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Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)

37 years, 1988–2024 · 192 countries

Energy intensity is how much energy a country uses to produce each dollar of its economic output, with GDP compared at purchasing power parities. It is the measure behind the UN goal to improve energy efficiency: a falling figure means an economy is getting more out of each unit of energy.

This site holds every year from 1988 to 2024, read from EIA’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2024
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37 years · 6,863 rows
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0137 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1988bar height: countries covered, up to 1942024
Every year of Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2024Newest192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2023192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2022192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2021192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2020192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2019192−2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2018194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2017194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2016194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2015194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2014194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2013194+1September 26, 2026CSV
Show all 37 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2012193+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2011192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2010192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2009192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2008192+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2007191±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2006191+2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2005189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2004189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2003189+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2002188+2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2001186±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 2000186±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1999186+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1998185±0September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1997185+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1996184+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1995183+2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1994181+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1993180+2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1992178+18September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1991160+2September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1990158+9September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1989149+1September 26, 2026CSV
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988148—September 26, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: energy-intensity-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

023 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP): what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2024DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1920
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1920
Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP)energy_intensityHeadlineThe headline figure: Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP).Number · up to 16 decimals0.6661Chad17.4532Turkmenistanmiddle 2.73821920

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

03194 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), by continent.
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas393939393939393939393939
Asia515151515151515151515151
Europe393939393939393939393939
Oceania111111111111999999
All194194194194194194192192192192192192

The newest 12 of 37 years.

Who joined and who left

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method
  1. 1 · Publisher

    U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

  2. 2 · Their file

    Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) 2024

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 26, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.
  4. 4 · Stored as

    37 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as energy-intensity-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

Precision

The headline is stored to 16 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download. The ratio is EIA's own, computed from its energy balances and its GDP series; the zeros EIA uses for missing readings are left out.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 26, 2026

Public domain (U.S. government work)

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially

No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

In plain words

A work of the United States government, which has no copyright in the United States.

A credit line

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-intensity

The publisher’s own citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). International Energy Statistics — Energy consumption per GDP (thousand Btu per USD at purchasing power parities).

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP): questions and answers

What is the Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)?

Energy intensity is how much energy a country uses to produce each dollar of its economic output, with GDP compared at purchasing power parities. It is the measure behind the UN goal to improve energy efficiency: a falling figure means an economy is getting more out of each unit of energy.

Which years of the Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) can I download?

All 37, from 1988 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does EIA rank countries on it?

No, and this site does not order it either. The files hold values only.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under Public domain, with credit to EIA. The licence text is linked on this page.

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