Switzerland's electric power consumption (kWh per capita) was 7,111 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.19% from 7,500 in 2015 (0.53% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7,111 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 7,203 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 7,500 | 2015 |
| Highest | 8,360 | 2006 |
| Lowest | 7,111 | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 7,329 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 7,445 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Switzerland's electric power consumption (kWh per capita) fell 6.07 on 2024 (from 7,117 to 7,111).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −1.26 and a typical year strayed about 151.06 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 197.95 in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 286.4 in 2014. 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 downward, about 45.59 a year. A straight line explains 70% 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
In 2025, Switzerland had the 15th highest value of the 40 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 7,111 | 2025 |
| World | 3,708 | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 5,493 | 2024 |
| High income | 8,989 | 2025 |
Closest to Switzerland in the 2025 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
| Year | Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,111 |
| 2024 | 7,117 |
| 2023 | 7,175 |
| 2022 | 7,423 |
| 2021 | 7,399 |
| 2020 | 7,203 |
| 2019 | 7,357 |
| 2018 | 7,436 |
| 2017 | 7,585 |
| 2016 | 7,482 |
| 2015 |
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) in nearby economies
- Albania — 2,986 (2024)
- Armenia — 2,478 (2024)
- Austria — 8,050 (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 2,444 (2024)
- Belarus — 4,415 (2024)
- Belgium — 6,963 (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3,860 (2024)
- Bulgaria — 5,470 (2024)
- Croatia — 4,630 (2024)
- Cyprus — 4,071 (2024)
More environment data for Switzerland
- Population in largest city — 1.46 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 18.67% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.46 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 16% (2025)
- Rural population — 1.3 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 14.27% (2025)
- Urban population — 7.79 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 85.73% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 2,539 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Switzerland's electric power consumption (kWh per capita)?
- 7,111 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 4.48% from 7,445 in 1990 (0.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8,360 in 2006 and the lowest 7,111 in 2025.
- How does Switzerland rank?
- 15th highest of 40 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in electric power consumption (kWh per capita) unusual for Switzerland?
- In 2025, Switzerland's electric power consumption (kWh per capita) fell 6.07 on 2024 (from 7,117 to 7,111). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −1.26 and a typical year strayed about 151.06 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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