Ratio of Household Electricity Use to National Electricity Consumption by Country

Note: This table represents all countries with available household census data after 2010. The most recent year represented is 2011.
Sources: World Energy Council, EIA International Energy Statistics; UN Statistics Division Demographic Yearbook; authors’ calculations.
Country Total Household Consumption, kWH (billions) Net National Consumption, kWh (billions) Household/National ratio
Korea, Rep. 64.13 450.24 0.14
Slovak Republic 4.55 26.55 0.17
Poland 26.05 137.73 0.19
Italy 68.09 311.30 0.22
Mexico 47.52 212.40 0.22
Germany 122.52 543.75 0.23
Brazil 106.83 455.73 0.23
Czech Republic 14.24 60.41 0.24
Romania 11.79 49.98 0.24
South Africa 51.94 218.20 0.24
Austria 17.38 65.08 0.27
Finland 22.91 85.06 0.27
Canada 151.20 543.73 0.28
Mauritius 0.72 2.43 0.29
Iran 56.69 186.17 0.30
Portugal 14.90 48.62 0.31
Latvia 2.01 6.52 0.31
Hungary 11.50 36.74 0.31
Japan 312.02 994.80 0.31
Uruguay 2.96 9.32 0.32
Spain 78.38 245.99 0.32
Bulgaria 10.61 31.60 0.34
Ireland 8.76 24.58 0.36
Norway 40.47 113.16 0.36
United Kingdom 119.31 320.21 0.37
Albania 1.94 5.19 0.37
United States of America 1,512.28 3886.40 0.39
Croatia 6.27 15.73 0.40
Philippines 23.42 56.84 0.41
Bolivia 3.09 6.46 0.48
Ghana 3.77 6.62 0.57

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