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Electricity Generated per Person: The UK and Its Peers
Electricity generation divided by population, yearly, kWh per person
6 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·4 of 6 are at a five-year high
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Palanor calculation: Ember generation divided by World Bank population. Generation, not consumption: net importers such as the UK look lower than what they use, net exporters such as France higher. Japan and India are in the signal library.
How much electricity each country generates for every resident. Britain’s figure has fallen by more than a third since its peak in the early 2000s and now sits only a little above the world average. China now generates more per person than Britain or Germany.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- United Kingdom · Electricity Generation per Personas “United Kingdom”latest 2025-12-31
- China · Electricity Generation per Personas “China”latest 2025-12-31
- France · Electricity Generation per Personas “France”latest 2025-12-31
- Germany · Electricity Generation per Personas “Germany”latest 2025-12-31
- United States · Electricity Generation per Personas “United States”latest 2025-12-31
- World · Electricity Generation per Personas “World”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·6 sources
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United Kingdom · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.gbr; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
China · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.chn; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
France · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.fra; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
Germany · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.deu; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
United States · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.usa; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
World · Electricity Generation per Person. Source: Palanor calculation: Ember total generation (TWh, power.ember.generation_twh.world; Ember electricity data, CC BY 4.0, attribution "Ember (CC BY 4.0)") × one billion ÷ World Bank total population (SP.POP.TOTL, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0). Recomputed each time Ember's yearly file is read, so revisions to either input carry through. Only years where both inputs exist are written.
Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.