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Primary Energy Production, 1990

Figures for 1990, 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, 1990 covers 139 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 68.490245; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.084473. Against 1989, 128 values changed (87 up, 41 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1990

HighestUnited States

68.490245

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, 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 139 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1990: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America68.49024582.255545
ChinaCHNEastern Asia30.98891327.499667
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia15.7803993.342854
CanadaCANNorthern America10.6460418.655135
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8.9864529.255046
IranIRNSouthern Asia7.6285512.969620
MexicoMEXCentral America7.4903694.591064
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand6.5027723.618888
VenezuelaVENSouth America6.0252751.825210
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5.9043056.924237
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.7419001.227336
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5.0998642.255951
NorwayNORNorthern Europe4.9636550.880525
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.7212941.216738
IraqIRQWestern Asia4.4477450.910850
PolandPOLEastern Europe3.9220904.264808
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa3.9091060.666802
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.8968468.865604
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.8612823.808857
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.1135440.508035
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.70599818.548064
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.6193653.412128
BrazilBRASouth America2.6050964.425857
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.5032620.407142
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2.2980391.352255

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States68.490245
  2. China30.988913
  3. Saudi Arabia15.780399
  4. Canada10.646041
  5. United Kingdom8.986452

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Guyana0.000017
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000027
  5. Burkina Faso0.000031

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.084473. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestUnited States82.255545

    LowestDominica0.000784

    Middle country: 0.147080

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 128values changed, of 136 in both
  • 87 · 41rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq6.261508 → 4.447745−1.813763
  • Kuwait3.837779 → 2.503262−1.334517
  • Poland4.573293 → 3.922090−0.651203
  • Romania2.148372 → 1.768785−0.379587
  • South Africa3.991176 → 3.861282−0.129895
+ Burkina Faso+ Senegal+ Singapore− Liberia

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 138 distinct values among 139

    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 139 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) (1990). Primary Energy Production, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1990

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