Total electricity net consumption

(billion kilowatthours)

China is the top country by electricity net consumption in the world. As of 2022, electricity net consumption in China was 8,539.69 billion kilowatthours that accounts for 32.20% of the world's electricity net consumption. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, India, Russian Federation, and Japan) account for 60.69% of it. The world's total electricity net consumption was estimated at 26,523.15 billion kilowatthours in 2022.

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What is electricity net consumption?

Consumption of electricity computed as generation, plus imports, minus exports, minus transmission and distribution losses.