Countries by electricity consumption

China had the highest electricity consumption of 210 countries in 2013, at 5,098.8 TWh. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 TWh. The median was 7.3 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest5,098.8China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median7.3210 countries

Top 40 countries, 2013

TWh. Source: EIA, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 TWh	Change on 2012
1	China	5,098.8	+9.1%
2	United States	3,876.6	+1%
3	Japan	1,038.1	+1%
4	India	962.8	+15.8%
5	Russia	920.5	-1%
6	Canada	567	+3.6%
7	Germany	555	-0.2%
8	Brazil	515.4	+3.6%
9	South Korea	511.2	+1.1%
10	France	467.4	+0.9%
11	United Kingdom	335.9	-0.4%
12	Italy	306.2	-3.4%
13	Saudi Arabia	283	+6.6%
14	Mexico	254.8	-3.5%
15	Spain	242.2	-3.5%
16	Taiwan	241.5	+1.6%
17	Australia	238.4	+0.5%
18	South Africa	225.8	-0.6%
19	Iran	215.7	+2.9%
20	Türkiye	207.5	+1.1%
21	Indonesia	198.2	+11.2%
22	Thailand	170.6	+1.6%
23	Ukraine	158.3	-1.4%
24	Poland	148.8	+0.8%
25	Egypt	143.5	-1.4%
26	Malaysia	134.3	+6.5%
27	Sweden	130	-2.3%
28	Argentina	125.1	+0.4%
29	Norway	119.4	+0.7%
30	Netherlands	114.5	-0.3%
31	Vietnam	111.4	+2.8%
32	Venezuela	109.4	+6.3%
33	United Arab Emirates	104.8	+4.5%
34	Kazakhstan	91	+4.7%
35	Pakistan	88.4	+7.6%
36	Belgium	84.9	-0.1%
37	Finland	82.7	-0.8%
38	Chile	68	+2.8%
39	Philippines	67.5	+4.6%
40	Colombia	66.9	+22.4%
41	Austria	66.2	+0.8%
42	Czechia	62.8	-0.7%
43	Switzerland	57.1	+0.6%
44	Israel	54.1	-4.9%
45	Kuwait	53.3	-1.1%
46	Greece	52.3	-7.1%
47	Algeria	48.8	+5.4%
48	Romania	48.5	-4.9%
49	Portugal	47.3	-2.1%
50	Singapore	46.9	+1.7%
51	Bangladesh	46.3	+8.1%
52	Iraq	44.9	+23.2%
53	Uzbekistan	44.6	+2.1%
54	Hong Kong	43.2	-0.5%
55	New Zealand	39.8	-2.3%
56	Peru	38.9	+6.4%
57	Hungary	37	-1.6%
58	Belarus	34.5	-1.3%
59	Denmark	32.9	-0.2%
60	Qatar	32.6	-0.1%
61	Bulgaria	31.7	-3%
62	Serbia	30.8	+0.4%
63	Libya	30.8	+10.6%
64	Morocco	27.4	-2.5%
65	Slovakia	26	+0.7%
66	Ireland	25.6	+0.6%
67	Bahrain	25.4	+5.3%
68	Nigeria	24.6	+0.6%
69	Oman	23.4	+8.2%
70	Ecuador	20.7	+5.5%
71	Puerto Rico	20.2	-3.7%
72	Azerbaijan	19.6	+2.8%
73	Syria	19.4	-23.6%
74	North Korea	18.5	+2.8%
75	Iceland	17.6	+4.9%
76	Lebanon	17.5	+15.5%
77	Cuba	16.3	+4.9%
78	Jordan	15.8	+1.8%
79	Croatia	15.7	-1.9%
80	Dominican Republic	15.5	+5%
81	Tunisia	15.4	+2%
82	Tajikistan	13.6	-1.6%
83	Turkmenistan	13.6	+6.6%
84	Slovenia	13.2	+0.1%
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.2	-2.1%
86	Mozambique	11.6	+0.7%
87	Zambia	11.2	+5.1%
88	Kyrgyzstan	10.9	+9.2%
89	Ghana	10.8	+6.4%
90	Sri Lanka	10.8	+1.2%
91	Uruguay	10.2	+3.2%
92	Lithuania	9.8	-0.1%
93	Myanmar	9.8	+16.3%
94	Paraguay	9.8	+12%
95	Trinidad and Tobago	9.3	+4.3%
96	Georgia	9.2	+6.9%
97	Costa Rica	9.1	+1.1%
98	Estonia	8.8	-0.7%
99	Guatemala	8.5	+4.6%
100	Zimbabwe	8.4	+5.3%
101	Sudan	8.3	+6.8%
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.3	+7.8%
103	Panama	7.8	+5%
104	North Macedonia	7.4	-3.5%
105	Albania	7.3	+7.2%
106	Angola	7.2	+2.9%
107	Bolivia	7.1	+6.7%
108	Kenya	6.6	-2.5%
109	Latvia	6.4	-8.1%
110	Ethiopia	6.4	+20.7%
111	Yemen	6.3	+33.1%
112	Luxembourg	6.2	-0.7%
113	El Salvador	6	+5.5%
114	Honduras	5.8	+3.7%
115	Mongolia	5.5	+21.7%
116	Armenia	5.4	+2.6%
117	Moldova	5.4	-10.8%
118	Cameroon	5.2	+4.7%
119	Côte d’Ivoire	5.1	+1.8%
120	Tanzania	4.9	+4.8%
121	Palestine	4.7	-1.9%
122	Macao	4.3	+1.8%
123	Afghanistan	4.2	+19.1%
124	Cyprus	4.1	-10.3%
125	Brunei	4	+8.3%
126	Namibia	3.8	+3.4%
127	Nepal	3.7	+12.9%
128	Cambodia	3.6	+8.4%
129	Papua New Guinea	3.6	+7.7%
130	Senegal	3.5	+5.1%
131	Botswana	3.4	+5.4%
132	Laos	3.2	+9.6%
133	Nicaragua	3.2	+4.1%
134	Jamaica	3.2	-2.5%
135	Montenegro	2.8	-15.4%
136	Mauritius	2.7	+3.5%
137	New Caledonia	2.4	+10.1%
138	Malta	2.1	-0.3%
139	Uganda	2.1	+7.6%
140	Bhutan	2	+9.4%
141	Bahamas	1.8	-0.3%
142	Gabon	1.8	+5.4%
143	Mali	1.8	+10.1%
144	Malawi	1.7	+3.8%
145	Guam	1.6	+4.3%
146	Suriname	1.6	+4.6%
147	Madagascar	1.6	+5.8%
148	Eswatini	1.3	+9.1%
149	Burkina Faso	1.1	+8.2%
150	Mauritania	1	+3.6%
151	Benin	1	+10.3%
152	Barbados	1	-10.3%
153	Republic of the Congo	1	-3.6%
154	Niger	0.9	+1.7%
155	Fiji	0.8	+3.7%
156	Togo	0.8	-28.4%
157	Aruba	0.8	+3.7%
158	Equatorial Guinea	0.8	+63.2%
159	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.8	-6%
160	Guyana	0.7	+3.1%
161	Lesotho	0.7	+5%
162	Bermuda	0.6	-3.4%
163	French Polynesia	0.6	-6.2%
164	Cayman Islands	0.6	+1.2%
165	Belize	0.6	-2.3%
166	Guinea	0.6	-11.4%
167	Greenland	0.5	+2.7%
168	Haiti	0.5	-1.3%
169	Maldives	0.4	+4.3%
170	Seychelles	0.4	+5.4%
171	Rwanda	0.4	-4.3%
172	Saint Lucia	0.3	+1.5%
173	Djibouti	0.3	+15.7%
174	Somalia	0.3	+2.6%
175	Cape Verde	0.3	+7.9%
176	Faroe Islands	0.3	+4.8%
177	Liberia	0.3	0%
178	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3	0%
179	Eritrea	0.3	-11.5%
180	Chad	0.2	+13.8%
181	Timor-Leste	0.2	+133.7%
182	Burundi	0.2	+8.2%
183	Gambia	0.2	+1.5%
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	-0.5%
185	Grenada	0.2	-1.7%
186	Gibraltar	0.2	+7%
187	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+1%
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2	+0.4%
189	American Samoa	0.1	+0.1%
190	Dominica	0.1	+0.5%
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	-1.2%
192	Central African Republic	0.1	-23.3%
193	Samoa	0.1	+7.5%
194	Sierra Leone	0.1	-9.4%
195	Solomon Islands	0.1	+8%
196	Vanuatu	0.1	+3.5%
197	Tonga	0	+3.6%
198	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	+9.1%
199	Comoros	0	-6%
200	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	-6.3%
201	Cook Islands	0	+1%
202	Kiribati	0	+1.4%
203	Guinea-Bissau	0	-23.3%
204	Falkland Islands	0	0%
205	Nauru	0	+3%
206	Montserrat	0	0%
207	Saint Helena	0	-2.5%
208	Niue	0	0%
209	Antarctica	0	0%
210	Western Sahara	0	n/a

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest electricity consumption?

China, with 5,098.8 TWh in 2013, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest electricity consumption?

Western Sahara, with 0 TWh in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 4 countries have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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