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Primary Energy Production, 2023

Figures for 2023, 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, 2023 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 127.006049; Montserrat is lowest, at 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.071977. Against 2022, 175 values changed (98 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2023

HighestChina

127.006049

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia127.006049162.683038
United StatesUSANorthern America102.68768193.718575
RussiaRUSEastern Europe59.31428632.598016
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia27.95624311.704677
CanadaCANNorthern America22.00744112.536743
IndiaINDSouthern Asia21.60301236.787814
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia19.65940810.831858
IranIRNSouthern Asia18.88644113.727239
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.1861985.980240
BrazilBRASouth America11.82363310.320470
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia11.4765705.032087
QatarQATWestern Asia9.9548042.394424
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.7823862.914277
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.1450771.170588
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.9644183.560924
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.8693141.857734
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.8325902.836327
MexicoMEXCentral America6.1988957.758772
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.4911065.459996
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4.6280261.706440
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.2730264.013202
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.9556728.387333
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3.7773076.442061
OmanOMNWestern Asia3.7711771.516299
ColombiaCOLSouth America3.6752691.579591

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China127.006049
  2. United States102.687681
  3. Russia59.314286
  4. Saudi Arabia27.956243
  5. Canada22.007441

Lowest

  1. Montserrat0.000007
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.000010
  3. British Virgin Islands0.000014
  4. Grenada0.000014
  5. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000017

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.071977. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina162.683038

    LowestMontserrat0.000358

    Middle country: 0.197669

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 175values changed, of 204 in both
  • 98 · 77rose · fell
  • 29unchanged

Rose most

  • United States98.741121 → 102.687681+3.946560
  • China124.064050 → 127.006049+2.941999
  • India19.569947 → 21.603012+2.033065
  • Indonesia18.088263 → 19.659408+1.571145
  • Iran17.493219 → 18.886441+1.393222

Fell most

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 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) (2023). Primary Energy Production, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2023

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