This list of countries by electric energy consumption is mostly based on the
Energy Information Administration
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and publ ...
.
Several non-sovereign entities are also included for information purposes, with their parent state noted.
The per capita data for many countries may be slightly inaccurate as population data may not be for the same year as the consumption data.
Population data were obtained mainly from the
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...
in 2019 with some exceptions, in which case they were obtained from the Wikipedia pages for the corresponding countries/territories.
Average power per capita was calculated according to the formula:
[It is interesting to compare the average electric power consumed per capita with the person's ]basal metabolic rate
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest. It is reported in energy units per unit time ranging from watt (joule/second) to ml O2/min or joule per hour per kg body mass J/(h·kg). P ...
(about 65 watts), the average power obtained by a human body at rest from the food metabolism.
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