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Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988

Figures for 1988, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

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.

Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988 covers 148 countries. North Korea is highest, at 22.7295; Chad is lowest, at 0.2547. The middle country reads 2.9244.

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Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) · Data for 1988

HighestNorth Korea

22.7295

LowestChad

0.2547

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 148 countries · select a heading to sort

Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), 1988: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia22.7295
ChinaCHNEastern Asia18.0241
BulgariaBGREastern Europe13.2924
BahrainBHRWestern Asia12.2230
QatarQATWestern Asia11.1265
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia11.0717
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia9.8156
CanadaCANNorthern America9.5583
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa9.2726
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.0722
United StatesUSANorthern America8.7463
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia8.4734
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa8.0417
RomaniaROUEastern Europe7.8053
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7.3069
South KoreaKOREastern Asia7.2721
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.1453
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean6.9191
IranIRNSouthern Asia6.6866
BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.6677
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe6.5983
SyriaSYRWestern Asia6.5542
SwedenSWENorthern Europe6.4052
FinlandFINNorthern Europe6.3696
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia6.3619

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. North Korea22.7295
  2. China18.0241
  3. Bulgaria13.2924
  4. Bahrain12.2230
  5. Qatar11.1265

Lowest

  1. Chad0.2547
  2. Mali0.2795
  3. Cambodia0.3881
  4. Nepal0.4179
  5. Laos0.5633

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.9244. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 148 countries has every column.

04The files

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What this site changed: 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.

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

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