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Electricity use per person Ranking Map for 149 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with both electricity consumption and population in the international energy dataset. 149 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Iceland has the highest recorded value at 48,998 kWh/person (rank #1); Japan ranks #20 at 7,530 kWh/person. Coverage: 149 countries and territories. Reference years: Iceland 2024; Japan 2024. This is annual electricity use per person and reflects industry, climate, infrastructure and household use.
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Compare electricity use per person within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with both electricity consumption and population in the international energy dataset.
Japan 7,530 kWh/person
Japan, world rank 20 for Electricity use per person, 7,530 kWh/person
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 135 kWh/person Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 14,093 kWh/person United States: 12,839 kWh/person Kazakhstan: 5,146 kWh/person Uzbekistan: 2,059 kWh/person Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 1,445 kWh/person Argentina: 2,822 kWh/person Chile: 4,373 kWh/person Democratic Republic of the Congo: 129 kWh/person Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 195 kWh/person Sudan: 223 kWh/person Chad: 14 kWh/person Haiti: 76 kWh/person Dominican Republic: 1,867 kWh/person Russia: 7,285 kWh/person Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 23,673 kWh/person Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 3,247 kWh/person Lesotho: Not included in this limited dataset Mexico: 2,658 kWh/person Uruguay: 3,790 kWh/person Brazil: 3,068 kWh/person Bolivia: 890 kWh/person Peru: 1,595 kWh/person Colombia: 1,551 kWh/person Panama: 2,715 kWh/person Costa Rica: 2,282 kWh/person Nicaragua: 641 kWh/person Honduras: 752 kWh/person El Salvador: 1,137 kWh/person Guatemala: 733 kWh/person Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: 1,953 kWh/person Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: 2,897 kWh/person France: 6,447 kWh/person Ecuador: 1,676 kWh/person Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 1,205 kWh/person Cuba: 1,462 kWh/person Zimbabwe: 504 kWh/person Botswana: 1,641 kWh/person Namibia: 1,232 kWh/person Senegal: 410 kWh/person Mali: Not included in this limited dataset Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: 115 kWh/person Niger: 68 kWh/person Nigeria: 144 kWh/person Cameroon: 226 kWh/person Togo: 246 kWh/person Ghana: 565 kWh/person Côte d’Ivoire: 354 kWh/person Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 133 kWh/person Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: 338 kWh/person Gabon: 1,023 kWh/person Equatorial Guinea: 792 kWh/person Zambia: 727 kWh/person Malawi: Not included in this limited dataset Mozambique: 391 kWh/person Eswatini: 1,200 kWh/person Angola: 379 kWh/person Burundi: Not included in this limited dataset Israel: 7,186 kWh/person Lebanon: 975 kWh/person Madagascar: 80 kWh/person Palestine: Not included in this limited dataset Gambia: Not included in this limited dataset Tunisia: 1,629 kWh/person Algeria: 1,828 kWh/person Jordan: 1,858 kWh/person United Arab Emirates: 15,285 kWh/person Qatar: 19,963 kWh/person Kuwait: 16,496 kWh/person Iraq: 1,377 kWh/person Oman: 8,203 kWh/person Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 932 kWh/person Thailand: 2,965 kWh/person Laos: 1,665 kWh/person Myanmar: 368 kWh/person Vietnam: 2,585 kWh/person North Korea: 789 kWh/person South Korea: 11,350 kWh/person Mongolia: 2,728 kWh/person India: 1,182 kWh/person Bangladesh: 603 kWh/person Bhutan: Not included in this limited dataset Nepal: 351 kWh/person Pakistan: 518 kWh/person Afghanistan: Not included in this limited dataset Tajikistan: 1,497 kWh/person Kyrgyzstan: 2,069 kWh/person Turkmenistan: 2,778 kWh/person Iran: 3,815 kWh/person Syria: 854 kWh/person Armenia: 2,386 kWh/person Sweden: 12,226 kWh/person Belarus: 4,198 kWh/person Ukraine: 2,516 kWh/person Poland: 4,370 kWh/person Austria: 7,897 kWh/person Hungary: 4,812 kWh/person Moldova: 2,412 kWh/person Romania: 2,585 kWh/person Lithuania: 4,387 kWh/person Latvia: 3,768 kWh/person Estonia: 5,298 kWh/person Germany: 6,109 kWh/person Bulgaria: 5,361 kWh/person Greece: 4,686 kWh/person Türkiye: 3,731 kWh/person Albania: 2,892 kWh/person Croatia: 4,484 kWh/person Switzerland: 7,117 kWh/person Luxembourg: 11,662 kWh/person Belgium: 7,099 kWh/person Netherlands: 6,386 kWh/person Portugal: 5,294 kWh/person Spain: 5,196 kWh/person Ireland: 6,298 kWh/person New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 7,989 kWh/person Australia: 9,801 kWh/person Sri Lanka: 644 kWh/person China: 6,524 kWh/person Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 5,137 kWh/person Denmark: 6,165 kWh/person United Kingdom: 4,195 kWh/person Iceland: 48,998 kWh/person Azerbaijan: 2,367 kWh/person Georgia: 3,382 kWh/person Philippines: 925 kWh/person Malaysia: 5,084 kWh/person Brunei: 10,674 kWh/person Slovenia: 6,450 kWh/person Finland: 14,819 kWh/person Slovakia: 4,675 kWh/person Czechia: 5,877 kWh/person Eritrea: 123 kWh/person Japan: 7,530 kWh/person Paraguay: 2,389 kWh/person Yemen: 90 kWh/person Saudi Arabia: 11,911 kWh/person Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 3,842 kWh/person Morocco: 997 kWh/person Egypt: 1,493 kWh/person Libya: 3,796 kWh/person Ethiopia: 113 kWh/person Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 95 kWh/person Rwanda: 77 kWh/person Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3,677 kWh/person North Macedonia: 3,320 kWh/person Serbia: 5,090 kWh/person Montenegro: 4,564 kWh/person Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 6,664 kWh/person South Sudan: 48 kWh/person Japan Iceland 1 Norway 2 Qatar 4 Kuwait 5 Rwanda 145 Haiti 146 Niger 147 South Sudan 148 Chad 149 Canada United States Luxembourg Brunei Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Electricity use per personRankings 20/149 7,530 kWh/person
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #20 for electricity use per person. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Iceland 48,998 kWh/person 2 Norway 23,673 kWh/person 3 Bahrain 23,120 kWh/person 4 Qatar 19,963 kWh/person 5 Kuwait 16,496 kWh/person
149 Chad 14 kWh/person 148 South Sudan 48 kWh/person 147 Niger 68 kWh/person 146 Haiti 76 kWh/person 145 Rwanda 77 kWh/person 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Electricity use per person ranking map Countries and territories with both electricity consumption and population in the international energy dataset. This page orders 149 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Iceland (48,998 kWh/person), #2 Norway (23,673 kWh/person), #3 Bahrain (23,120 kWh/person)
Japan’s position World #20 (7,530 kWh/person)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
03 / FULL RANKING
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Electricity use per person Full ranking149 countries #6 United Arab Emirates 15,285 kWh/person Profile #9 United States 12,839 kWh/person Profile #11 Saudi Arabia 11,911 kWh/person Profile #12 Luxembourg 11,662 kWh/person Profile #13 South Korea 11,350 kWh/person Profile #15 Australia 9,801 kWh/person Profile #16 Singapore 9,750 kWh/person Profile #18 New Zealand 7,989 kWh/person Profile #23 Switzerland 7,117 kWh/person Profile #25 Trinidad and Tobago 6,664 kWh/person Profile #29 Netherlands 6,386 kWh/person Profile #30 Hong Kong 6,359 kWh/person Profile #40 Kazakhstan 5,146 kWh/person Profile #44 Gibraltar 5,017 kWh/person Profile #49 Montenegro 4,564 kWh/person Profile #51 Lithuania 4,387 kWh/person Profile #55 United Kingdom 4,195 kWh/person Profile #62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,677 kWh/person Profile #64 North Macedonia 3,320 kWh/person Profile #65 South Africa 3,247 kWh/person Profile #70 Argentina 2,822 kWh/person Profile #71 Turkmenistan 2,778 kWh/person Profile #78 Mauritius 2,465 kWh/person Profile #82 Azerbaijan 2,367 kWh/person Profile #83 Costa Rica 2,282 kWh/person Profile #84 Kyrgyzstan 2,069 kWh/person Profile #85 Uzbekistan 2,059 kWh/person Profile #86 Venezuela 1,953 kWh/person Profile #87 Dominican Republic 1,867 kWh/person Profile #96 Tajikistan 1,497 kWh/person Profile #99 Indonesia 1,445 kWh/person Profile #103 Eswatini 1,200 kWh/person Profile #105 El Salvador 1,137 kWh/person Profile #110 Philippines 925 kWh/person Profile #113 Equatorial Guinea 792 kWh/person Profile #114 North Korea 789 kWh/person Profile #120 Bangladesh 603 kWh/person Profile #125 Mozambique 391 kWh/person Profile #128 Côte d’Ivoire 354 kWh/person Profile #130 Republic of the Congo 338 kWh/person Profile #137 Burkina Faso 133 kWh/person Profile #138 Democratic Republic of the Congo 129 kWh/person Profile #148 South Sudan 48 kWh/person Profile