Countries by electricity consumption

China had the highest electricity consumption of 210 countries in 2023, at 9,140.8 TWh. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 TWh. The median was 10.3 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest9,140.8China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median10.3210 countries

Top 40 countries, 2023

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	2023 TWh	Change on 2022
1	China	9,140.8	+9.5%
2	United States	4,084.6	-1.1%
3	India	1,677.4	+14.9%
4	Russia	1,045.4	+2.4%
5	Japan	916.5	-3.6%
6	Brazil	609.2	+4.1%
7	South Korea	564.2	-0.5%
8	Canada	564.1	+1.8%
9	Germany	476.8	-5.5%
10	France	413	-3.8%
11	Saudi Arabia	403.3	+5.8%
12	Indonesia	356.2	+1.8%
13	Iran	336.2	+4.3%
14	Mexico	324.7	+17.4%
15	Türkiye	294	+2.3%
16	Italy	286.9	-3%
17	Vietnam	282.7	+7.8%
18	Taiwan	270.8	-1.2%
19	United Kingdom	261.5	-9.5%
20	Australia	255.8	-1.6%
21	Spain	227.7	-2.2%
22	Thailand	212.1	+2.9%
23	South Africa	207.5	-0.4%
24	Malaysia	179.6	+1.3%
25	Egypt	166.4	+2.4%
26	Poland	159.3	+0.1%
27	United Arab Emirates	153	+4.3%
28	Norway	127.3	+1.9%
29	Sweden	125.9	-4%
30	Pakistan	120.6	-16.5%
31	Argentina	117.2	-7.7%
32	Netherlands	107.2	-4%
33	Philippines	106	+5.1%
34	Kazakhstan	105.8	+0.1%
35	Bangladesh	102.9	+0.9%
36	Ukraine	92.9	-5.3%
37	Chile	84.6	-2.1%
38	Algeria	84.2	+5.1%
39	Kuwait	82.2	+5.7%
40	Colombia	78.8	+2.8%
41	Belgium	77.5	-5.5%
42	Finland	77.3	-4%
43	Uzbekistan	73.1	-1.2%
44	Iraq	71.9	+8.6%
45	Israel	65.2	+2%
46	Czechia	63.6	+1.3%
47	Austria	62.3	-8.4%
48	Singapore	57.7	+0.9%
49	Switzerland	57.2	-0%
50	Peru	54.3	+1.8%
51	Qatar	53.2	+3%
52	Portugal	50.4	-0.4%
53	Greece	50	+2.3%
54	Venezuela	46.1	-18.7%
55	Hong Kong	45.7	+2%
56	Romania	44.5	-5.1%
57	Hungary	42.7	-1.1%
58	Oman	41.1	+2.9%
59	New Zealand	39.6	-1%
60	Belarus	38.3	+13.3%
61	Bahrain	36.9	+6.4%
62	Morocco	36.5	+4%
63	Denmark	35	+2.5%
64	Bulgaria	34.5	-1.9%
65	Serbia	32.6	-2.1%
66	Nigeria	32.6	+7.9%
67	Ecuador	31.5	+10.9%
68	Ireland	31	+4.5%
69	Libya	26.7	-7.2%
70	Azerbaijan	23.9	-0.1%
71	Slovakia	22.8	-13.6%
72	North Korea	22.6	+0.8%
73	Dominican Republic	22.2	+10.7%
74	Jordan	21.4	+6%
75	Turkmenistan	20.3	-0.6%
76	Syria	20.2	+30%
77	Myanmar	19.8	-7.2%
78	Iceland	19.3	-0.3%
79	Tunisia	19.1	-1%
80	Ghana	19	+3.6%
81	Puerto Rico	18.7	-0%
82	Cuba	16.4	+34.2%
83	Croatia	16.2	-1.2%
84	Cambodia	16.2	+16%
85	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.8	+2.5%
86	Sri Lanka	15.3	+0.4%
87	Tajikistan	14.8	-1.7%
88	Laos	14.6	+53.4%
89	Kyrgyzstan	14.6	+5.9%
90	Guatemala	14.1	+16%
91	Angola	14	-9.7%
92	Zambia	13.9	-2.5%
93	Mozambique	13.1	+1%
94	Slovenia	12.9	-4.8%
95	Uruguay	12.8	+5.2%
96	Georgia	12.6	-7.8%
97	Panama	12	+9.1%
98	Bhutan	11.9	+3.4%
99	Ethiopia	11.8	+1.1%
100	Sudan	11.5	-17.8%
101	Bolivia	11.5	+7.8%
102	Costa Rica	11.1	+3.8%
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.6	-14.8%
104	Kenya	10.6	+2.9%
105	Lithuania	10.5	-6.5%
106	Zimbabwe	10.1	+13.8%
107	Mongolia	9.6	+9.3%
108	Trinidad and Tobago	9	+0.2%
109	Honduras	9	+14.1%
110	Nepal	9	-5.6%
111	Tanzania	8.7	+9.1%
112	Paraguay	8.6	-42.2%
113	Côte d’Ivoire	8.6	-13.6%
114	Estonia	8.1	-6.4%
115	Senegal	7.8	+16.5%
116	Armenia	7	-10.9%
117	Palestine	6.9	+3.1%
118	Albania	6.8	-1.3%
119	Latvia	6.8	+0.3%
120	Afghanistan	6.5	+5.6%
121	North Macedonia	6	-0.4%
122	Moldova	5.9	+5.3%
123	Luxembourg	5.9	-5.5%
124	Lebanon	5.8	+47.9%
125	Macao	5.8	+11.6%
126	El Salvador	5.5	-15.6%
127	Cyprus	5.2	+0.9%
128	Brunei	5.1	+0.2%
129	Cameroon	5	-15.3%
130	Mali	5	+15.8%
131	Yemen	4.6	+81.8%
132	Nicaragua	4.5	-1.1%
133	Papua New Guinea	4.4	+3%
134	Uganda	4.2	-0.4%
135	Botswana	4.1	+9.9%
136	Jamaica	3.6	+8.7%
137	Guinea	3.6	-0.2%
138	Namibia	3.4	-3.3%
139	Mauritius	3.1	+4.9%
140	Burkina Faso	3.1	+2.7%
141	New Caledonia	3	0%
142	Republic of the Congo	3	+10%
143	Montenegro	2.7	-9.2%
144	Malta	2.7	-1.1%
145	Gabon	2.6	-17.8%
146	Madagascar	2.3	-6.2%
147	Bahamas	2.2	+8.1%
148	Togo	2	+12.1%
149	Mauritania	2	+19.5%
150	Benin	1.9	+33.3%
151	Niger	1.8	+16.1%
152	Guam	1.7	0%
153	Malawi	1.6	-0%
154	Eswatini	1.5	+16.7%
155	Suriname	1.5	-20.6%
156	Equatorial Guinea	1.3	-7.4%
157	Guyana	1.1	+9.3%
158	Fiji	1	+8.2%
159	Barbados	1	+0.4%
160	Rwanda	1	+15.6%
161	Aruba	0.8	0%
162	Maldives	0.8	-0%
163	Haiti	0.7	-18.6%
164	Cayman Islands	0.7	+0.1%
165	French Polynesia	0.7	0%
166	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.6	+0.4%
167	Greenland	0.6	+12.2%
168	Belize	0.6	-1.1%
169	Djibouti	0.6	-0%
170	Seychelles	0.6	0%
171	Burundi	0.6	+24.8%
172	Faroe Islands	0.5	+0.2%
173	Bermuda	0.5	+28.7%
174	Liberia	0.4	+103.3%
175	Eritrea	0.4	+12.3%
176	Timor-Leste	0.4	-0.5%
177	Gambia	0.4	0%
178	Cape Verde	0.4	0%
179	Somalia	0.4	0%
180	Saint Lucia	0.4	0%
181	Lesotho	0.4	-56.1%
182	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3	+0.7%
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.3	-0.7%
184	Chad	0.3	-10.7%
185	Gibraltar	0.2	+9.7%
186	Grenada	0.2	0%
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.2	0%
188	British Virgin Islands	0.2	0%
189	American Samoa	0.2	-0%
190	Dominica	0.1	-0.1%
191	Samoa	0.1	-6.7%
192	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	0%
193	Central African Republic	0.1	0%
194	Sierra Leone	0.1	+7.6%
195	Comoros	0.1	-0%
196	Solomon Islands	0.1	+2.3%
197	Guinea-Bissau	0.1	0%
198	Vanuatu	0.1	+1.3%
199	Tonga	0.1	-0.2%
200	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0%
201	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0%
202	Nauru	0	+1.1%
203	Cook Islands	0	0%
204	Kiribati	0	0%
205	Falkland Islands	0	0%
206	Montserrat	0	0%
207	Saint Helena	0	0%
208	Niue	0	0%
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 2023 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 9,140.8 TWh in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest electricity consumption?

Western Sahara, with 0 TWh in 2023.

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 2023 and are not ranked.

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