List of Countries Energy Use per Capita

A list of energy use (kg of oil equivalent) per capita by country.

The list shows a huge disparity between the highest energy users and the lowest.

It is worth bearing in mind:

• Colder countries understandably have a relatively higher use of energy because more resources are devoted towards heating.
• Energy producers have a high energy use, partly because energy tends to be much cheaper. (See cost of petrol per country)
• The country with the highest energy use per capita is Iceland. A significant part of Iceland’s energy use is thermal energy from naturally occurring volcanic springs. Thus this energy is cheap and does not involve burning fossil fuels.
• Nevertheless, the huge disparity in energy use primarily reflects different income levels throughout the world.

Energy Use of Major Countries

 

CO2 emissions per capita

A close correlation between energy use and CO2 emissions per capita.

With the exception of Iceland (which generates its power from renewable, natural resources)

Highest Energy Users per Capita

1	Iceland	16404.7
2	Trinidad and Tobago	15158.2
3	Qatar	14911.1
4	Kuwait	11402.1
5	United Arab Emirates	8588.0
6	Bahrain	8096.3
7	Brunei Darussalam	7971.3
8	Luxembourg	7934.1
9	Canada	7534.0
10	North America	7098.5
11	United States	7050.6
12	Finland	6212.9
13	Australia	5970.9
14	Saudi Arabia	5888.1
15	Norway	5849.3
16	Oman	5554.1
17	Belgium	5299.7
18	Sweden	4883.4
19	High income	4853.1
20	Netherlands	4729.2
21	Korea, Rep.	4659.8
22	Russian Federation	4558.6
23	OECD members	4260.3
24	Kazakhstan	4090.8
25	New Zealand	4032.3
26	Czech Republic	4004.0
27	France	3958.8
28	Turkmenistan	3932.8
29	Germany	3889.1
30	Austria	3784.4
31	Singapore	3704.4
32	Japan	3700.2
33	Estonia	3542.9
34	Euro area	3534.5
35	Switzerland	3480.5
36	Slovenia	3416.6
37	Denmark	3368.7
38	European Union	3305.7
39	Libya	3258.2
40	Ireland	3215.9
41	United Kingdom	3183.3
42	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	3160.8
43	Slovak Republic	3086.1
44	Iran, Islamic Rep.	2951.3
45	South Africa	2920.5
46	Israel	2878.3
47	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	2830.5
48	Belarus	2814.8
49	Spain	2755.9
50	Italy	2735.0
51	Greece	2609.2
52	Lithuania	2511.7
53	Ukraine	2507.4
54	Hungary	2480.3
55	Poland	2463.5
56	Malaysia	2391.0
57	Venezuela, RB	2356.9
58	Bulgaria	2304.5
59	Cyprus	2297.7
60	Portugal	2266.3
61	Hong Kong SAR, China	2133.0
62	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	2070.1
63	Serbia	1973.8
64	Croatia	1964.9
65	Malta	1931.5
66	Latvia	1871.4
67	Argentina	1853.3
68	Upper middle income	1844.6
69	World	1790.1
70	Uzbekistan	1757.8
71	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	1733.6
72	Chile	1697.6
73	China	1695.3
74	Arab World	1678.1
75	Romania	1601.8
76	Lebanon	1580.3
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1579.9
78	Mexico	1558.8
79	Thailand	1503.7
80	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	1436.5
81	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	1398.9
82	Turkey	1359.3
83	Macedonia, FYR	1351.9
84	Azerbaijan	1337.6
85	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	1277.8
86	Jordan	1259.6
87	Middle income	1256.1
88	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	1245.5
89	Brazil	1242.8
90	Uruguay	1223.7
91	Gabon	1214.2
92	Jamaica	1208.2
93	Mongolia	1193.9
94	Low & middle income	1163.1
95	Algeria	1137.6
96	Syrian Arab Republic	1123.0
97	Costa Rica	1067.1
98	Iraq	1034.9
99	Botswana	1033.7
100	Cuba	1021.6
101	Egypt, Arab Rep.	903.4
102	Panama	895.5
103	Tunisia	881.3
104	Indonesia	850.8
105	Armenia	843.2
106	El Salvador	828.2
107	Dominican Republic	826.1
108	Ecuador	796.0
109	Korea, Dem. Rep.	795.0
110	Namibia	763.8
111	Zimbabwe	762.7
112	Paraguay	749.4
113	Vietnam	744.5
114	Georgia	722.9
115	Guatemala	701.3
116	Nigeria	700.7
117	Colombia	697.2
118	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	693.6
119	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	693.6
120	Moldova	686.9
121	Lower middle income	659.5
122	Angola	641.1
123	Bolivia	637.6
124	Zambia	617.5
125	Honduras	591.6
126	India	559.6
127	Kyrgyz Republic	559.2
128	Peru	550.3
129	Nicaragua	540.3
130	Albania	537.8
131	Cote d’Ivoire	535.0
132	South Asia	514.4
133	Pakistan	501.6
134	Morocco	476.8
135	Kenya	474.5
136	Sri Lanka	453.9
137	Tanzania	450.7
138	Togo	445.0
139	Mozambique	427.2
140	Philippines	423.6
141	Benin	404.0
142	Ethiopia	402.5
143	Ghana	387.9
144	Sudan	372.3
145	Cambodia	370.7
146	Low income	364.7
147	Cameroon	360.8
148	Congo, Dem. Rep.	357.0
149	Congo, Rep.	355.8
150	Tajikistan	341.8
151	Least developed countries: UN classification	339.8
152	Nepal	338.4
153	Yemen, Rep.	324.1
154	Myanmar	316.4
155	Haiti	263.1
156	Senegal	242.8
157	Bangladesh	201.3
158	Eritrea	142.3

Technical note on definition of energy use

Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

These figures come from World Bank data series 2009. This is data up to 2011, but this is much more patchy.