This list of countries by electric energy consumption is mostly based on The World Factbook. Several non-sovereign entities are also included for informational purposes, with their parent state noted. The per capita data for many countries may be slightly inaccurate as population data may not be for the same year that the consumption data are. Population data were obtained from the List of countries by population in 2016, except for years other than 2016, in which case they were obtained from the Wikipedia pages for the corresponding countries/territories. Average power per capita was calculated according to the formula:
Electric energy production versus consumption
Based on the above table and the data presented in the Wikipedia article on Electricity generation the table on the right is a comparison of electric energy production versus consumption for the worlds' top 30 energy producing countries.