, Greece or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person against 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from low-carbon energy per person between Greece and Turkey?
- 295 kilowatt-hours per person, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Turkey?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Turkey rank globally for primary energy from low-carbon energy per person?
- Greece ranks 42nd and Turkey ranks 41st of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.