Greece vs Turkey: Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita
Greece
2.97 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Turkey
3.27 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Greece rank
41st
Turkey rank
40th
Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Greece
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 3.27 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.97 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece, a difference of 0.3 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 41st and Turkey ranks 40th of 79 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 | 0.1759 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0923 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0836 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1970s | 0.2747 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1509 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1238 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 1980s | 0.288 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3075 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0194 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 1990s | 0.3084 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.5618 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2534 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2000s | 0.5532 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.5505 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0027 kilowatt-hours per person | Greece |
| 2010s | 1.42 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.45 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0305 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
| 2020s | 2.61 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.96 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3496 kilowatt-hours per person | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita, Greece or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 3.27 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.97 kilowatt-hours per person in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita between Greece and Turkey?
- 0.3 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 per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita?
- Greece ranks 41st and Turkey ranks 40th of 79 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 Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita. 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.