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Primary Energy Production, 1983

Figures for 1983, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how much primary energy a country produces in a year — coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable power — with how much it consumes beside it. Together the two show whether a country makes more energy than it uses or depends on imports.

Primary Energy Production, 1983 covers 134 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 61.639884; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.020376. Against 1982, 124 values changed (87 up, 37 down), 2 countries joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1983

HighestUnited States

61.639884

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000007

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Energy Production, 1983, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 134 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1983: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America61.63988470.48895
ChinaCHNEastern Asia16.70143220.67754
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.0735958.45522
CanadaCANNorthern America5.0035457.13153
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.3016124.47150
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.5309173.02137
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.1954673.12066
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.6181734.24448
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.5911302.86090
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.3984117.61657
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.03535214.45428
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.8777722.79043
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1.5518841.06891
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3581230.74426
MexicoMEXCentral America1.3417044.12026
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.9259653.38287
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia0.9173061.06971
BrazilBRASouth America0.8936532.80558
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.8705791.34768
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.7495741.56344
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.7122715.53018
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.6235801.54729
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.6126442.13671
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.5694561.66277
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.4376462.12199

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. United States61.639884
  2. China16.701432
  3. United Kingdom5.073595
  4. Canada5.003545
  5. Poland4.301612

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Guyana0.000017
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000020
  5. Bhutan0.000030

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.020376. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 124values changed, of 132 in both
  • 87 · 37rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Fiji+ French Polynesia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 131 distinct values among 134

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 20 decimals. 2 countries share 0.146580. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 134 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · what it allows, in plain words

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (1983). Primary Energy Production, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1983

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