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Primary Energy Production, 1989

Figures for 1989, 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, 1989 covers 137 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 67.256001; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.084222. Against 1988, 129 values changed (90 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1989

HighestUnited States

67.256001

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America67.25600182.71147
ChinaCHNEastern Asia30.38562527.50405
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia12.2862283.12009
CanadaCANNorthern America10.6236808.89543
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9.0257029.10694
MexicoMEXCentral America7.2125604.70227
IranIRNSouthern Asia7.0257512.92042
IraqIRQWestern Asia6.2615080.82059
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.9300783.71982
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5.5405526.51424
VenezuelaVENSouth America5.4174831.81444
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.3790331.26812
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4.7641102.04109
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.7601570.84816
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.5732935.11527
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.5100021.17344
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.9911763.68945
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.8377790.69417
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa3.7447560.68906
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.7319548.71723
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.69679717.50176
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.6021923.26945
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.5791070.48078
BrazilBRASouth America2.5681653.79284
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.2349801.28971

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States67.256001
  2. China30.385625
  3. Saudi Arabia12.286228
  4. Canada10.623680
  5. United Kingdom9.025702

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 0.084222. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 129values changed, of 137 in both
  • 90 · 39rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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) (1989). Primary Energy Production, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1989

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