Total electricity net consumption (2024)

China leads the world in total electricity net consumption at 9,793.7 billion kWh in 2024, followed by United States of America (4,194.3 billion kWh) and India (1,757.6 billion kWh). Russian Federation (1,045.2 billion kWh) and Japan (858.6 billion kWh) close out the top 5. Next up, Brazil (636.2 billion kWh) and Canada (573.2 billion kWh). Republic of Korea (557.8 billion kWh), Germany (490.4 billion kWh), and France (409.7 billion kWh) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — China has 24× the value of France (409.7 billion kWh). Four of the top ten are in Asia, with three from Eastern. Among these countries, China saw the largest year-over-year change at +7.1%.