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World Bank · 2014–2024 · kWh per person

Electricity per person: six country paths

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Electricity per person: six country pathsAnnual net electric power consumption across an economy, divided by its midyear population, in kilowatt-hours per person. Eleven annual positions; shared linear axis 0–15000 kWh per person. Editorial country selection: United States, China, India, Germany, Brazil, South Africa. Prefer this stated comparison group; require at least two present observations per panel, then use reporting-code order for any remaining places. Missing observations break lines. No interpolation, smoothing, individual rescaling or indexed growth.WORLD SIGNAL MONITOR / VISUAL STORIESElectricity per person: six country pathsSix economies · 2014–2024 · kWh per personUnited States07.5K15K2014: 12999.1659398763 kWh per person2015: 12860.1943474247 kWh per person2016: 12784.7057163031 kWh per person2017: 12600.0965271555 kWh per person2018: 13020.2554030622 kWh per person2019: 12765.8122078838 kWh per person2020: 12385.1754698495 kWh per person2021: 12676.1905924491 kWh per person2022: 12968.9908185331 kWh per person2023: 12710.8412318637 kWh per person2024: 12933.7026197975 kWh per person20142024China07.5K15K2014: 4006.16826789906 kWh per person2015: 4017.07781948893 kWh per person2016: 4237.54530584599 kWh per person2017: 4571.04242541442 kWh per person2018: 4842.2067923237 kWh per person2019: 5082.38565933461 kWh per person2020: 5261.93891290483 kWh per person2021: 5847.80226004701 kWh per person2022: 6112.13553560996 kWh per person2023: 6585.67033621368 kWh per person2024: 7037.7366525311 kWh per person20142024India07.5K15K2014: 807.53670586354 kWh per person2015: 840.986745110481 kWh per person2016: 879.831852792804 kWh per person2017: 918.193068342069 kWh per person2018: 970.71487392455 kWh per person2019: 988.150501930875 kWh per person2020: 901.368922199431 kWh per person2021: 963.704034372141 kWh per person2022: 1080.69518374028 kWh per person2023: 1159.80756747742 kWh per person2024: 1222.83150709045 kWh per person20142024Germany07.5K15K2014: 7035.61880653228 kWh per person2015: 7032.02144106578 kWh per person2016: 6972.36527283762 kWh per person2017: 6947.26382648139 kWh per person2018: 6815.82136213371 kWh per person2019: 6580.29256436905 kWh per person2020: 6367.10502947955 kWh per person2021: 6582.26941899833 kWh per person2022: 6316.26368921241 kWh per person2023: 6079.22413307973 kWh per person2024: 6156.68074486707 kWh per person20142024Brazil07.5K15K2014: 2690.2149503596 kWh per person2015: 2628.0976910972 kWh per person2016: 2592.61337303819 kWh per person2017: 2610.16613569938 kWh per person2018: 2640.41643831267 kWh per person2019: 2661.18328561313 kWh per person2020: 2624.9103317622 kWh per person2021: 2723.96659104663 kWh per person2022: 2787.76089640442 kWh per person2023: 2916.48609397384 kWh per person2024: 3068.09612345834 kWh per person20142024South Africa07.5K15K2014: 4118.70972625192 kWh per person2015: 4023.19763663539 kWh per person2016: 3935.6578258883 kWh per person2017: 3939.81715536776 kWh per person2018: 3906.31764444206 kWh per person2019: 3768.65196675465 kWh per person2020: 3477.81901111187 kWh per person2021: 3518.45270679031 kWh per person2022: 3404.62349072379 kWh per person2023: 3247.14853342661 kWh per person2024: 3308.19100048874 kWh per person20142024Same years and scale in every panel · Missing observations break lines · No smoothingSources: World Bank2014–2024
Six economies · 2014–2024 · kWh per person. Every panel shares the same years and vertical scale; missing values break lines.

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Annual net electric power consumption across an economy, divided by its midyear population, in kilowatt-hours per person. Eleven annual positions; shared linear axis 0–15000 kWh per person. Editorial country selection: United States, China, India, Germany, Brazil, South Africa. Prefer this stated comparison group; require at least two present observations per panel, then use reporting-code order for any remaining places. Missing observations break lines. No interpolation, smoothing, individual rescaling or indexed growth.

149 of 217 retained reporting economies have values in 2024; coverage is not a complete world ranking. Highest does not imply best.

This includes electricity across economic sectors; it is not household electricity consumption or an electricity bill.

IEA source coverage and methods can change, producing breaks in time series. The source describes a different calculation convention for the United States.

Consumption does not measure supply reliability, outages or electricity access.

Missing years remain missing. An association with economic output does not establish causation.

Source notes and numeric strings remain unchanged in downloads. The latest retained reporting year can differ across datasets.

This is an editorial comparison group, not a world ranking. The table retains all annual positions, including missing data.

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66 retained source observations · Reporting period 2014–2024 · Unit: kWh per person. Numeric strings below retain snapshot precision.

Electricity per person: six country paths · 2014–2024 · kWh per person
Reporting economyMeasure / roleYearValueUnitGraphic selectionSource status / noteEvidence
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201412999.1659398763kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201512860.1943474247kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201612784.7057163031kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201712600.0965271555kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201813020.2554030622kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue201912765.8122078838kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue202012385.1754698495kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue202112676.1905924491kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue202212968.9908185331kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue202312710.8412318637kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
United States USAElectricity per personvalue202412933.7026197975kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/USA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20144006.16826789906kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20154017.07781948893kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20164237.54530584599kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20174571.04242541442kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20184842.2067923237kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20195082.38565933461kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20205261.93891290483kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20215847.80226004701kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20226112.13553560996kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20236585.67033621368kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
China CHNElectricity per personvalue20247037.7366525311kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/CHN/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2014807.53670586354kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2015840.986745110481kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2016879.831852792804kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2017918.193068342069kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2018970.71487392455kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2019988.150501930875kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2020901.368922199431kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue2021963.704034372141kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue20221080.69518374028kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue20231159.80756747742kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
India INDElectricity per personvalue20241222.83150709045kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/IND/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20147035.61880653228kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20157032.02144106578kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20166972.36527283762kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20176947.26382648139kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20186815.82136213371kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20196580.29256436905kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20206367.10502947955kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20216582.26941899833kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20226316.26368921241kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20236079.22413307973kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
Germany DEUElectricity per personvalue20246156.68074486707kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/DEU/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20142690.2149503596kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20152628.0976910972kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20162592.61337303819kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20172610.16613569938kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20182640.41643831267kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20192661.18328561313kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20202624.9103317622kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20212723.96659104663kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20222787.76089640442kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20232916.48609397384kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
Brazil BRAElectricity per personvalue20243068.09612345834kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/BRA/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20144118.70972625192kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2014&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20154023.19763663539kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2015&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20163935.6578258883kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2016&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20173939.81715536776kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2017&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20183906.31764444206kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2018&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20193768.65196675465kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2019&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20203477.81901111187kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2020&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20213518.45270679031kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2021&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20223404.62349072379kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2022&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20233247.14853342661kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2023&footnote=y
South Africa ZAFElectricity per personvalue20243308.19100048874kWh per personSelectedpresentSourcehttps://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/ZAF/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?source=2&format=json&date=2024&footnote=y

Sources and attribution

The World Bank: World Development Indicators: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25. Indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC.

Electricity per person · kWh per person

Annual net electric power consumption across an economy, divided by its midyear population, in kilowatt-hours per person.

The World Bank: World Development Indicators: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25. Indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC. · Retrieved: 2026-10-11T02:27:33.851Z

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