Countries That Use the Most Electricity per Person 2023
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Bahrain leads in Electricity Use (kWh per Person) with 23,120 in 2023.
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Average Electricity Use (kWh per Person) in 2023: 9,139 · median: 6,594.
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Gap in 2023: Bahrain is 5.1× larger than Montenegro.
About This Dataset
Countries That Use the Most Electricity per Person 2023
Countries ranked by electricity use (kWh per person) in 2023, using World Bank figures for the 107 countries that reported that year. Bahrain leads on 23,120, ahead of Qatar (19,963) and Kuwait (16,496). Electricity consumed per person, including losses in transmission. Industry is counted alongside households, so countries with aluminium smelting or data centres rank far above their household use.
Analysis
Bahrain (23,120), Qatar (19,963) and Kuwait (16,496) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 23,120 down to 4,564, a spread of 18,556. Bahrain is 1.16 times Qatar, the country in second place. 5 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 11,560 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 107 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Electricity Use (kWh per Person)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
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