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Primary Energy Production, 2024

Figures for 2024, 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, 2024 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 130.757267; Montserrat is lowest, at 0.000008. The middle country reads 0.077217. Against 2023, 197 values changed (131 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2024

HighestChina

130.757267

LowestMontserrat

0.000008

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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia130.757267170.57928
United StatesUSANorthern America103.54825994.55567
RussiaRUSEastern Europe60.25637634.28413
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia26.94646111.87455
CanadaCANNorthern America22.64041512.67948
IndiaINDSouthern Asia22.34883437.49030
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia20.21242111.37704
IranIRNSouthern Asia20.18366913.96046
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.8473835.99267
BrazilBRASouth America12.01343910.68654
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia11.8005545.01858
IraqIRQWestern Asia9.9623302.91506
QatarQATWestern Asia9.9615882.33529
NorwayNORNorthern Europe9.4194531.15244
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.7862743.63402
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.6406491.91514
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.4688902.88796
MexicoMEXCentral America5.8964247.78921
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.4963055.39427
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4.8082541.75693
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.4017988.56266
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.3431004.33876
ColombiaCOLSouth America4.0731331.78999
ArgentinaARGSouth America3.8409463.56600
OmanOMNWestern Asia3.7422321.55131

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China130.757267
  2. United States103.548259
  3. Russia60.256376
  4. Saudi Arabia26.946461
  5. Canada22.640415

Lowest

  1. Montserrat0.000008
  2. Lesotho0.000009
  3. Guinea-Bissau0.000012
  4. British Virgin Islands0.000014
  5. Grenada0.000016

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.077217. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina170.57928

    LowestMontserrat0.00064

    Middle country: 0.21540

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 197values changed, of 204 in both
  • 131 · 66rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

Rose most

  • China127.006049 → 130.757267+3.751218
  • Iran18.886441 → 20.183669+1.297229
  • Russia59.314286 → 60.256376+0.942090
  • United States102.687681 → 103.548259+0.860578
  • India21.603012 → 22.348834+0.745822

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

  • 202 distinct values among 204

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000019. 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) (2024). Primary Energy Production, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2024

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