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Primary Energy Production, 2008

Figures for 2008, 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, 2008 covers 183 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 78.529191; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.082985. Against 2007, 174 values changed (112 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2008

HighestChina

78.529191

Lowest2 countries share it

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2008: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia78.52919189.150372
United StatesUSANorthern America71.03790696.646728
RussiaRUSEastern Europe52.47915628.814211
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia26.2537528.179822
CanadaCANNorthern America16.45732011.102278
IranIRNSouthern Asia13.3222548.117722
IndiaINDSouthern Asia11.67267718.286235
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.3633955.281719
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia10.7172785.272177
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.2334001.045365
MexicoMEXCentral America9.1528277.358889
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia8.1914213.581597
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa7.1765991.675616
VenezuelaVENSouth America7.1548162.623048
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe6.8927849.274909
BrazilBRASouth America6.7939008.174945
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia6.4084183.620707
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.2921561.326195
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.9246731.058810
QatarQATWestern Asia5.9030971.141492
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.7602985.592266
IraqIRQWestern Asia5.1623551.075282
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.90734713.850029
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.80149310.900110
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa4.6213510.745320

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China78.529191
  2. United States71.037906
  3. Russia52.479156
  4. Saudi Arabia26.253752
  5. Canada16.457320

Lowest

  1. Grenadashared0.000000
  2. Cook Islandsshared0.000000
  3. Kiribati0.000002
  4. Hong Kong0.000003
  5. Maldivesshared0.000007

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.082985. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestUnited States96.646728

    LowestKiribati0.001027

    Middle country: 0.195736

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 182 in both
  • 112 · 62rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Venezuela7.921396 → 7.154816−0.766580
  • Mexico9.740471 → 9.152827−0.587644
  • United Kingdom7.297487 → 6.892784−0.404703
  • Iran13.564380 → 13.322254−0.242126
  • Japan3.357718 → 3.122345−0.235373
+ Kosovo

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 181 distinct values among 183

    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 183 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) (2008). Primary Energy Production, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2008

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