United States's electricity generation rose from 3,663 in 1996 to 4,520 in 2025.
United States's primary energy consumption rose from 24,343 in 1995 to 26,529 in 2024.
United States · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
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United States's electricity consumption per capita fell from 13,525 kWh in 1996 to 13,015 kWh in 2025.
United States's solar electricity generation rose from 0.5 in 1996 to 388.8 in 2025.
United States's wind electricity generation rose from 3.3 in 1996 to 464.4 in 2025.
United States's hydropower electricity generation fell from 347.5 in 1996 to 241.7 in 2025.
United States's nuclear electricity generation rose from 710.2 in 1996 to 784.8 in 2025.
United States's energy use per capita fell from 90,764 kWh in 1995 to 76,799.6 kWh in 2024.
United States's renewable energy rose from 4.8 % in 1992 to 10.9 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.6 pts59th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.1 pts52nd of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.1 pts52nd of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.0 pts59th of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −0.4 pts17th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +1.7 pts38th of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −0.0 pts30th of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +1.5 pts59th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −2.6 pts24th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −2.5 pts54th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +0.0 pts39th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +0.1 %123rd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +0.2 %49th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionup +3.4 %1st of 50
- Gas productiondown −0.0 %1st of 49
- Coal productiondown −9.9 %5th of 34