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Primary Energy Production, 2021

Figures for 2021, 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, 2021 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 122.788184; Montserrat is lowest, at 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.084967. Against 2020, 188 values changed (119 up, 69 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2021

HighestChina

122.788184

LowestMontserrat

0.000007

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia122.788184153.277840
United StatesUSANorthern America93.93287893.363948
RussiaRUSEastern Europe64.07304433.238037
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia26.75565711.009886
CanadaCANNorthern America20.82591211.883486
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.6774435.764329
IndiaINDSouthern Asia17.61828030.947536
IranIRNSouthern Asia16.85402412.986212
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia16.7986067.978269
BrazilBRASouth America10.31652810.076804
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.8159704.308862
QatarQATWestern Asia9.7632702.129476
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.1664272.638314
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.0439361.188507
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.3146633.106847
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.7505362.651664
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.3470541.681627
MexicoMEXCentral America5.7693507.285062
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.3418765.302951
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5.0719821.781093
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.3218069.170744
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4.1706666.865472
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.0333103.621089
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa4.0149404.052766
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.8639791.542802

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China122.788184
  2. United States93.932878
  3. Russia64.073044
  4. Saudi Arabia26.755657
  5. Canada20.825912

Lowest

  1. Montserrat0.000007
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.000010
  3. Nauru0.000013
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.000014
  5. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000014

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.084967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina153.277840

    LowestMontserrat0.000357

    Middle country: 0.198432

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 188values changed, of 203 in both
  • 119 · 69rose · fell
  • 15unchanged

Rose most

  • China117.216181 → 122.788184+5.572003
  • Russia60.207172 → 64.073044+3.865872
  • United States91.887628 → 93.932878+2.045250
  • Libya1.275452 → 3.099914+1.824462
  • Iran15.652098 → 16.854024+1.201926

Fell most

+ Montserrat

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. 2 countries share 0.000058. 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

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2021). Primary Energy Production, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2021

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