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Primary Energy Production, 2012

Figures for 2012, 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, 2012 covers 198 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 105.665493; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.058958. Against 2011, 184 values changed (114 up, 70 down), 7 countries joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2012

HighestChina

105.665493

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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 198 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2012: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia105.665493125.47413
United StatesUSANorthern America76.54653591.67732
RussiaRUSEastern Europe54.83896530.27317
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia27.42039710.48387
CanadaCANNorthern America16.71098011.94840
IranIRNSouthern Asia13.6748709.40272
IndiaINDSouthern Asia13.56139023.41063
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.9843035.56465
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia12.7087626.49745
QatarQATWestern Asia9.8366901.91331
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.0046763.99880
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.6116261.08672
MexicoMEXCentral America8.4575967.47439
BrazilBRASouth America7.8243009.67811
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.4079813.39986
VenezuelaVENSouth America7.0908622.90336
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa7.0108971.19483
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.9956492.09444
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.5905211.56233
IraqIRQWestern Asia6.4637531.60017
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.8571925.61279
ColombiaCOLSouth America4.9808881.31713
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.7993768.59333
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.70591810.25574
GermanyDEUWestern Europe4.39140613.09583

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China105.665493
  2. United States76.546535
  3. Russia54.838965
  4. Saudi Arabia27.420397
  5. Canada16.710980

Lowest

  1. Saint Luciashared0.000000
  2. Cook Islandsshared0.000000
  3. Djiboutishared0.000002
  4. Antigua and Barbudashared0.000002
  5. Guam0.000002

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.058958. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina125.47413

    LowestKiribati0.00081

    Middle country: 0.15293

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

  • +7 / −0countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 191 in both
  • 114 · 70rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Japan2.295843 → 0.871004−1.424838
  • Iran14.790709 → 13.674870−1.115839
  • Sudan0.864131 → 0.195730−0.668401
  • United Kingdom5.390665 → 4.799376−0.591289
  • Syria1.070744 → 0.616824−0.453920
+ American Samoa+ Djibouti+ Saint Lucia+ Palestine+ Somalia+ South Sudan+ Tonga

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 191 distinct values among 198

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000003. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 198 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) (2012). Primary Energy Production, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2012

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