Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — Norway

Electricity consumption per capita in Norway in 2025 — 24.5 MWh. Ranked 1 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.9%.

2025 24.5 MWh −1.49% vs 2024
World rank 1of 91
Period maximum 27.67 MWh2001
Period minimum 24.36 MWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2025 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Norway, 2000–202524252627282000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 27.49 MWh2001: 27.67 MWh2002: 26.56 MWh2003: 25.09 MWh2004: 26.47 MWh2005: 27.08 MWh2006: 26.19 MWh2007: 26.77 MWh2008: 26.71 MWh2009: 25.26 MWh2010: 26.73 MWh2011: 24.8 MWh2012: 25.58 MWh2013: 25.22 MWh2014: 24.39 MWh2015: 24.73 MWh2016: 25.14 MWh2017: 25.23 MWh2018: 25.56 MWh2019: 25.03 MWh2020: 24.88 MWh2021: 25.8 MWh2022: 24.36 MWh2023: 24.62 MWh2024: 24.87 MWh2025: 24.5 MWh
Change over the period: −2.99 (−10.88%) Average annual rate: -0.46 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Norway 24.5 MWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 5.94 MWh
Northern Europe computed 7.27 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2025 24.5 −0.37 −1.49%
2024 24.87 +0.25 +1.02%
2023 24.62 +0.26 +1.07%
2022 24.36 −1.44 −5.58%
2021 25.8 +0.92 +3.7%
2020 24.88 −0.15 −0.6%
2019 25.03 −0.53 −2.07%
2018 25.56 +0.33 +1.31%
2017 25.23 +0.09 +0.36%
2016 25.14 +0.41 +1.66%
2015 24.73 +0.34 +1.39%
2014 24.39 −0.83 −3.29%
2013 25.22 −0.36 −1.41%
2012 25.58 +0.78 +3.15%
2011 24.8 −1.93 −7.22%
2010 26.73 +1.47 +5.82%
2009 25.26 −1.45 −5.43%
2008 26.71 −0.06 −0.22%
2007 26.77 +0.58 +2.21%
2006 26.19 −0.89 −3.29%
2005 27.08 +0.61 +2.3%
2004 26.47 +1.38 +5.5%
2003 25.09 −1.47 −5.53%
2002 26.56 −1.11 −4.01%
2001 27.67 +0.18 +0.65%
2000 27.49

Northern 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.