India vs Sri Lanka: Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita
India
0.5199 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Sri Lanka
0.535 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
India rank
67th
Sri Lanka rank
66th
Per capita low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita over time
- India
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.535 kilowatt-hours per person against 0.5199 kilowatt-hours per person in India, a difference of 0.0151 kilowatt-hours per person.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was India ahead.
India ranks 67th and Sri Lanka ranks 66th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.046 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0382 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0078 kilowatt-hours per person | India |
| 1970s | 0.0745 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0762 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0017 kilowatt-hours per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.0858 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1316 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0458 kilowatt-hours per person | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.1056 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2073 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1017 kilowatt-hours per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.1489 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1764 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0275 kilowatt-hours per person | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.2642 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2583 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0059 kilowatt-hours per person | India |
| 2020s | 0.4188 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.4052 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0136 kilowatt-hours per person | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita, India or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.535 kilowatt-hours per person against 0.5199 kilowatt-hours per person in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita between India and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0151 kilowatt-hours per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sri Lanka?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do India and Sri Lanka rank globally for per capita low-carbon energy vs. gdp per capita?
- India ranks 67th and Sri Lanka ranks 66th 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.