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Primary Energy Production, 1985

Figures for 1985, 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, 1985 covers 135 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 65.595457; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.091776. Against 1984, 126 values changed (91 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1985

HighestUnited States

65.595457

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, 1985, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 135 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1985: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America65.59545774.26829
ChinaCHNEastern Asia25.64043923.71577
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.2059678.69898
CanadaCANNorthern America9.3516227.81070
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia8.2478782.75167
MexicoMEXCentral America7.4838224.34504
IranIRNSouthern Asia5.5254682.36395
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.2521623.19428
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.6119724.91628
VenezuelaVENSouth America4.5795511.59345
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4.2569584.89546
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4.0740131.51977
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.8630513.43163
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa3.8133811.04192
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3.4875020.80090
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa3.3427100.57770
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.1393328.05514
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.0822610.56843
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.0575420.83472
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.8948202.99875
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.52619515.48331
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.4422890.42199
BrazilBRASouth America2.3602623.19072
RomaniaROUEastern Europe2.2535372.71812
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.1490981.16353

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States65.595457
  2. China25.640439
  3. United Kingdom10.205967
  4. Canada9.351622
  5. Saudi Arabia8.247878

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Guyana0.000017
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000027
  5. Bhutan0.000034

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.091776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 126values changed, of 135 in both
  • 91 · 35rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

  • China23.306237 → 25.640439+2.334202
  • United Kingdom8.823547 → 10.205967+1.382420
  • Iraq2.564037 → 3.082261+0.518224
  • Canada8.889457 → 9.351622+0.462165
  • Australia4.872217 → 5.252162+0.379944

Fell most

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 134 distinct values among 135

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 20 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000007. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 135 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) (1985). Primary Energy Production, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1985

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