Countries by electricity consumption

China had the highest electricity consumption of 210 countries in 2016, at 5,825.9 TWh. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 TWh. The median was 8.1 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest5,825.9China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median8.1210 countries

Top 40 countries, 2016

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	2016 TWh	Change on 2015
1	China	5,825.9	+5.7%
2	United States	3,921.1	+0.2%
3	India	1,132.6	+1.9%
4	Japan	1,018.9	+1.6%
5	Russia	947.1	+2%
6	Canada	559.4	+0.8%
7	Germany	550.6	+0.5%
8	South Korea	530.3	+1.8%
9	Brazil	526	-0.2%
10	France	459.2	+1.5%
11	Saudi Arabia	342.1	+2.1%
12	United Kingdom	320	-0.6%
13	Italy	303.5	-0.8%
14	Mexico	280.1	+4%
15	Iran	252.3	+6.6%
16	Taiwan	251.6	+2.2%
17	Spain	245.8	+0.4%
18	Australia	245.8	+1.2%
19	Türkiye	242	+6.7%
20	South Africa	220.7	-1.1%
21	Indonesia	208.6	-14%
22	Thailand	194.3	+9.9%
23	Vietnam	168.1	+12.1%
24	Poland	158	+3.3%
25	Egypt	150.5	-3.7%
26	Malaysia	145.3	+2.9%
27	Ukraine	140.8	+0.7%
28	Argentina	135.8	-0.2%
29	Sweden	133.1	+2.1%
30	Norway	123.2	+2.8%
31	United Arab Emirates	122.2	+2.3%
32	Netherlands	113.1	+0.9%
33	Pakistan	99.8	+3.9%
34	Kazakhstan	88	+1.6%
35	Belgium	85.9	+2.8%
36	Finland	83.8	+3.1%
37	Philippines	82.5	+10.1%
38	Venezuela	82.3	-4.5%
39	Chile	75.9	+6.7%
40	Colombia	69.5	-1.3%
41	Austria	67.3	+1.1%
42	Bangladesh	65.4	+17.8%
43	Kuwait	63.9	+2.7%
44	Czechia	63.3	-1.2%
45	Algeria	60.1	+4.3%
46	Israel	58.9	+4.2%
47	Greece	57.2	+6.1%
48	Switzerland	56.2	+0.4%
49	Romania	51.4	+0.8%
50	Singapore	50.7	+2.3%
51	Portugal	48.6	+0.9%
52	Uzbekistan	48.1	+2.2%
53	Peru	46.1	+7.5%
54	Hong Kong	44	+0.3%
55	Iraq	41.1	-2.9%
56	New Zealand	40.2	-1.1%
57	Qatar	39.9	+1.9%
58	Hungary	39.6	+1.8%
59	Belarus	33.7	-0.2%
60	Bulgaria	33.4	+0.6%
61	Denmark	33	+1.2%
62	Serbia	31.6	+1.5%
63	Oman	31	+4.7%
64	Morocco	30.2	+3%
65	Nigeria	29.1	+3.3%
66	Bahrain	27.9	+0.1%
67	Ireland	27.1	+2.6%
68	Slovakia	26.8	+2.4%
69	Libya	25.5	-16.2%
70	Ecuador	23.3	+1.7%
71	Azerbaijan	21.5	-0.2%
72	North Korea	20	+25.8%
73	Puerto Rico	19.4	-1.3%
74	Jordan	17.9	+2.8%
75	Iceland	17.7	-1.7%
76	Lebanon	17.5	+2.8%
77	Cuba	17.4	+1.1%
78	Tunisia	16.5	+1.4%
79	Turkmenistan	16.4	0%
80	Dominican Republic	16.4	+4.1%
81	Croatia	15.9	-1.4%
82	Syria	14.2	+2%
83	Slovenia	13.7	+1.9%
84	Sri Lanka	13.4	+9%
85	Myanmar	13.4	-2%
86	Tajikistan	13.2	+0.1%
87	Mozambique	13	+4.4%
88	Ghana	12.8	+20.6%
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.6	+4.5%
90	Sudan	12	+15.8%
91	Paraguay	11.7	+4.8%
92	Uruguay	11.5	+5.4%
93	Zambia	11.3	-5%
94	Kyrgyzstan	10.6	-1.6%
95	Georgia	10.6	+5.4%
96	Lithuania	10.6	+4.1%
97	Costa Rica	10	+5.2%
98	Guatemala	9.8	+5.5%
99	Angola	9.8	+12.7%
100	Estonia	9.4	+10.3%
101	Trinidad and Tobago	9.2	-1.7%
102	Panama	9	+2.5%
103	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.9	-1%
104	Ethiopia	8.6	+12.7%
105	Bolivia	8.5	+3.6%
106	Kenya	7.8	-5.2%
107	Albania	7.6	+25.4%
108	Zimbabwe	7.4	-5.6%
109	Côte d’Ivoire	6.9	+13.5%
110	North Macedonia	6.6	-6.7%
111	Honduras	6.6	+4%
112	Luxembourg	6.4	+2.2%
113	Cambodia	6.4	+20%
114	El Salvador	6.3	-0.8%
115	Mongolia	6.3	+2.7%
116	Latvia	6.2	+0.6%
117	Tanzania	5.8	+5.7%
118	Cameroon	5.5	-13.1%
119	Armenia	5.4	-0.9%
120	Palestine	5.3	+1.4%
121	Moldova	5.3	-4.3%
122	Macao	5.1	+5.2%
123	Afghanistan	5	+11.6%
124	Nepal	4.9	+25.3%
125	Laos	4.9	+18.2%
126	Cyprus	4.6	+7.1%
127	Senegal	4.5	+7.4%
128	Papua New Guinea	4.4	+8%
129	Brunei	4	+2.5%
130	Namibia	4	+3.5%
131	Botswana	3.8	-2.6%
132	Nicaragua	3.7	+6.2%
133	Yemen	3.6	-16.2%
134	Jamaica	3.3	+5.1%
135	New Caledonia	3	+6.9%
136	Montenegro	2.9	-1.2%
137	Mauritius	2.9	+1.8%
138	Uganda	2.7	+3.3%
139	Mali	2.4	+0.1%
140	Malta	2.2	-0.6%
141	Bhutan	2.1	-1.2%
142	Gabon	2.1	+4%
143	Bahamas	2	-1.6%
144	Malawi	1.9	+7.6%
145	Madagascar	1.8	+6.8%
146	Guam	1.7	+1.3%
147	Republic of the Congo	1.6	+4.8%
148	Suriname	1.6	-1.5%
149	Togo	1.5	+81.9%
150	Burkina Faso	1.4	+12.9%
151	Guinea	1.4	+41.7%
152	Niger	1.4	+22.1%
153	Equatorial Guinea	1.2	+7.5%
154	Eswatini	1.2	-5.3%
155	Mauritania	1.2	+3.7%
156	Benin	1.1	-2.2%
157	Barbados	1	+1.6%
158	Guyana	0.9	+9.2%
159	Fiji	0.9	0%
160	Aruba	0.8	-2.7%
161	Lesotho	0.7	+10.8%
162	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.7	-0.9%
163	Maldives	0.7	+8.4%
164	French Polynesia	0.6	+2.2%
165	Cayman Islands	0.6	+4.3%
166	Bermuda	0.6	-1.5%
167	Rwanda	0.6	+20.5%
168	Belize	0.6	+3%
169	Greenland	0.5	-6%
170	Haiti	0.5	+8.6%
171	Seychelles	0.5	+5.4%
172	Djibouti	0.4	+9.2%
173	Saint Lucia	0.4	+3.1%
174	Cape Verde	0.3	+6.3%
175	Timor-Leste	0.3	+21.1%
176	Somalia	0.3	+0.3%
177	Faroe Islands	0.3	+1.2%
178	Chad	0.3	+4.8%
179	Burundi	0.3	+15.1%
180	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3	+1.4%
181	Gambia	0.2	+5.5%
182	Eritrea	0.2	0%
183	Liberia	0.2	-14.8%
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.2	+6.2%
185	Gibraltar	0.2	-4.1%
186	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+3.3%
187	Grenada	0.2	+5.9%
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2	+2.8%
189	Central African Republic	0.2	+0.6%
190	American Samoa	0.2	+4.9%
191	Dominica	0.1	+3.1%
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	+3.8%
193	Samoa	0.1	+12.5%
194	Sierra Leone	0.1	+17.9%
195	Solomon Islands	0.1	+7.7%
196	Guinea-Bissau	0.1	+36%
197	Vanuatu	0.1	+14%
198	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.1	+6.8%
199	Tonga	0.1	+6.1%
200	Comoros	0	+9.8%
201	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	+0.7%
202	Cook Islands	0	+4.3%
203	Kiribati	0	+6.4%
204	Nauru	0	+7.7%
205	Falkland Islands	0	+10.4%
206	Montserrat	0	+4%
207	Saint Helena	0	+3.3%
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 2016 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 5,825.9 TWh in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest electricity consumption?

Western Sahara, with 0 TWh in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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