Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
175,277 kilowatt-hours per person
Iceland
Lowest
1.33 kilowatt-hours per person
Turkmenistan
Median
3,269 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,564

What the numbers show

Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 175,277 kilowatt-hours per person in Iceland; the lowest is 1.33 kilowatt-hours per person in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 7,689 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 104,208.0%), and the largest decrease in Taiwan (down 58.4%).

Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 175,277 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 9.3% volatile
2 Finland 30,855 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 30.9% volatile
3 Norway 29,534 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 7.8% rising
4 Sweden 27,200 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 12.3% rising
5 New Zealand 25,090 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.6% rising
6 France 20,830 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.6% volatile
7 Canada 18,316 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 14.4% rising
8 South Korea 13,063 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 24.5% volatile
9 United States 12,630 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 9.3% rising
10 Slovakia 12,493 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.7% volatile
11 United Arab Emirates 12,255 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 35,267.7% volatile
12 Slovenia 11,977 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 10.4% rising
13 Czechia 11,825 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 19.7% volatile
14 Switzerland 11,798 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.3% rising
15 Belgium 9,884 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.5% volatile
16 Bulgaria 9,659 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.4% volatile
17 Austria 8,252 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 14.3% rising
18 Denmark 8,109 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 53.9% volatile
19 Spain 7,710 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 21.1% volatile
20 Hungary 7,343 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.4% volatile
21 Russia 6,123 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 16.2% rising
22 Belarus 6,015 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 8,418.2% volatile
23 Netherlands 5,747 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 147.1% volatile
24 Brazil 5,505 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 39.0% volatile
25 Japan 5,326 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 173.6% volatile
26 United Kingdom 5,308 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.4% rising
27 Portugal 5,150 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 46.0% volatile
28 Germany 5,032 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 31.9% volatile
29 Estonia 5,014 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 97.8% volatile
31 Ukraine 4,718 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.0% rising
32 Australia 4,491 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 136.2% volatile
34 Lithuania 4,058 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 249.2% volatile
35 Italy 4,022 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 12.0% rising
36 China 3,962 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 175.9% volatile
37 Chile 3,901 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 60.1% volatile
38 Latvia 3,504 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 49.7% rising
39 Croatia 3,381 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 69.8% rising
40 Romania 3,329 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2.8% volatile
41 Turkey 3,269 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 121.3% volatile
42 Greece 2,974 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 87.4% volatile
43 Venezuela 2,570 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.8% volatile
44 Poland 2,381 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.8% volatile
45 Argentina 2,291 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 34.7% volatile
46 Taiwan 2,180 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 58.4% volatile
47 North Macedonia 2,048 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 95.6% volatile
48 Malaysia 1,774 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 163.9% volatile
49 Colombia 1,724 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 39.0% rising
50 Ecuador 1,640 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 82.4% volatile
51 Israel 1,638 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 739.1% volatile
52 Thailand 1,520 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 60.7% volatile
53 Vietnam 1,515 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 149.1% volatile
54 Cyprus 1,461 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 188.8% volatile
55 Peru 1,390 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 33.7% rising
56 Indonesia 1,308 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 176.1% volatile
57 Qatar 1,247 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 721.9% volatile
58 Philippines 1,171 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.9% volatile
59 Mexico 1,168 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.4% rising
60 South Africa 1,022 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 28.0% volatile
61 Oman 922.22 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 104,208.0% volatile
62 Kazakhstan 844.82 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 61.7% rising
63 Singapore 711.27 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 56.6% volatile
64 Pakistan 597.13 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 175.8% volatile
65 Saudi Arabia 571.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 37,261.3% volatile
66 Sri Lanka 534.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 77.6% volatile
67 India 519.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 98.0% volatile
68 Uzbekistan 453.63 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 131.7% falling
69 Hong Kong 427.5 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 380.7% volatile
70 Azerbaijan 379.76 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 92.7% rising
71 Iran 343.71 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 18.1% volatile
72 Morocco 299.33 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 134.9% volatile
73 Egypt 288.09 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 83.7% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2,116.4% volatile
75 Iraq 64.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.9% volatile
76 Kuwait 20.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 1,426.1% volatile
77 Bangladesh 14.81 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 87.4% rising
78 Algeria 14.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 161.5% volatile
79 Turkmenistan 1.33 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 1.5% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from low-carbon energy per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
80 places, 4,564 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.