Electric Energy Consumption of OECD Member Countries
Electric energy consumption per inhabitant by primary energy source in some countries and areas in 2008 is in the table.
- 1 MW·h/yr = 114 Watt
For the OECD with 8 991 kWh/yr/person: 1.026 Watt/person.
| Electric energy per capita, 2008 (kWh/person) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Territory | Use | Production | Import/ Export |
Non-RE* | RE % * | ||||
| Total | Fossil | Nuclear | RE-Bio | Bio+waste | ||||||
| 1 | Iceland | 53,129 | 53,129 | 0 | 0 | 53,129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| 2 | Norway | 27,398 | 30,355 | 151 | 0 | 30,130 | 74 | -2,957 | -2,806 | 110.2% |
| 3 | Canada | 18,111 | 19,092 | 4,653 | 2,834 | 11,333 | 272 | -981 | 6,507 | 64.1% |
| 4 | Finlandx | 17,036 | 14,612 | 5,182 | 4,345x | 3,356 | 1,727 | 2,424 | 11,953 | 29.8% |
| 5 | Sweden | 16,018 | 16,225 | 527 | 6,922 | 7,687 | 1,088 | -206 | 7,244 | 54.8% |
| 6 | USA | 14,378 | 14,270 | 10,162 | 2,746 | 1,139 | 224 | 108 | 13,015 | 9.5% |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9,052 | 9,198 | 130 | 3,688 | 5,057 | 322 | -146 | 3,672 | 59.4% |
| 8 | OECD | 8,991 | 8,982 | 5,554 | 1,905 | 1,340 | 182 | 9 | 7,468 | 16.9% |
| 9 | Belgium | 8,961 | 7,962 | 2,997 | 4,295 | 252 | 418 | 999 | 8,291 | 7.5% |
| 10 | Japan | 8,507 | 8,507 | 5,669 | 2,010 | 682 | 147 | 0 | 7,679 | 9.7% |
| 11 | France | 8,233 | 8,984 | 853 | 6,872 | 1,168 | 91 | -751 | 6,974 | 15.3% |
| 12 | Netherlands | 7,463 | 6,513 | 5,590 | 252 | 275 | 396 | 950 | 6,792 | 9.0% |
| 13 | Germany | 7,450 | 7,693 | 4,635 | 1,804 | 873 | 381 | -243 | 6,196 | 6.8% |
| 14 | EU-15 | 7,409 | 7,321 | 3,798 | 2,121 | 1,141 | 261 | 89 | 6,007 | 18.9% |
| 15 | Denmark | 6,912 | 6,656 | 4,680 | 0 | 1,272 | 706 | 256 | 4,934 | 28.6 % |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 6,573 | 6,392 | 5,069 | 860 | 266 | 198 | 180 | 6,108 | 7.1% |
| 17 | Spain | 6,523 | 6,764 | 4,066 | 1,286 | 1,318 | 94 | -241 | 5,111 | 21.6% |
| 18 | Italy | 6,054 | 5,384 | 4,271 | 0 | 992 | 120 | 671 | 4,942 | 18.4% |
| 19 | Poland | 4,033 | 4,064 | 3,865 | 0 | 96 | 103 | -32 | 3,833 | 5.0% |
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