Electricity demand per capita in Asia

49 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: MWh per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
23.92 MWh
Median country
3.20 MWh
half above, half below
World
3.81 MWh
Ember aggregate
Range
0.13 to 23.92
Yemen - Bahrain

How to read it

Across 49 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Bahrain (23.92 MWh) and the lowest in Yemen (0.13 MWh).

The median country is at 3.20 MWh: half are above, half below.

Compare selected countries · on the world map

Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Electricity per capita over time

MWh

Add to chart:

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bahrain23.92
2Kuwait18.74
3Qatar18.59
4United Arab Emirates16.05
5Bhutan15.74
6Saudi Arabia13.39
7South Korea12.09
8Brunei12.02
9Singapore10.22
10Oman9.30
11Macao8.72
12Japan8.21
13Israel7.88
14China7.05
15Hong Kong6.58
16Malaysia5.91
17Kazakhstan5.87
18Iran4.30
19Cyprus4.25
20Türkiye3.89
21Georgia3.71
22Iraq3.41
23Mongolia3.32
24Thailand3.24
25Turkmenistan3.20
26Vietnam3.04
27Kyrgyzstan2.68
28Azerbaijan2.57
29Armenia2.57
30Uzbekistan2.32
31Jordan2.05
32Laos2.01
33Tajikistan1.85
34Indonesia1.79
35Maldives1.61
36Palestine1.45
37India1.40
38Cambodia1.13
39Philippines1.07
40North Korea1.02
41Syria0.98
42Lebanon0.92
43Sri Lanka0.74
44Bangladesh0.64
45Pakistan0.60
46Myanmar0.40
47Nepal0.37
48Afghanistan0.16
49Yemen0.13
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.