EIA · Primary Energy Consumption per Capita
Energy use per person by country
How much energy does a country consume for each person living there?
Of the 192 countries compared in 2024, Qatar had the highest reading, 766.065, and Burundi had the lowest reading, 0.950. In the middle country the figure was 49.502. Among the 155 countries measured in every edition since 1980, the middle one moved from 16.970 to 37.163.
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Energy use per person · 2024
Context statistic
Highest of 192Qatar
766.065012024 · values only
The highest and the lowest
The three countries with the highest values of 192 compared, the three with the lowest, and the highest on each continent. This statistic has no better end, so no country is shown as leading.
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Lowest in 2024
Burundi0.950
DR Congo1.066
Central African Republic1.217
This statistic has no better end: the two ends describe size, not success.
02Every measured country
Energy use per person on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value. This statistic has no better end, so the shades describe size, not success.
- 0.950–8.913
- 9.075–32.007
- 32.849–64.142
- 64.310–113.839
- 116.240–766.065
- No reading in 2024 (2 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
99.216
the middle country, of 39 measured · 49 members
Russia236.735
Albania31.281Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Asia
63.313
the middle country, of 51 measured · 52 members
Qatar766.065
Afghanistan3.157Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Americas
50.409
the middle country, of 39 measured · 48 members
Canada308.369
Haiti2.055Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
22.766
the middle country, of 9 measured · 21 members
Australia219.982
Solomon Islands5.601Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Africa
6.113
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
Libya113.839Burundi0.950Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Western Europe
124.452
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg225.899
Switzerland98.591Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Eastern Asia
123.381
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
South Korea240.076
North Korea24.912Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Eastern Europe
101.878
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Russia236.735
Moldova35.522Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Northern Europe
96.401
the middle country, of 9 measured · 13 members
Norway206.612
Latvia63.286Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Southern Europe
88.007
the middle country, of 13 measured · 17 members
Malta217.387Albania31.281Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Western Asia
68.699
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
Qatar766.065
Yemen5.179Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Central Asia
63.115
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Turkmenistan246.972
Tajikistan17.205Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Caribbean
59.174
the middle country, of 16 measured · 24 members
Cayman Islands162.896Haiti2.055Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- South America
51.691
the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members
Argentina78.037
Paraguay26.983Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- South-eastern Asia
40.132
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
Singapore627.140
Timor-Leste6.765Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Northern Africa
35.683
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
Libya113.839
Sudan4.373Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Central America
29.025
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
Panama78.855
Nicaragua13.044Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Southern Africa
21.352
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
South Africa84.276
Lesotho5.738Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
11.639
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Iran152.461Afghanistan3.157Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Middle Africa
9.075
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
Equatorial Guinea56.015DR Congo1.066Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Western Africa
4.821
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde20.239
Niger1.744Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Eastern Africa
3.484
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
Seychelles107.855Burundi0.950Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia219.982
New Zealand117.858Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Fiji37.365Solomon Islands5.601Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Kiribati.
Kiribati9.121Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern America
3 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Bermuda, Canada, United States.
Canada308.369
Bermuda127.253Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa, Tonga.
Tonga30.197
Samoa22.766Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
192 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 49.502; a quarter are above 101.088, and a quarter below 11.565. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 194 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Neither end is better. The top of the table is dominated by small oil, gas and trading hubs, where refineries, petrochemical plants and the fuel sold to passing ships consume energy on behalf of customers abroad; the bottom is dominated by poor countries where most household energy is firewood and charcoal that the total largely leaves out.
Showing 25 of 194 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051980–2024 · 45 editions
Over time
Each point is one year from 1980. The line moves with the economy, the weather and the mix of industry: a new refinery or smelter can lift it sharply, and a recession or the closure of heavy industry can lower it with no change in how people live.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 155 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 192 | 49.502 | 11.565 – 101.088 | 37.163 |
| 2023 | 192 | 47.966 | 11.773 – 101.691 | 37.096 |
| 2022 | 192 | 45.303 | 12.090 – 102.371 | 35.876 |
| 2021 | 192 | 45.536 | 12.255 – 103.664 | 33.117 |
| 2020 | 192 | 39.616 | 11.428 – 97.408 | 31.223 |
| 2019 | 194 | 47.864 | 11.225 – 109.935 | 33.639 |
| 2018 | 194 | 44.406 | 11.190 – 109.165 | 34.384 |
| 2017 | 194 | 40.701 | 10.390 – 109.500 | 34.432 |
| 2016 | 194 | 42.755 | 11.033 – 107.485 | 31.510 |
| 2015 | 194 | 38.746 | 11.207 – 105.320 | 31.644 |
| 2014 | 194 | 41.381 | 10.785 – 108.637 | 30.941 |
| 2013 | 194 | 42.077 | 11.329 – 107.979 | 30.534 |
| 2012 | 194 | 41.475 | 10.939 – 113.532 | 31.443 |
| 2011 | 193 | 42.580 | 10.503 – 113.607 | 28.750 |
| 2010 | 193 | 40.625 | 10.390 – 118.229 | 31.247 |
| 2009 | 193 | 40.912 | 9.963 – 118.957 | 30.901 |
| 2008 | 193 | 37.439 | 9.618 – 119.530 | 32.539 |
| 2007 | 192 | 35.451 | 9.793 – 125.473 | 30.613 |
| 2006 | 192 | 37.376 | 9.922 – 124.935 | 30.837 |
| 2005 | 190 | 35.351 | 9.332 – 128.412 | 30.588 |
| 2004 | 190 | 33.646 | 9.187 – 131.838 | 29.521 |
| 2003 | 190 | 31.578 | 8.256 – 131.651 | 28.707 |
| 2002 | 189 | 33.428 | 8.512 – 128.785 | 28.154 |
| 2001 | 189 | 33.321 | 8.231 – 123.215 | 28.377 |
| 2000 | 189 | 32.269 | 7.369 – 120.114 | 26.471 |
| 1999 | 189 | 31.055 | 6.683 – 102.561 | 23.924 |
| 1998 | 189 | 32.105 | 6.462 – 109.752 | 24.697 |
| 1997 | 189 | 32.393 | 6.941 – 107.580 | 22.250 |
| 1996 | 188 | 30.235 | 6.937 – 106.858 | 21.237 |
| 1995 | 188 | 29.326 | 6.465 – 104.195 | 21.912 |
| 1994 | 188 | 28.530 | 6.401 – 103.253 | 22.199 |
| 1993 | 187 | 29.604 | 6.487 – 106.946 | 21.599 |
| 1992 | 185 | 29.608 | 6.351 – 102.696 | 21.970 |
| 1991 | 166 | 22.734 | 5.057 – 99.087 | 19.411 |
| 1990 | 164 | 22.646 | 5.516 – 95.681 | 20.507 |
| 1989 | 163 | 20.754 | 5.400 – 93.277 | 19.244 |
| 1988 | 162 | 18.997 | 5.204 – 89.295 | 18.546 |
| 1987 | 158 | 18.691 | 5.140 – 78.457 | 18.047 |
| 1986 | 158 | 19.802 | 4.742 – 72.613 | 18.682 |
| 1985 | 157 | 17.969 | 5.074 – 72.531 | 17.506 |
| 1984 | 157 | 18.384 | 4.902 – 72.666 | 17.807 |
| 1983 | 157 | 18.413 | 4.990 – 71.673 | 18.321 |
| 1982 | 157 | 19.160 | 5.265 – 71.633 | 18.321 |
| 1981 | 157 | 18.470 | 5.479 – 69.449 | 16.819 |
| 1980 | 157 | 19.026 | 5.262 – 73.720 | 16.970 |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Rose most
before → afterFell most
before → after- Qatar803.746 → 766.065−37.680
- Malta247.915 → 217.387−30.528
United Arab Emirates472.848 → 455.112−17.736
Saudi Arabia347.292 → 336.387−10.905- Equatorial Guinea66.577 → 56.015−10.562
192 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024.
07Across every edition
Energy use per person in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
1,149.124
Energy use per person (million Btu)
Lowest reading on record
0.215
Energy use per person (million Btu)
Biggest rise between editions
+373.178
737.781 → 1,110.959
Biggest fall between editions
−307.299
465.117 → 157.818
Biggest change since first measured
+442.839
184.301 → 627.140
Highest most often
41 of 45
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About energy use per person
This is how much primary energy — coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable power — a country consumes in a year for each person who lives there. It shows how energy-hungry an economy and its daily life are, from homes and cars to factories and refineries.
What the number is: Energy use per person (million Btu).
What it does not measure
It counts all energy used inside a country, including by refineries and industry serving customers abroad, so small trading hubs read far above the energy their residents use. It largely leaves out firewood and charcoal, so it understates household energy in the poorest countries.
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Energy, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where energy use per person is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- CO₂ Emissions per CapitaKeyGlobal Carbon Project · 190 countries in commonρ 0.96
- GNI per Capita (PPP)World Bank Group · 102 countries in commonρ 0.95
- GDP per Capita (PPP)KeyWorld Bank Group · 176 countries in commonρ 0.92
Moves against
Where energy use per person is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Global Multidimensional Poverty IndexOPHI · 100 countries in commonρ −0.87
- Informal Employment RateILO · 91 countries in commonρ −0.87
- Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 170 countries in commonρ −0.86
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 189 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
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11Questions
Energy use per person: questions and answers
Which country has the highest energy use per person?
Qatar, at 766.065, among the 192 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the lowest energy use per person?
Burundi, at 0.950, among the 192 countries compared in 2024.
How many countries does the Primary Energy Consumption per Capita cover?
192 in 2024, and 194 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 157 to 194 between editions.
What is the world average energy use per person?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 192 compared in 2024, the figure was 49.502.
Is this U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Primary Energy Consumption per Capita published?
This site holds 45 editions, describing 1980 to 2024.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), under Public domain (U.S. government work). From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download. The per-person figure is EIA's own, computed from its energy balances and its population series; the zeros EIA uses for missing readings are left out. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita — U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download. The per-person figure is EIA's own, computed from its energy balances and its population series; the zeros EIA uses for missing readings are left out.
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). International Energy Statistics — Energy consumption per capita (million Btu per person).
Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work), checked 2026-09-26.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- This statistic has no better end, so the page describes higher and lower values and never calls a country a leader.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Energy use per person by country: Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, data from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/energy-use-per-capita