Countries by Total Electricity Consumption 2025

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by total electricity consumption in 2025, measured in terawatt-hours according to IEA World Energy Outlook and EIA International Energy Statistics. China surpassed the United States as the world's largest electricity consumer around 2011 and has continued to extend its lead substantially — consuming nearly 9,800 TWh in 2025, more than double American consumption, driven by an industrial base that manufactures a majority of the world's electronics, steel, cement, and consumer goods, combined with rapidly growing residential demand as hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens upgrade to energy-intensive modern appliances, electric vehicles, and air conditioning in a climate that spans subtropical south to subarctic northeast.

Analysis

The top three in Electricity Consumption (TWh) in 2025 are China (9,800), United States (4,100) and India (1,900). The 8 entries cover a range of 9,300, from 9,800 down to 500. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (5,700 of 9,300); the other 7 are separated by just 3,600. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (4,900 or more).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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China leads in Electricity Consumption (TWh) with 9,800 in 2025.

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Average Electricity Consumption (TWh) in 2025: 2,425 · median: 1,000.

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Gap in 2025: China is 19.6× larger than Canada.

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

9,800

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Electricity Consumption (TWh)

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2025

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2025 · 8 observations
Measure: Electricity Consumption (TWh)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.