Table 2.
Electricity consumption (kW. h) per capita of the individual GCC countries and three industrial countries (in thousands).
Source: World Bank Development Indicators via the Data Stream
| Years | Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Japan | France | UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2.63 | 4.17 | 0.15 | 3.80 | 0.53 | 2.32 | 4.03 | 3.25 | 4.49 |
| 1980 | 4.61 | 6.06 | 0.62 | 9.72 | 1.97 | 5.75 | 4.72 | 4.42 | 4.68 |
| 1985 | 15.93 | 8.17 | 1.47 | 10.07 | 3.07 | 8.63 | 5.33 | 5.26 | 4.83 |
| 1990 | 15.62 | 8.22 | 2.19 | 9.59 | 4.02 | 8.50 | 6.81 | 5.97 | 5.36 |
| 1995 | 20.55 | 13.15 | 2.58 | 10.74 | 4.93 | 9.40 | 7.70 | 6.62 | 5.58 |
| 2000 | 20.01 | 14.07 | 3.20 | 14.35 | 5.66 | 12.31 | 8.30 | 7.22 | 6.11 |
| 2005 | 21.33 | 17.08 | 3.92 | 15.46 | 6.62 | 12.28 | 8.54 | 7.65 | 6.27 |
| 2014 | 19.60 | 15.59 | 6.45 | 14.78 | 9.40 | 11.09 | 7.82 | 6.94 | 5.13 |
| Avg | 15.40 | 11.57 | 2.78 | 11.53 | 4.79 | 9.04 | 6.85 | 6.19 | 5.40 |