Electricity is becoming a more and more critical part of modern life. This flexible energy is used for heating, cooling, appliances, TV, computers, transportation and a myriad of other uses. Electricity use is on the rise in the world, and here are the top 25 countries in terms of energy consumption per capita. All values are in kWh or kilowatt hours and are provided by the CIA World Factbook. You will notice that the top five countries experience particularly cold winters, suggesting that much of their electricity is used for heating.

country	annual electricty consumption per capita
Iceland	25,127 kWh
Norway	24,861 kWh
Finland	15,812 kWh
Sweden	15,679 kWh
Canada	15,666 kWh
U.A. Emirates	14,714 kWh
Kuwait	13,742 kWh
Luxembourg	13,728 kWh
United States	12,878 kWh
Qatar	10,785 kWh
Australia	9,643 kWh
Liechtenstein	9,544 kWh
Cayman Islands	9,102 kWh
Bermuda	8,652 kWh
New Zealand	8,525 kWh
Bahrain	8,168 kWh
Virgin Islands	7,681 kWh
Belgium	7,604 kWh
Japan	7,432 kWh
Switzerland	7,206 kWh
New Caledonia	7,000 kWh
France	6,835 kWh
Austria	6,703 kWh
San Marino	6,653 kWh
Denmark	6,319 kWh