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Primary Energy Production, 1988

Figures for 1988, 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, 1988 covers 137 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 67.255507; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.083294. Against 1987, 130 values changed (92 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1988

HighestUnited States

67.255507

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, 1988, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 137 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1988: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America67.25550781.025097
ChinaCHNEastern Asia28.65198027.422472
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia12.3954823.182777
CanadaCANNorthern America10.6512498.676870
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.0754339.081700
MexicoMEXCentral America7.2136324.469138
IraqIRQWestern Asia5.8142710.762269
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.7199843.507619
IranIRNSouthern Asia5.6521692.658217
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5.3484776.193612
VenezuelaVENSouth America5.2182871.697072
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.8872315.307844
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.5635811.170943
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4.4399701.823111
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.3727191.211868
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4.0980283.671543
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.9335010.855938
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.5451828.358277
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.1687720.620686
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa3.1614900.635542
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.70642216.981371
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.5107620.464663
BrazilBRASouth America2.4325553.707437
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.4029133.247559
RomaniaROUEastern Europe2.3022972.865953

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States67.255507
  2. China28.651980
  3. Saudi Arabia12.395482
  4. Canada10.651249
  5. United Kingdom10.075433

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Guyana0.000017
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000027
  5. Dominica0.000055

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.083294. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 130values changed, of 137 in both
  • 92 · 38rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

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

  • 136 distinct values among 137

    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 137 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) (1988). Primary Energy Production, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1988

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