10 Countries With Highest Electricity Consumption

According to the data shared by the World of Statistics, China is the country with the highest electrical energy consumption in the world followed by the USA and India.

Let's take a look at the top 10 countries with the highest electricity consumption (GW·h/yr) in the world:

10. France

France ranks tenth in the list with the consumption of 449,422 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy per year.

9. Germany

Germany is the ninth country on the list with 524,268 gigawatt-hours/year of electrical energy consumption.

8. South Korea

South Korea ranks eighth on the list with 527,035 gigawatt-hours/year of electrical energy consumption.

7. Canada

With 549,263 gigawatt-hours/year of electrical energy consumption, Canada ranks seventh on the list.

6. Brazil

Brazil is the sixth city on the list with 597,234 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy consumption per year.

5. Japan

Japan ranks fifth on the list. The country consumes 902,842 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy per year.

4. Russia

With the consumption of 965,156 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy per year, Russia ranks fourth on the list.

3. India

India, with 1,052,346 gigawatt-hours/year of electrical energy consumption, is third on the list.

2. USA

The United States of America is the second-highest electrical energy consumer in the world with 3,989,566 gigawatt-hours/year of electricity consumed every year.

1. China

China is the highest electrical energy consumer in the world. It consumes 8,312,800 gigawatt-hours of electrical energy per year.