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Rank Country

Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person)

1 Iceland

51,142.11

2 Liechtenstein

36,448.42

3 Norway

23,485.8

4 Kuwait

17,030.6

5 Finland

16,100.44

6 United Arab Emirates

15,131.1

7 Canada

14,350.58

8 Sweden

13,986.29

9 Luxembourg

12,378.23

10 United States

12,185.94

11 Taiwan

10,368.18

12 Guam

10,155.22

13 Cayman Islands

10,052.08

14 Bahrain

9,869.96

15 Qatar

9,660.13

16 Australia

9,485.68

17 New Zealand

9,259.6

18 Korea, South

9,165.99

19 Bermuda

9,141.02

20 Saint Pierre and Miquelon

8,623.16

21 Aruba

8,235.82

22 Belgium

8,103.84

23 Brunei

8,022.71

24 Singapore

7,764.98

25 Austria

7,758.67

26 Virgin Islands

7,365.84

27 Switzerland

7,315

28 Macau

7,298.69

29 Russia

7,285.73

30 Germany

7,191.65

31 France

6,986.22

32 Saudi Arabia

6,980.92

33 Netherlands

6,920.52

34 New Caledonia

6,869.77

35 Japan

6,763.79

36 Czech Republic

6,629.06

37 Curacao

6,592.39

38 Andorra

6,581.01

39 Jersey

6,528.65

40 Slovenia

6,367.27

41 Estonia

6,318.36

42 Israel

6,229.98

43

Falkland Islands (Islas

Malvinas)

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44 Hong Kong

6,215.65

45 Trinidad and Tobago

6,198.14

46 Denmark

6,026.13

47 Bahamas, The

5,577.41

48 Ireland

5,400.64

49 Puerto Rico

5,366.07

50 Malta

5,357.99

51 Gibraltar

5,300.67

52 Greece

5,234.07

53 Spain

5,230.64

54 United Kingdom

5,071.93

55 Montenegro

5,044.34

56 Faroe Islands

4,985.28

57 Italy

4,980.53

58 Kazakhstan

4,908.96

59 South Africa

4,841.28

60 Greenland

4,833.01

61 Slovakia

4,825.87

62 Oman

4,758.1

63 Portugal

4,647.75

64 Bulgaria

4,398.74

65 Montserrat

4,279.96

66 Libya

4,042.17

67 Poland

4,042.11

68 Ukraine

3,957.88

69 China

3,925.67

70 Serbia

3,889.17

71 Turks and Caicos Islands

3,790.5

72 Croatia

3,735.57

73 Malaysia

3,724.23

74 Hungary

3,642.46

75 Nauru

3,430.65

76 Barbados

3,403.76

77 Macedonia

3,341.27

78 Belarus

3,303.48

79 Turkmenistan

3,302.43

80 Bosnia and Herzegovina

3,259.6

81 Chile

3,105.87

82 Latvia

3,029.79

83 Venezuela

2,946.12

84 Kosovo

2,940.51

85 Lithuania

2,938.04

86 Seychelles

2,871.79

87 Cook Islands

2,856.72

88 American Samoa

2,712.92

89 Argentina

2,582.26

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90 Thailand

2,500.69

91 Suriname

2,482.07

92 Iran

2,471.53

93 Saint Kitts and Nevis

2,437.04

94 Lebanon

2,412.21

95 Romania

2,409.59

96 Uruguay

2,388.26

97 Niue

2,344.54

98 Bhutan

2,289.94

99 Brazil

2,249.12

100 French Polynesia

2,231.94

101 Azerbaijan

2,094.73

102 Turkey

2,087.74

103 Saint Lucia

2,037.81

104 Tajikistan

1,998.38

105 Syria

1,983.66

106 Namibia

1,927.76

107 Georgia

1,900.17

108 Armenia

1,895.03

109 Belize

1,848.35

110 Costa Rica

1,794.23

111 Mauritius

1,771.39

112 Mexico

1,764.95

113 Panama

1,720.69

114 Jordan

1,707.33

115

Micronesia, Federated States

of

1,689.99

116 West Bank

1,674.45

117 Iraq

1,639.06

118 Grenada

1,619.58

119 Uzbekistan

1,538.56

120 Albania

1,506.85

121 Botswana

1,446.34

122 British Virgin Islands

1,422.89

123 Egypt

1,408.59

124 Mongolia

1,337.88

125 Kyrgyzstan

1,307.23

126 Dominica

1,272.58

127 Dominican Republic

128 Ecuador
129 Cuba
130

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

1,266.7
1,237.99
1,234.7
1,229.13

131 Tunisia

1,215.08

132 Moldova

1,175.18

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133 Antigua and Barbuda

1,172.02

134 Peru

1,136.06

135 Vietnam

1,113.23

136 Jamaica

1,046.4

137 Paraguay

1,011.06

138 Colombia

980.64

139 Saint Helena

956.79

140 El Salvador

939.68

141 Zimbabwe

912.74

142 Fiji

894.92

143 Algeria

867.73

144 Gabon

862.13

145 Swaziland

745.27

146 Morocco

715.73

147 Maldives

711.39

148 Korea, North

709.01

149 Guyana

696.07

150 Bolivia

653.15

151 Indonesia

623

152 Samoa

568.59

153 India

565.21

154 Honduras

564.05

155 Guatemala

557.18

156 Zambia

543.77

157 Philippines

527.92

158 Nicaragua

502.85

159 Cape Verde

495.6

160 Papua New Guinea

475.53

161 Mozambique

412.68

162 Sri Lanka

408.25

163 Djibouti

373.13

164 Tonga

358.23

165 Pakistan

357.34

166 Laos

352.75

167 Angola

240.57

168 Bangladesh

233.88

169 Cameroon

223.99

170 Kiribati

222.51

171 Yemen

211.68

172 Ghana

206.19

173 Vanuatu

191.62

174 Mauritania

185.37

175 Cote d'Ivoire

169.15

176 Cambodia

166.45

177 Senegal

162.81

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178 Sudan

159.66

179 Lesotho

158.08

180 Western Sahara

150.87

181 Sao Tome and Principe

146.51

182 Kenya

136.64

183 Congo, Republic of the

126.11

184 Solomon Islands

125.04

185 Equatorial Guinea

124.9

186 Nigeria

115.04

187 Gambia, The

111.09

188 Burma

109.3

189 Malawi

105.6

190 Togo

91.97

191 Nepal

88.59

192 Benin

85.64

193

Congo, Democratic Republic

of the

80.03

194 Guinea

78.54

195 Afghanistan

78.21

196 Liberia

76.14

197 Tanzania

68.55

198 Uganda

61.03

199 South Sudan

60.03

200 East Timor

56.25

201 Madagascar

48.53

202 Comoros

48.51

203 Niger

47.66

204 Ethiopia

46.06

205 Burkina Faso

206 Eritrea
207 Guinea-Bissau

42.1
39.73
36.8

208 Mali

29.39

209 Central African Republic

28.19

210 Somalia

27.65

211 Rwanda

25.91

212 Sierra Leone

23.49

213 Burundi

21.3

214 Haiti

20.86

215 Chad

7.99

216 Northern Mariana Islands

0.01

217 Gaza Strip

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2014
See also: Electricity consumption per capita map
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