Countries by electricity consumption

China had the highest electricity consumption of 210 countries in 2022, at 8,346 TWh. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 TWh. The median was 10.2 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest8,346China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median10.2210 countries

Top 40 countries, 2022

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	2022 TWh	Change on 2021
1	China	8,346	+4.6%
2	United States	4,128.2	+3.4%
3	India	1,460.2	+8.7%
4	Russia	1,020.7	-0.8%
5	Japan	950.9	-0.2%
6	Brazil	585.3	+2.8%
7	South Korea	567	-1.3%
8	Canada	554.2	+3.9%
9	Germany	504.6	-3.7%
10	France	429.4	-3.5%
11	Saudi Arabia	381.1	+2.6%
12	Indonesia	349.8	+22.9%
13	Iran	322.2	+3.2%
14	Italy	295.9	-1.7%
15	United Kingdom	288.9	-2.9%
16	Türkiye	287.3	-1.5%
17	Mexico	276.5	-16.8%
18	Taiwan	274	-1.5%
19	Vietnam	262.3	+10.3%
20	Australia	259.9	+1.1%
21	Spain	232.8	-1.7%
22	South Africa	208.3	-1.1%
23	Thailand	206.2	+4.5%
24	Malaysia	177.3	+4.8%
25	Egypt	162.5	+1.2%
26	Poland	159	-1.7%
27	United Arab Emirates	146.7	+3.3%
28	Pakistan	144.3	+6.6%
29	Sweden	131.1	+0.5%
30	Argentina	127.1	-3.5%
31	Norway	124.9	-5.9%
32	Netherlands	111.7	-3.9%
33	Kazakhstan	105.6	+0.5%
34	Bangladesh	102	+5.9%
35	Philippines	100.9	+5.3%
36	Ukraine	98	-30%
37	Chile	86.5	+3.1%
38	Belgium	82	-4.4%
39	Finland	80.5	-6%
40	Algeria	80.1	+6.2%
41	Kuwait	77.8	+5.7%
42	Colombia	76.7	-1.5%
43	Uzbekistan	74	+1.9%
44	Austria	68.1	-4.7%
45	Iraq	66.2	+2.5%
46	Israel	63.9	+1.2%
47	Czechia	62.7	-1%
48	Singapore	57.2	+2.6%
49	Switzerland	57.2	-2.3%
50	Venezuela	56.7	-0.6%
51	Peru	53.3	+5.9%
52	Qatar	51.6	+5.7%
53	Portugal	50.6	+4.1%
54	Greece	48.9	-4.1%
55	Romania	46.9	-7.7%
56	Hong Kong	44.8	-0.4%
57	Hungary	43.2	-1.8%
58	New Zealand	40	-1.6%
59	Oman	39.9	+5.9%
60	Bulgaria	35.2	+1.9%
61	Morocco	35.1	+4%
62	Bahrain	34.6	+5.2%
63	Denmark	34.2	-4.1%
64	Belarus	33.8	-11.3%
65	Serbia	33.3	-0.2%
66	Nigeria	30.2	-1.6%
67	Ireland	29.7	-0.1%
68	Libya	28.7	+0.7%
69	Ecuador	28.4	+3.9%
70	Slovakia	26.4	-8.8%
71	Azerbaijan	23.9	-1%
72	North Korea	22.4	+3.7%
73	Myanmar	21.4	+35.7%
74	Turkmenistan	20.5	-7.6%
75	Jordan	20.2	+4.8%
76	Dominican Republic	20	+4.8%
77	Tunisia	19.3	+5.6%
78	Iceland	19.3	+2.7%
79	Puerto Rico	18.7	+2.8%
80	Ghana	18.4	+4.1%
81	Croatia	16.4	-1.6%
82	Angola	15.5	+2.6%
83	Syria	15.5	-7.6%
84	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.4	+7.1%
85	Sri Lanka	15.2	-4.2%
86	Tajikistan	15	+5.6%
87	Paraguay	15	+4.9%
88	Zambia	14.2	+6.9%
89	Sudan	14	-5.1%
90	Cambodia	14	+14.8%
91	Kyrgyzstan	13.8	+1.8%
92	Georgia	13.7	+2.3%
93	Slovenia	13.5	-4.1%
94	Mozambique	13	+0.1%
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.5	-0.4%
96	Cuba	12.2	-14%
97	Uruguay	12.2	+1.9%
98	Guatemala	12.1	-12%
99	Ethiopia	11.7	+10.5%
100	Bhutan	11.5	-0.5%
101	Lithuania	11.2	-4.7%
102	Panama	11	+5.4%
103	Costa Rica	10.7	-0.2%
104	Bolivia	10.6	+7.2%
105	Kenya	10.3	+5%
106	Côte d’Ivoire	10	+10.2%
107	Laos	9.6	-0.5%
108	Nepal	9.5	+6.5%
109	Trinidad and Tobago	9	+1.8%
110	Zimbabwe	8.9	+4%
111	Mongolia	8.7	+6.5%
112	Estonia	8.6	-4.2%
113	Tanzania	8	+5%
114	Honduras	7.9	-1.7%
115	Armenia	7.8	+19.5%
116	Albania	6.9	-1.4%
117	Latvia	6.8	-3%
118	Palestine	6.7	+0.7%
119	Senegal	6.7	+11.9%
120	El Salvador	6.5	-5.3%
121	Luxembourg	6.2	-3.1%
122	Afghanistan	6.1	+0.8%
123	North Macedonia	6	-12.3%
124	Cameroon	6	-5.9%
125	Moldova	5.6	-10.3%
126	Macao	5.2	-5.8%
127	Cyprus	5.1	+4.7%
128	Brunei	5.1	-1.7%
129	Nicaragua	4.5	+10.8%
130	Mali	4.3	+13.2%
131	Papua New Guinea	4.3	+0.3%
132	Uganda	4.2	+9.7%
133	Lebanon	3.9	-60.7%
134	Botswana	3.7	+4.6%
135	Guinea	3.6	+10.2%
136	Namibia	3.5	-0.1%
137	Jamaica	3.3	+3.9%
138	Gabon	3.1	+6.9%
139	New Caledonia	3	+6.4%
140	Montenegro	3	-3.5%
141	Burkina Faso	3	-1%
142	Mauritius	2.9	+4.9%
143	Malta	2.7	+7.4%
144	Republic of the Congo	2.7	+18.6%
145	Yemen	2.6	+2.5%
146	Madagascar	2.5	+4.9%
147	Bahamas	2	+0.4%
148	Suriname	1.9	+0.9%
149	Togo	1.8	+46%
150	Guam	1.7	+3.7%
151	Mauritania	1.7	+14.2%
152	Malawi	1.6	+0.1%
153	Niger	1.6	+5.7%
154	Benin	1.4	-5.7%
155	Equatorial Guinea	1.4	+6.5%
156	Eswatini	1.3	+3.7%
157	Barbados	1	+1.3%
158	Guyana	1	+10.3%
159	Fiji	1	+0.7%
160	Haiti	0.9	-2.2%
161	Rwanda	0.9	+3.7%
162	Aruba	0.8	-1.4%
163	Maldives	0.8	+0.9%
164	Lesotho	0.8	-5.7%
165	Cayman Islands	0.7	-0%
166	French Polynesia	0.7	+8.1%
167	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.6	+3%
168	Belize	0.6	+17%
169	Djibouti	0.6	+0.5%
170	Seychelles	0.6	+2.9%
171	Greenland	0.5	+5.3%
172	Faroe Islands	0.5	+13.5%
173	Burundi	0.4	+0.5%
174	Timor-Leste	0.4	+0.6%
175	Gambia	0.4	+2.2%
176	Cape Verde	0.4	+22%
177	Somalia	0.4	+10.6%
178	Eritrea	0.4	+3.8%
179	Saint Lucia	0.4	-0.6%
180	Bermuda	0.4	-13.4%
181	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3	+0.9%
182	Chad	0.3	-8.7%
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.3	0%
184	Grenada	0.2	+1.5%
185	Liberia	0.2	+1.8%
186	Gibraltar	0.2	-9.3%
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2	+1.2%
188	British Virgin Islands	0.2	+1.7%
189	American Samoa	0.2	-0.3%
190	Samoa	0.2	-3.4%
191	Dominica	0.1	+7.5%
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	+5%
193	Central African Republic	0.1	-6.4%
194	Sierra Leone	0.1	+0.1%
195	Comoros	0.1	+2.9%
196	Solomon Islands	0.1	+0.4%
197	Guinea-Bissau	0.1	+3.6%
198	Vanuatu	0.1	+1.4%
199	Tonga	0.1	-1.3%
200	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	-0.2%
201	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	-30.9%
202	Cook Islands	0	0%
203	Nauru	0	+1.8%
204	Kiribati	0	+0.7%
205	Falkland Islands	0	+7.4%
206	Montserrat	0	-0.4%
207	Saint Helena	0	+0.6%
208	Niue	0	+0.7%
209	Antarctica	0	n/a
209	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 2022 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 8,346 TWh in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest electricity consumption?

Western Sahara, with 0 TWh in 2022.

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 2022 and are not ranked.

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