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Primary Energy Production, 2016

Figures for 2016, 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, 2016 covers 201 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 100.047451; Djibouti is lowest, at 0.000002. The middle country reads 0.072123. Against 2015, 189 values changed (107 up, 82 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2016

HighestChina

100.047451

LowestDjibouti

0.000002

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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 201 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2016: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia100.047451129.74626
United StatesUSANorthern America81.05242694.08278
RussiaRUSEastern Europe57.83345229.75125
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia29.16268312.27373
CanadaCANNorthern America18.70731512.20621
IranIRNSouthern Asia17.02657310.88971
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.8967705.67077
IndiaINDSouthern Asia15.34711428.09420
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia14.0776976.73228
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.9748954.72106
QatarQATWestern Asia9.8454621.99469
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.6779441.73566
BrazilBRASouth America9.2157559.99533
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.7966921.13163
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.3711701.71539
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.2921603.31944
MexicoMEXCentral America7.0862887.62677
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.9087792.33405
VenezuelaVENSouth America6.4602812.57285
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.8203825.51901
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.7443101.61497
ColombiaCOLSouth America4.9468571.44732
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.9103167.98687
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.5207319.82712
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.97404812.93067

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China100.047451
  2. United States81.052426
  3. Russia57.833452
  4. Saudi Arabia29.162683
  5. Canada18.707315

Lowest

  1. Djibouti0.000002
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.000003
  3. Saint Lucia0.000004
  4. British Virgin Islands0.000005
  5. Cayman Islandsshared0.000007

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.072123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina129.74626

    LowestKiribati0.00093

    Middle country: 0.17536

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 200 in both
  • 107 · 82rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

  • Iran14.489825 → 17.026573+2.536748
  • Russia56.686894 → 57.833452+1.146558
  • Saudi Arabia28.148693 → 29.162683+1.013990
  • Iraq8.786467 → 9.677944+0.891477
  • India14.566343 → 15.347114+0.780771

Fell most

  • China106.943281 → 100.047451−6.895830
  • United States85.350280 → 81.052426−4.297854
  • Nigeria6.487980 → 5.744310−0.743670
  • Venezuela6.975474 → 6.460281−0.515193
  • Mexico7.437551 → 7.086288−0.351263
+ Cayman Islands

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 198 distinct values among 201

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000007. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 201 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

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2016). Primary Energy Production, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2016

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