Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — Canada

Electricity consumption per capita in Canada in 2025 — 16.09 MWh. Ranked 4 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.5%.

2025 16.09 MWh +2.42% vs 2024
World rank 4of 91
Period maximum 18.39 MWh2000
Period minimum 15.61 MWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2025 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Canada, 2000–202515161718192000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.39 MWh2001: 18.12 MWh2002: 18.34 MWh2003: 18.3 MWh2004: 18.3 MWh2005: 18.39 MWh2006: 17.99 MWh2007: 18.23 MWh2008: 18.03 MWh2009: 17.15 MWh2010: 17.02 MWh2011: 17.41 MWh2012: 16.89 MWh2013: 17.11 MWh2014: 17.04 MWh2015: 16.73 MWh2016: 16.6 MWh2017: 16.49 MWh2018: 16.44 MWh2019: 16.11 MWh2020: 15.67 MWh2021: 15.74 MWh2022: 15.79 MWh2023: 15.61 MWh2024: 15.71 MWh2025: 16.09 MWh
Change over the period: −2.3 (−12.51%) Average annual rate: -0.53 %
Electricity consumption per capita — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2025 16.09 +0.38 +2.42%
2024 15.71 +0.1 +0.64%
2023 15.61 −0.18 −1.14%
2022 15.79 +0.05 +0.32%
2021 15.74 +0.07 +0.45%
2020 15.67 −0.44 −2.73%
2019 16.11 −0.33 −2.01%
2018 16.44 −0.05 −0.3%
2017 16.49 −0.11 −0.66%
2016 16.6 −0.13 −0.78%
2015 16.73 −0.31 −1.82%
2014 17.04 −0.07 −0.41%
2013 17.11 +0.22 +1.3%
2012 16.89 −0.52 −2.99%
2011 17.41 +0.39 +2.29%
2010 17.02 −0.13 −0.76%
2009 17.15 −0.88 −4.88%
2008 18.03 −0.2 −1.1%
2007 18.23 +0.24 +1.33%
2006 17.99 −0.4 −2.18%
2005 18.39 +0.09 +0.49%
2004 18.3 +0 +0%
2003 18.3 −0.04 −0.22%
2002 18.34 +0.22 +1.21%
2001 18.12 −0.27 −1.47%
2000 18.39

Northern America, 2025

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About the indicator

Electricity consumption per resident, in megawatt-hours a year. One of the most telling indicators of living standards and of the structure of an economy: the gap between the extreme countries is more than two hundredfold. But it has to be read with climate and industry in mind — the top of the list holds not only rich countries but also Iceland and Norway with their aluminum smelters running on cheap hydropower, and the Gulf states, where more goes on air conditioning than on heating in Europe.

Important: It is calculated on a country's entire consumption, including industry, and not on households alone. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.