Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — Syria

Electricity consumption per capita in Syria in 2024 — 0.98 MWh. Ranked 140 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 35.5%.

2024 0.98 MWh −4.85% vs 2023
World rank 140of 196
Period maximum 2.05 MWh2010
Period minimum 0.88 MWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Syria, 2000–20240.511.522.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.52 MWh2001: 1.57 MWh2002: 1.61 MWh2003: 1.69 MWh2004: 1.72 MWh2005: 1.88 MWh2006: 1.87 MWh2007: 1.87 MWh2008: 1.9 MWh2009: 1.97 MWh2010: 2.05 MWh2011: 1.82 MWh2012: 1.42 MWh2013: 1.14 MWh2014: 1.04 MWh2015: 0.91 MWh2016: 0.94 MWh2017: 0.93 MWh2018: 1.11 MWh2019: 1.08 MWh2020: 0.98 MWh2021: 0.99 MWh2022: 0.88 MWh2023: 1.03 MWh2024: 0.98 MWh
Change over the period: −0.54 (−35.53%) Average annual rate: -1.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 0.98 MWh
World computed 3.77 MWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 3.89 MWh
Western Asia computed 5.08 MWh
Low-income countries computed 0.22 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2024 0.98 −0.05 −4.85%
2023 1.03 +0.15 +17.05%
2022 0.88 −0.11 −11.11%
2021 0.99 +0.01 +1.02%
2020 0.98 −0.1 −9.26%
2019 1.08 −0.03 −2.7%
2018 1.11 +0.18 +19.35%
2017 0.93 −0.01 −1.06%
2016 0.94 +0.03 +3.3%
2015 0.91 −0.13 −12.5%
2014 1.04 −0.1 −8.77%
2013 1.14 −0.28 −19.72%
2012 1.42 −0.4 −21.98%
2011 1.82 −0.23 −11.22%
2010 2.05 +0.08 +4.06%
2009 1.97 +0.07 +3.68%
2008 1.9 +0.03 +1.6%
2007 1.87 +0 +0%
2006 1.87 −0.01 −0.53%
2005 1.88 +0.16 +9.3%
2004 1.72 +0.03 +1.78%
2003 1.69 +0.08 +4.97%
2002 1.61 +0.04 +2.55%
2001 1.57 +0.05 +3.29%
2000 1.52

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.