Greece vs USSR: Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita
Greece
2.97 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
USSR
2.32 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1984
Greece rank
41st
USSR rank
44th
Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita over time
- Greece
- USSR
How they compare
Greece currently reports 2.97 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.32 kilowatt-hours per person in USSR, a difference of 0.65 kilowatt-hours per person.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.3 times USSR's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Greece ranks 41st and USSR ranks 44th of 79 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1759 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.4422 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2664 kilowatt-hours per person | USSR |
| 1970s | 0.2747 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.9103 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.6356 kilowatt-hours per person | USSR |
| 1980s | 0.3174 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.84 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.53 kilowatt-hours per person | USSR |
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 USSR?
- Greece, at 2.97 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.32 kilowatt-hours per person in USSR as of 2025.
- What is the difference in per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita between Greece and USSR?
- 0.65 kilowatt-hours per person, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and USSR?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 1984.
- How do Greece and USSR rank globally for per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita?
- Greece ranks 41st and USSR ranks 44th 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.