Electricity demand per capita in North America

27 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: MWh per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
15.71 MWh
Median country
2.71 MWh
half above, half below
World
3.81 MWh
Ember aggregate
Range
0.07 to 15.71
Haiti - Canada

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Across 27 countries in North America, the highest value is in Canada (15.71 MWh) and the lowest in Haiti (0.07 MWh).

The median country is at 2.71 MWh: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Electricity per capita over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Canada15.71
2United States12.75
3Greenland10.75
4Cayman Islands9.54
5Aruba9.25
6Trinidad and Tobago6.33
7Puerto Rico6.17
8Turks and Caicos Islands5.80
9Bahamas5.61
10Saint Kitts and Nevis4.91
11Antigua and Barbuda3.95
12Barbados3.93
13Panama2.94
14Mexico2.71
15Saint Lucia2.23
16Costa Rica2.19
17Dominican Republic2.10
18Grenada2.05
19Belize2.04
20Cuba1.77
21Jamaica1.73
22Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.49
23Honduras1.17
24El Salvador0.98
25Guatemala0.89
26Nicaragua0.78
27Haiti0.07
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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