Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s electric power consumption (kWh per capita) rose 407.76 on 2024 (from 2,357 to 2,765).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +35.41 and a typical year strayed about 35.44 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 10.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 407.76 in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.35 in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 49.53 a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

What this measures

Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.

Limitations: Data on electric power production and consumption are collected from national energy agencies by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and adjusted by the IEA to meet international definitions. Data are reported as net consumption as opposed to gross consumption. Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units. For all countries except the United States, total electric power consumption is equal to total net electricity generation plus electricity imports minus electricity exports minus electricity distribution losses. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 36 values

Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 1,918 (2024)
• Bahrain — 23,846 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1,555 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 3,910 (2024)
• Iraq — 1,756 (2024)
• Israel — 7,203 (2025)
• Jordan — 1,962 (2024)
• Kuwait — 16,626 (2024)
• Lebanon — 847.58 (2024)
• Libya — 5,156 (2024)

More environment data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 22.25% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 39.61% (2025)
• Rural population — 116.6 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 18.6% (2025)
• Urban population — 510.21 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 81.4% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 3.01 million (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s electric power consumption (kWh per capita)?

2,765 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 135.36% from 1,175 in 1990 (2.48% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2,765 in 2025 and the lowest 1,175 in 1990.

Is the latest change in electric power consumption (kWh per capita) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s electric power consumption (kWh per capita) rose 407.76 on 2024 (from 2,357 to 2,765). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +35.41 and a typical year strayed about 35.44 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 10.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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