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Primary Energy Production, 2001

Figures for 2001, 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, 2001 covers 170 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 70.027350; Cook Islands is lowest, at 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.111786. Against 2000, 163 values changed (90 up, 73 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2001

HighestUnited States

70.027350

LowestCook Islands

0.000000

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, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2001: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America70.02735094.41571
RussiaRUSEastern Europe42.45296825.61757
ChinaCHNEastern Asia42.07882342.65506
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.1941455.29642
CanadaCANNorthern America14.82726110.40032
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.0875649.94341
IranIRNSouthern Asia10.5777005.54033
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand9.9839914.60083
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.4512781.07453
MexicoMEXCentral America9.2851576.20633
IndiaINDSouthern Asia8.43210411.89911
VenezuelaVENSouth America8.3926382.58438
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia7.0619863.86207
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.7047022.26911
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.0868201.27511
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5.19388914.44853
IraqIRQWestern Asia5.1430431.01846
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.1265944.56049
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.0476680.83343
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.64642810.60723
BrazilBRASouth America4.5959246.48754
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.2103900.84196
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia4.1926352.13021
JapanJPNEastern Asia3.68656921.37616
ArgentinaARGSouth America3.5188692.47667

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States70.027350
  2. Russia42.452968
  3. China42.078823
  4. Saudi Arabia20.194145
  5. Canada14.827261

Lowest

  1. Cook Islands0.000000
  2. Eritrea0.000003
  3. Comorosshared0.000007
  4. Beninshared0.000007
  5. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000014

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.111786. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 169 in both
  • 90 · 73rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Macau

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 169 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000007. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 170 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) (2001). Primary Energy Production, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2001

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