Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — G7

Electricity consumption per capita in the G7 in 2025 — 9.91 MWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.6%.

2025 9.91 MWh +1.96% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 10.76 MWh2007
Period minimum 9.41 MWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2025 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — G7, 2000–202599.51010.5112000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 10.39 MWh2001: 10.22 MWh2002: 10.4 MWh2003: 10.39 MWh2004: 10.53 MWh2005: 10.67 MWh2006: 10.63 MWh2007: 10.76 MWh2008: 10.66 MWh2009: 10.11 MWh2010: 10.44 MWh2011: 10.27 MWh2012: 10.16 MWh2013: 10.12 MWh2014: 9.99 MWh2015: 9.91 MWh2016: 9.91 MWh2017: 9.82 MWh2018: 9.94 MWh2019: 9.74 MWh2020: 9.41 MWh2021: 9.65 MWh2022: 9.74 MWh2023: 9.53 MWh2024: 9.72 MWh2025: 9.91 MWh
Change over the period: −0.48 (−4.61%) Average annual rate: -0.19 %
Electricity consumption per capita — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2025 9.91 +0.19 +1.96%
2024 9.72 +0.19 +2.02%
2023 9.53 −0.21 −2.13%
2022 9.74 +0.09 +0.91%
2021 9.65 +0.24 +2.52%
2020 9.41 −0.33 −3.38%
2019 9.74 −0.19 −1.95%
2018 9.94 +0.12 +1.24%
2017 9.82 −0.09 −0.91%
2016 9.91 −0.01 −0.08%
2015 9.91 −0.08 −0.77%
2014 9.99 −0.13 −1.24%
2013 10.12 −0.04 −0.43%
2012 10.16 −0.12 −1.13%
2011 10.27 −0.17 −1.59%
2010 10.44 +0.33 +3.25%
2009 10.11 −0.55 −5.13%
2008 10.66 −0.1 −0.89%
2007 10.76 +0.12 +1.16%
2006 10.63 −0.04 −0.4%
2005 10.67 +0.15 +1.38%
2004 10.53 +0.14 +1.32%
2003 10.39 −0.01 −0.05%
2002 10.4 +0.17 +1.69%
2001 10.22 −0.17 −1.62%
2000 10.39

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.