How we Generate and Use Energy

Australia consumes more electricity per capita, and generates more CO2 emissions per capita, than the global average.

Australians emit 15t CO2e per capita (2018), equivalent to average emissions from 3.3 cars over one year. Australia’s electricity consumption (9.9 MWh per capita) is 82.5% higher than the world average (5.4 MWh per capita).
NameCO2 emissions per capita (tCO2)Electricity consumption per capita (kWh)
Albania1.52277
Argentina3.852982
Armenia1.831950
Australia15.329906
Austria6.968383
Azerbaijan3.112182
Bangladesh0.51466
Belarus6.023707
Belgium7.987756
Bolivia1.85774
Bosnia and Herzegovina6.683973
Brazil1.942570
Brunei16.658888
Bulgaria5.685115
Cambodia0.65532
Canada15.2515438
Chile4.574198
Colombia1.471448
Costa Rica1.532032
Croatia3.744205
Cuba2.151548
Curaçao17.394818
Cyprus7.35674
Czech Republic9.486574
Denmark5.535764
Ecuador2.121481
El Salvador1986
Estonia11.97368
Finland7.9315804
France4.517141
Georgia2.353265
Germany8.46848
Gibraltar20.426143
Greece5.745059
Greenland5.535764
Guatemala0.98637
Haiti0.2937
Honduras0.95721
Hong Kong5.726299
Hungary4.664398
Iceland6.2254605
India1.71968
Indonesia2.03984
Ireland7.265939
Italy5.255220
Jamaica2.791110
Japan8.558010
Kosovo4.492677
Laos2.53709
Latvia3.733731
Lithuania3.974357
Luxembourg14.6913476
Malaysia7.234987
Malta3.25041
Mauritius3.272332
Mexico3.62329
Moldova2.251624
Mongolia6.672303
Montenegro4.055003
Myanmar0.59349
Nepal0.4233
Netherlands8.766796
New Zealand6.488517
Nicaragua0.76597
North Korea0.6509
Norway6.7824047
Panama2.222272
Paraguay1.161867
People's Republic of China6.844906
Peru1.561532
Philippines1.24846
Poland7.964343
Portugal4.595049
Republic of Macedonia3.333136
Russia10.986917
Serbia6.424728
Singapore8.49323
Slovakia5.815402
Slovenia6.587215
South Korea11.7411082
Spain5.335567
Sri Lanka0.95647
Sweden3.3913331
Switzerland4.197434
Thailand3.472810
Trinidad and Tobago12.376331
Turkey4.63348
Turkmenistan11.822809
Ukraine4.073065
United Kingdom5.34906
United States of America15.0313098
Uruguay1.83450
Uzbekistan3.281750
Venezuela3.92346
Vietnam2.372378
Africa0.98567
Bahrain19.2418618
Pakistan0.91593
Iran7.093341
Iraq3.991270
Jordan2.311856
Israel6.716814
Kazakhstan11.715338
Kuwait21.2215402
Kyrgyzstan1.661893
Lebanon3.72768
Oman14.247046
Qatar31.2716580
Saudi Arabia14.5910239
Syria1.52904
Tajikistan0.751591
United Arab Emirates19.9913242
Suriname3.512990
IEA Key World Energy Statistics 2020