Electricity Demand Per Person by Country 2023

About This Dataset

Electricity demand per person in 2023, in megawatt-hours, as measured by Ember. One MWh is 1,000 kilowatt-hours. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.

✨ AI Insight

In 2023 Iceland led at 51.1 MWh per person, with Norway second at 24.6. The order at the top is largely unchanged from 2024, which is expected: per-person demand moves with heating, cooling and industrial structure rather than with new power plants. The spread across this table is wide - the fifteenth country uses about 4.9 times less electricity per person than the leader.

Source: Ember - Yearly Electricity Data

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Iceland leads with 51 in 2023.

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Average value in 2023: 18 · median: 15.

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Gap in 2023: Iceland is 5× larger than Australia.