Energy Use per Capita by Country (2026)

The three highest countries are Qatar (16,343), Iceland (15,997), Trinidad and Tobago (10,590); the three lowest are South Sudan (69), Yemen (155), Niger (161).

The gap between the top and the bottom of the table is a factor of about 238. The median country sits at 1,505 and the simple average across all 150 countries is 2,249 — the average is pulled up by a few very large values.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Laos (+97.4%), Cambodia (+64.3%), North Korea (+51.2%), while the largest decreases were in Curaçao (-68.8%), Venezuela (-47.4%), Yemen (-45%).

By continent, the leaders are Qatar in Asia (16,343), Iceland in Europe (15,997), Libya in Africa (2,662), Trinidad and Tobago in North America (10,590), Chile in South America (2,029), Australia in Oceania (4,751).

Energy use refers to the use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels: indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to international ships and aircraft. It is expressed per person in kilograms of oil equivalent.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator EG.USE.PCAP.KG.OE). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.