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Per Person, India Uses A Third Of The World’s Average Electricity

Electricity Consumed Per Person Across 214 Countries, Latest Available Year. India Draws About 1,423 kWh A Head — Just 37% Of The World Average, And 139th In The World. Hover Any Country For Its Rate, Year And Rank; Search The Full Ranking Below.

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Each Country Shaded By Electricity Demand Per Person, Latest Available Year (Most 2024–2025). Hover Any Country For Its Rate, Year And Global Rank. India Is Outlined In Cyan And Drawn To The Official Survey Of India Boundary.

India, Per Person
1,423 kWh
About A Third Of The World Average Of 3,860 kWh A Head.
India’s Global Rank
139th Of 214
More Than Half The World’s Countries Use More Electricity Per Person.
Iceland Vs India
34×
The Highest, At 48,424 kWh, Uses Thirty-Four Times India’s Rate.
Only 75 Use Less
75 Below
Mostly Across Sub-Saharan Africa — Chad And Nigeria Sit Under 170 kWh.
The Verdict
India’s Two Electricity Rankings Point In Opposite Directions. Counted In Total, It Is The World’s Third-Largest Consumer; Counted Per Person, It Sits 139th Of 214, Using Barely A Third Of The World Average. Both Describe The Same Country — A Vast Population Still Early In Its Climb Up The Energy Ladder, With Most Of That Growth Still Ahead.
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The Full Ranking — All 214 Countries

#CountrykWh / PersonYear
1Iceland48,4242024
2Norway24,4902025
3Bahrain23,9202024
4Kuwait18,4022025
5Qatar18,0302025
6Canada16,0902025
7United Arab Emirates16,0532024
8Bhutan15,7422024
9Finland15,6102025
10Saudi Arabia13,3852024
11United States13,0612025
12Sweden12,8662025
13Taiwan12,4782025
14South Korea12,0902025
15Brunei12,0162024
16Guam11,0852024
17Greenland10,7402024
18New Caledonia10,6612024
19Australia10,6152025
20Singapore10,2952025
21Luxembourg9,8462025
22Oman9,6162025
23Cayman Islands9,5332024
24Bermuda9,4342024
25Aruba9,2532024
26Faroe Islands ’238,9522023
27Saint Pierre and Miquelon ’238,7612023
28Macao8,7192024
29Japan8,3662025
30Austria8,3222025
31New Zealand8,2522025
32Russia8,1682025
33Israel7,9542025
34United States Virgin Islands ’237,9342023
35China7,4602025
36Belgium7,3612025
37Switzerland7,2622025
38France7,1522025
39Ireland7,0912025
40Estonia6,9482025
41Montenegro6,8592025
42Denmark6,7762025
43Slovenia6,7592025
44Netherlands6,6012025
45Hong Kong6,5832024
46Czechia6,4132025
47Trinidad and Tobago6,3342024
48Puerto Rico6,2652025
49Germany6,1882025
50Kazakhstan6,0502025
51Malta5,9222025
52Portugal5,8052025
53Turks and Caicos Islands5,7992024
54Spain5,7442025
55Bahamas5,6072024
56Serbia5,5912025
57Gibraltar5,5912024
58Greece5,5902025
59Malaysia5,5562025
60Bulgaria5,4402025
61Italy5,2682025
62Croatia5,2102025
63Hungary5,0772025
64Belarus5,0542025
65Saint Kitts and Nevis4,9082024
66Slovakia4,8862025
67Seychelles4,8302024
68Libya4,6862024
69United Kingdom4,6212025
70North Macedonia4,6042025
71Bosnia and Herzegovina4,5992025
72Poland4,5702025
73Chile4,4562025
74Guadeloupe ’234,4352023
75Martinique ’234,3642023
76British Virgin Islands ’234,3582023
77Uruguay4,3582025
78Lithuania4,3532025
79Cyprus4,3122025
80Iran4,2812025
81Paraguay4,2282025
82Nauru4,1782024
83Latvia4,0572025
84Turkey4,0142025
85Antigua and Barbuda3,9452024
86Barbados3,9302024
87Georgia3,8622025
88American Samoa3,8472024
89South Africa3,6582025
90Brazil3,5812025
91Argentina3,5432025
92Mongolia3,5282025
93Reunion ’233,5092023
94Iraq3,4062024
95French Guiana ’233,2302023
96Turkmenistan3,2042024
97Thailand3,1432025
98Albania3,1062024
99Vietnam3,0872025
100Panama2,9432024
101Cook Islands2,9092024
102Romania2,8762025
103Falkland Islands ’232,8592023
104Venezuela2,8212024
105Armenia2,7572025
106Suriname2,7432024
107Ukraine ’222,7192022
108Mexico2,7032025
109Mauritius2,6832024
110Kyrgyzstan2,6472025
111Azerbaijan2,6132025
112French Polynesia2,5552024
113Uzbekistan2,4192025
114Costa Rica2,4162025
115Montserrat2,2662024
116Dominica ’232,2552023
117Saint Lucia2,2252024
118Egypt2,0642025
119Moldova2,0592025
120Jordan2,0542024
121Grenada2,0482024
122Belize2,0382024
123Tunisia2,0162025
124Laos2,0092024
125Algeria2,0042024
126Ecuador2,0032025
127Dominican Republic1,9692025
128Saint Helena ’231,8812023
129Botswana1,8522024
130Tajikistan1,8052025
131Cuba1,7702024
132Peru1,7492025
133Jamaica1,7332024
134Colombia1,7152025
135Guyana1,6602024
136Maldives1,6102024
137Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,4912024
138Palestine1,4542024
139India1,4232025
140Namibia1,3332024
141Eswatini1,3282024
142Indonesia1,3142024
143Morocco1,2552025
144Cambodia1,2542025
145Gabon1,2522024
146Fiji1,2382024
147Honduras1,1672024
148Bolivia1,0832025
149Philippines1,0542025
150North Korea1,0232024
151Cape Verde9912024
152El Salvador9852025
153Syria9842024
154Lebanon9202024
155Guatemala8882024
156Congo8502024
157Equatorial Guinea7872024
158Nicaragua7842024
159Zambia7792024
160Pakistan7662025
161Sri Lanka7432025
162Samoa7342024
163Zimbabwe7272024
164Djibouti6842024
165Bangladesh6722025
166Tonga6722024
167Ghana6342024
168Mozambique4762024
169Mauritania4582024
170Papua New Guinea4472024
171Senegal4392024
172Angola4122024
173Myanmar4022024
174Sao Tome and Principe ’233902023
175Nepal3722024
176East Timor3642024
177Cote d'Ivoire3152024
178Sudan3092024
179Kiribati2972024
180Guinea2732024
181Kenya2712025
182Togo2632024
183Cameroon2512024
184Vanuatu ’232502023
185Lesotho2482024
186Ethiopia2292025
187Western Sahara ’092282009
188Mali2232024
189Gambia1852024
190Nigeria1652025
191Comoros ’231652023
192Afghanistan1602024
193Benin1602024
194Democratic Republic of Congo1592024
195Burkina Faso1362024
196Solomon Islands1342024
197Tanzania1322024
198Yemen1292024
199Eritrea1272024
200Uganda1072024
201Liberia1022024
202Rwanda862024
203Malawi842024
204Niger802024
205Madagascar762024
206Haiti732024
207South Sudan472024
208Burundi412024
209Guinea-Bissau362024
210Central African Republic ’23272023
211Sierra Leone242024
212Somalia232024
213Chad182024
214Niue ’2302023

All 214 Countries With Data, Ranked. India Highlighted. A Year Tag Marks Countries Whose Latest Data Predates 2024. Grey On The Map = No Data.

What The Numbers Say

Vast In Total, Small Per Head
India Is The World’s Third-Largest Electricity Consumer In Absolute Terms, But Spread Across 1.4 Billion People It Ranks 139th Per Person — The Arithmetic Of A Very Large, Still-Developing Population.
The Development Ladder
Per-Person Electricity Tracks Income And Industrialisation Closely. The Bright Top Of The Scale Is The Rich World And The Gulf; The Dark Base Is Sub-Saharan Africa And South Asia, Where Grids Are Still Being Built Out.
Room To Grow
At 1,423 kWh A Head Against A World Average Of 3,860, India Sits Far Below The Middle. Rising Incomes, Cooling And Manufacturing Are Expected To Lift That Figure Substantially Over The Coming Decades.

Sources & Method

The Data
Electricity Demand Per Person (Generation Adjusted For Imports And Exports, Divided By Population) From Ember (2026) Via Our World In Data, With Population By OWID. Each Country Shows Its Latest Available Year — Most 2024 Or 2025, A Few 2023. Anchors Cross-Checked: India 1,423, China 7,460, US 13,061, Canada 16,090 kWh.
The Map
Equirectangular Projection. India Is Drawn To The Official Survey Of India Boundary (Full Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh Including Aksai Chin And PoK, And Arunachal Pradesh), Replacing The Base Map’s Depiction. Countries Without Data Are Left Grey.

Per-Capita Figures Divide Total Demand By Population, So They Differ Slightly From Other Sources Using Different Population Estimates. Values In kWh Per Person Per Year.

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