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Primary Energy Production, 2020

Figures for 2020, 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, 2020 covers 203 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 117.216181; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000003. The middle country reads 0.077057. Against 2019, 189 values changed (76 up, 113 down), 1 left.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2020

HighestChina

117.216181

Lowest2 countries share it

0.000003

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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 203 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2020: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia117.216181145.818863
United StatesUSANorthern America91.88762888.870945
RussiaRUSEastern Europe60.20717230.075611
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia27.03193910.760584
CanadaCANNorthern America20.17409911.836307
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18.4039425.645916
IndiaINDSouthern Asia16.52910830.349460
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia15.8611177.421101
IranIRNSouthern Asia15.65209812.454478
BrazilBRASouth America10.5558239.309247
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.7874964.161436
QatarQATWestern Asia9.6741892.043637
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.1157412.467330
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.8721981.175123
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.4415113.223475
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.4224741.576945
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa5.9845142.471263
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.7422471.647365
MexicoMEXCentral America5.7348067.142338
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.6156875.633939
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.8592586.713896
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.0851578.504671
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia3.9002243.463008
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa3.7731003.687813
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.7271581.318773

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China117.216181
  2. United States91.887628
  3. Russia60.207172
  4. Saudi Arabia27.031939
  5. Canada20.174099

Lowest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000003
  2. Djiboutishared0.000003
  3. Naurushared0.000010
  4. Guinea-Bissaushared0.000010
  5. British Virgin Islands0.000014

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.077057. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina145.818863

    LowestKiribati0.001062

    Middle country: 0.194043

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 203 in both
  • 76 · 113rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

Rose most

  • China114.922647 → 117.216181+2.293534
  • Norway8.354106 → 8.872198+0.518093
  • Brazil10.305776 → 10.555823+0.250048
  • Israel0.386683 → 0.565452+0.178769
  • South Korea1.557961 → 1.691130+0.133169

Fell most

  • United States97.603050 → 91.887628−5.715422
  • Russia64.401672 → 60.207172−4.194500
  • Libya3.052282 → 1.275452−1.776829
  • Iraq10.559669 → 9.115741−1.443928
  • Saudi Arabia28.286120 → 27.031939−1.254181
− Comoros

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 203

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000038. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 203 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) (2020). Primary Energy Production, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2020

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