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Primary Energy Production, 2018

Figures for 2018, 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, 2018 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 108.195281; Comoros is lowest, at 0.000001. The middle country reads 0.075653. Against 2017, 197 values changed (132 up, 65 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2018

HighestChina

108.195281

LowestComoros

0.000001

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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 204 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2018: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia108.195281136.442172
United StatesUSANorthern America91.95793297.396350
RussiaRUSEastern Europe63.56538031.102880
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia29.6347259.601019
CanadaCANNorthern America21.22914212.855054
IranIRNSouthern Asia18.43838111.842751
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.1605735.798620
IndiaINDSouthern Asia16.51020830.654823
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia15.8787567.597415
IraqIRQWestern Asia10.3144042.488201
QatarQATWestern Asia9.7373322.134424
BrazilBRASouth America9.6743039.976044
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.5086604.101498
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.8516501.234165
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.8582133.202445
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.1542911.789428
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.7507252.501852
MexicoMEXCentral America6.0372757.694815
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.9659651.667034
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.7748585.459757
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.0862487.844262
ColombiaCOLSouth America4.7933741.440013
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.6764649.807740
VenezuelaVENSouth America4.5101062.282087
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.2205903.751016

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China108.195281
  2. United States91.957932
  3. Russia63.565380
  4. Saudi Arabia29.634725
  5. Canada21.229142

Lowest

  1. Comoros0.000001
  2. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000003
  3. Naurushared0.000003
  4. Djiboutishared0.000003
  5. Guinea-Bissau0.000010

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.075653. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina136.442172

    LowestKiribati0.001071

    Middle country: 0.182874

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 203 in both
  • 132 · 65rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

  • United States84.406291 → 91.957932+7.551641
  • China101.425948 → 108.195281+6.769333
  • Russia61.517161 → 63.565380+2.048219
  • Indonesia13.969995 → 15.878756+1.908761
  • Canada20.232150 → 21.229142+0.996992

Fell most

  • Venezuela5.833023 → 4.510106−1.322917
  • Mexico6.409844 → 6.037275−0.372569
  • Norway9.202238 → 8.851650−0.350588
  • Netherlands1.673441 → 1.470139−0.203302
  • Belgium0.531617 → 0.397835−0.133782
+ Turks and Caicos 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

  • 199 distinct values among 204

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000017. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 204 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) (2018). Primary Energy Production, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2018

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