Energy consumption in Kuwait

The most important figure in the energy balance of Kuwait is the total consumption of

63.80 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 15,012 kWh.

Kuwait can completely be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 71 bn kWh, also 111 percent of own requirements. The rest of the domestically produced energy is either exported into other countries or unused. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Kuwait per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	63.80 bn kWh	15,011.92 kWh	11,744.38 kWh
Production	70.50 bn kWh	16,588.58 kWh	12,198.66 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Kuwait per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	342,000.00 bbl	0.080 bbl	0.062 bbl
Production	2.72 m bbl	0.640 bbl	0.054 bbl
Export	1.84 m bbl	0.432 bbl	0.006 bbl

In 2021 there were still 101.50 bn barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Kuwait. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.7 tn billion barrels. Kuwait therefore has a share of 5.9% and ranks 6th out of 211 countries with crude oil reserves.

Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Kuwait per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	24.32 bn m³	5,722.90 m³	2,583.79 m³
Production	19.51 bn m³	4,590.44 m³	2,914.02 m³
Import	4.81 bn m³	1,130.68 m³	239.57 m³
Export	0.00 m³	0.00 m³	567.66 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Kuwait per capita	USA per capita
total	92.65 m t	20.86 t	14.52 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	44.29 bn t	9,972.30 t	7,179.51 t
› of which natural gas	47.72 bn t	10,743.96 t	5,073.94 t
› of which coal	578.00 m t	130.15 t	3,246.58 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Kuwait	Percentage in Kuwait	Percentage USA	per capita in Kuwait	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	169.52 bn kWh	99,9 %	59,9 %	39,886.05 kWh	2.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,5 %	0.00 kWh	0.67 kWh
Solar energy	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	3,2 %	0.00 kWh	0.11 kWh
Wind power	169.69 m kWh	0,1 %	8,3 %	39.93 kWh	0.29 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.00 kWh
Geothermics	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,4 %	0.00 kWh	0.01 kWh
Biomass	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	1,7 %	0.00 kWh	0.06 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 0.1 percent of actual total consumption in Kuwait. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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