How much electricity does the average Indian use?
Electric power consumption per person.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
1,181.631
latest value, 2023
270.905
first value, 1990
34
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
Electricity access can be near-universal while per-person use remains modest.
Electricity access can be near-universal while per-person use remains modest.
Electric power consumption per person.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
Keep pulling the thread
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MeasureElectric power consumption
GeographyIndia
UnitkWh per capita
TransformValues displayed as kWh per capita.
CaveatThis series does not show reliability, outages, or household-level inequality.