Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — Netherlands

Electricity consumption per capita in the Netherlands in 2025 — 6.6 MWh. Ranked 27 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.9%.

2025 6.6 MWh +1.85% vs 2024
World rank 27of 91
Period maximum 7.35 MWh2008
Period minimum 6.32 MWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2025 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Netherlands, 2000–202566.577.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.66 MWh2001: 6.76 MWh2002: 6.82 MWh2003: 6.87 MWh2004: 7.07 MWh2005: 7.1 MWh2006: 7.21 MWh2007: 7.34 MWh2008: 7.35 MWh2009: 7.03 MWh2010: 7.21 MWh2011: 7.22 MWh2012: 7.06 MWh2013: 7 MWh2014: 6.86 MWh2015: 6.88 MWh2016: 6.91 MWh2017: 6.9 MWh2018: 6.95 MWh2019: 6.89 MWh2020: 6.76 MWh2021: 6.83 MWh2022: 6.46 MWh2023: 6.32 MWh2024: 6.48 MWh2025: 6.6 MWh
Change over the period: −0.06 (−0.9%) Average annual rate: -0.04 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Netherlands

Netherlands 6.6 MWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 5.94 MWh
Western Europe computed 6.76 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2025 6.6 +0.12 +1.85%
2024 6.48 +0.16 +2.53%
2023 6.32 −0.14 −2.17%
2022 6.46 −0.37 −5.42%
2021 6.83 +0.07 +1.04%
2020 6.76 −0.13 −1.89%
2019 6.89 −0.06 −0.86%
2018 6.95 +0.05 +0.72%
2017 6.9 −0.01 −0.14%
2016 6.91 +0.03 +0.44%
2015 6.88 +0.02 +0.29%
2014 6.86 −0.14 −2%
2013 7 −0.06 −0.85%
2012 7.06 −0.16 −2.22%
2011 7.22 +0.01 +0.14%
2010 7.21 +0.18 +2.56%
2009 7.03 −0.32 −4.35%
2008 7.35 +0.01 +0.14%
2007 7.34 +0.13 +1.8%
2006 7.21 +0.11 +1.55%
2005 7.1 +0.03 +0.42%
2004 7.07 +0.2 +2.91%
2003 6.87 +0.05 +0.73%
2002 6.82 +0.06 +0.89%
2001 6.76 +0.1 +1.5%
2000 6.66

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.