Electricity consumption
Net electricity consumption in the country in the year: net generation plus imports, minus exports and transmission and distribution losses, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
Countries only. EIA publishes 0 for some small economies in years it has no estimate, and a few tiny negative values where losses exceed supply.
Key facts
- Electricity consumption in the United States was 4,194.3 TWh in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- China had the highest electricity consumption of 212 countries in 2024, at 9,793.7 TWh, and Western Sahara the lowest, at 0 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
- Published for 214 places, with figures from 1980 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by electricity consumption, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Morocco
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- United Kingdom
- Venezuela
- Gabon
- Montenegro
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest electricity consumption? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"electricity_consumption","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=electricity_consumption&level=country