The map above shows which countries consume more or less electricity than Bitcoin as of April 2021. It was inspired by this map which made the rounds a few years ago during the last Bitcoin hype cycle.
According to the Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index, Bitcoin is currently consuming 91.52 TWh of electricity per year. This is just slightly less than the entire electricity consumption of the Philippines (population 110 million).
In 2017, Bitcoin electricity usage would have put it in 61st place globally. In 2021, it’s now in 35th place ahead of countries like Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, New Zealand and Ireland.
The table below shows the ratio of Bitcoin electricity relative to that of various countries.
| Country/Region | Electricity consumption (TW·h/yr) | Bitcoin vs country total |
|---|---|---|
| World | 23,398.00 | 0.4% |
| China | 7,225.50 | 1.3% |
| United States | 3,989.57 | 2.3% |
| India | 1,547.00 | 5.9% |
| Russia | 965.16 | 9.5% |
| Japan | 902.84 | 10.1% |
| Brazil | 597.23 | 15.3% |
| Canada | 549.26 | 16.7% |
| Korea, South | 527.04 | 17.4% |
| Germany | 524.27 | 17.5% |
| France | 449.42 | 20.4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 322.37 | 28.4% |
| United Kingdom | 300.52 | 30.5% |
| Italy | 297.15 | 30.8% |
| Mexico | 267.91 | 34.2% |
| Taiwan | 237.56 | 38.5% |
| Spain | 241.56 | 37.9% |
| Australia | 241.02 | 38.0% |
| Indonesia | 263.14 | 34.8% |
| Iran | 254.72 | 35.9% |
| Vietnam | 216.99 | 42.2% |
| South Africa | 210.30 | 43.5% |
| Turkey | 251.38 | 36.4% |
| Thailand | 185.85 | 49.2% |
| Egypt | 150.58 | 60.8% |
| Ukraine | 128.81 | 71.1% |
| Poland | 152.57 | 60.0% |
| Malaysia | 147.21 | 62.2% |
| Sweden | 131.80 | 69.4% |
| Norway | 124.13 | 73.7% |
| Argentina | 125.03 | 73.2% |
| Netherlands | 110.68 | 82.7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 119.46 | 76.6% |
| Philippines | 93.35 | 98.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 91.67 | 99.8% |
| Bitcoin | 91.52 | 100.0% |
| Pakistan | 90.00 | 101.7% |
| Finland | 84.21 | 108.7% |
| Belgium | 82.05 | 111.5% |
| Venezuela | 64.66 | 141.5% |
| Austria | 66.85 | 136.9% |
| Chile | 74.99 | 122.0% |
| Czech Republic | 63.92 | 143.2% |
| Colombia | 70.20 | 130.4% |
| Israel | 56.39 | 162.3% |
| Switzerland | 56.35 | 162.4% |
| Bangladesh | 70.59 | 129.6% |
| Kuwait | 59.28 | 154.4% |
| Greece | 53.64 | 170.6% |
| Algeria | 62.06 | 147.5% |
| Romania | 55.01 | 166.4% |
| Uzbekistan | 49.20 | 186.0% |
| Singapore | 47.58 | 192.3% |
| Portugal | 48.04 | 190.5% |
| Hong Kong | 44.73 | 204.6% |
| Iraq | 43.97 | 208.1% |
| New Zealand | 41.17 | 222.3% |
| Peru | 47.41 | 193.0% |
| Hungary | 41.62 | 219.9% |
| Qatar | 43.38 | 211.0% |
| Belarus | 32.74 | 279.6% |
| Denmark | 32.70 | 279.9% |
| Bulgaria | 33.13 | 276.2% |
| Morocco | 29.68 | 308.4% |
| Slovakia | 26.24 | 348.8% |
| Serbia | 30.29 | 302.1% |
| Bahrain | 27.45 | 333.4% |
| Ireland | 27.20 | 336.4% |
| Oman | 31.77 | 288.1% |
| Nigeria | 29.01 | 315.5% |
| Ecuador | 24.61 | 372.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 20.29 | 451.1% |
| Puerto Rico | 15.47 | 591.7% |
| Iceland | 18.68 | 490.0% |
| Syria | 14.26 | 641.7% |
| Croatia | 17.48 | 523.7% |
| Jordan | 17.38 | 526.5% |
| Lebanon | 17.71 | 516.8% |
| Dominican Republic | 16.07 | 569.6% |
| Tunisia | 15.84 | 577.9% |
| Cuba | 16.34 | 560.1% |
| Korea, North | 12.71 | 720.2% |
| Slovenia | 14.02 | 652.6% |
| Turkmenistan | 15.09 | 606.5% |
| Tajikistan | 16.09 | 569.0% |
| Mozambique | 13.39 | 683.5% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 11.74 | 779.6% |
| Sri Lanka | 13.44 | 681.1% |
| Zambia | 13.10 | 698.8% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.25 | 746.9% |
| Myanmar | 18.02 | 507.8% |
| Uruguay | 11.81 | 774.8% |
| Lithuania | 11.31 | 809.5% |
| Sudan | 11.46 | 798.4% |
| Georgia | 12.18 | 751.5% |
| Paraguay | 13.10 | 698.8% |
| Libya | 25.69 | 356.2% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8.59 | 1064.9% |
| Costa Rica | 10.07 | 909.3% |
| Ghana | 8.84 | 1035.1% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8.25 | 1109.9% |
| Guatemala | 10.57 | 865.8% |
| Estonia | 8.86 | 1033.2% |
| Angola | 10.36 | 883.1% |
| Zimbabwe | 7.40 | 1236.6% |
| Panama | 9.26 | 988.6% |
| Albania | 4.85 | 1887.4% |
| Kenya | 8.72 | 1049.3% |
| Bolivia | 9.06 | 1010.5% |
| North Macedonia | 7.02 | 1303.0% |
| Latvia | 6.88 | 1330.8% |
| Ethiopia | 8.99 | 1018.5% |
| Luxembourg | 5.82 | 1573.3% |
| Cameroon | 6.74 | 1357.3% |
| Ivory Coast | 6.69 | 1368.8% |
| El Salvador | 6.21 | 1473.3% |
| Mongolia | 6.93 | 1320.1% |
| Honduras | 6.70 | 1366.8% |
| West Bank | 5.50 | 1665.2% |
| Yemen | 2.65 | 3449.7% |
| Armenia | 5.79 | 1580.4% |
| Tanzania | 5.81 | 1574.4% |
| Afghanistan | 6.02 | 1519.5% |
| Macau | 5.38 | 1701.7% |
| Nicaragua | 3.74 | 2448.4% |
| Moldova | 5.96 | 1536.3% |
| Cambodia | 8.40 | 1089.3% |
| Laos | 4.06 | 2254.7% |
| Nepal | 6.56 | 1394.7% |
| Cyprus | 4.52 | 2023.0% |
| Brunei | 3.56 | 2574.4% |
| Botswana | 3.30 | 2772.5% |
| Namibia | 4.18 | 2187.4% |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.78 | 2423.1% |
| Senegal | 3.84 | 2382.1% |
| Kosovo | 5.72 | 1601.4% |
| Montenegro | 3.00 | 3052.7% |
| Jamaica | 3.03 | 3025.5% |
| Uganda | 3.53 | 2589.7% |
| Mauritius | 2.80 | 3268.6% |
| Gabon | 2.23 | 4104.0% |
| Bhutan | 2.39 | 3835.7% |
| New Caledonia | 2.74 | 3338.9% |
| Malta | 2.46 | 3726.4% |
| Suriname | 1.66 | 5503.3% |
| Malawi | 1.52 | 6040.9% |
| Bahamas | 1.77 | 5170.6% |
| Guam | 1.64 | 5583.9% |
| Swaziland | 1.68 | 5441.1% |
| Mali | 3.04 | 3010.5% |
| Madagascar | 2.12 | 4323.1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1.76 | 5200.0% |
| Niger | 1.59 | 5770.5% |
| Togo | 1.25 | 7315.7% |
| Benin | 1.19 | 7703.7% |
| Congo, Republic of the | 2.02 | 4535.2% |
| Guinea | 1.98 | 4615.2% |
| Barbados | 0.99 | 9244.4% |
| Mauritania | 0.88 | 10376.4% |
| Lesotho | 0.90 | 10146.3% |
| Guyana | 0.85 | 10754.4% |
| Fiji | 1.00 | 9179.5% |
| Aruba | 0.90 | 10180.2% |
| French Polynesia | 0.54 | 16823.5% |
| South Sudan | 0.53 | 17300.6% |
| Bermuda | 0.56 | 16342.9% |
| Cayman Islands | 0.63 | 14550.1% |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.55 | 16549.7% |
| Rwanda | 0.76 | 11979.1% |
| Burundi | 0.34 | 26997.1% |
| Belize | 0.57 | 16112.7% |
| Djibouti | 0.38 | 24021.0% |
| Haiti | 0.36 | 25493.0% |
| Seychelles | 0.40 | 22709.7% |
| Somalia | 0.32 | 28334.4% |
| Saint Lucia | 0.35 | 26000.0% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.31 | 29146.5% |
| Cabo Verde | 0.46 | 20114.3% |
| Eritrea | 0.41 | 22431.4% |
Data for each countries electricity consumption comes mostly from the EIA and mpa was created via mapchart.net.
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