Data for 2023

World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023

Name: World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023
Creator: World Energy Council
License: https://trilemma.worldenergy.org/

Figures for 2023, as World Energy Council published them · stored as published, never rewritten

World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023 covers 126 countries on 4 measures. Denmark is highest, at 83.2; Niger is lowest, at 27.7. The middle country reads 63.8.

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World Energy Trilemma Index · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

83.2

LowestNiger

27.7

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

126countries
4measures per country
2023the year it describes
114distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
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01World Energy Council’s rank

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Every country and every column of World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023, as published. The rank is World Energy Council’s own, as printed. “=” marks a shared position.

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World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023: every country, as published by World Energy Council.

=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	83.2	72.2	95.8	83.5
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.1	73.4	93.4	85.0
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	82.7	75.9	92.3	80.8
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.1	64.5	98.1	85.7
4	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.0	76.6	96.2	72.8
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.9	71.8	95.3	78.6
6	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.6	69.4	93.7	83.2
=7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	80.2	69.9	94.8	78.5
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.2	72.9	94.4	76.6
=8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.9	62.7	94.4	84.3
=8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.0	67.7	95.7	79.2
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	79.6	68.2	95.4	76.4
10	United States`USA`Northern America	78.9	72.7	97.3	69.0
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	78.4	69.1	93.8	77.0
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	78.0	73.0	93.2	71.6
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.8	67.3	91.4	79.9
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.6	64.4	95.2	74.6
=15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.3	72.7	90.2	73.1
=15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.3	52.5	98.2	79.2
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.1	61.7	95.2	76.8
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.7	65.4	88.2	81.2
18	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	76.6	72.3	87.4	75.8
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.3	54.2	98.7	76.8
=19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	76.3	72.1	86.5	74.8
=20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.0	68.4	90.9	75.5
=20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.1	55.7	99.2	74.8
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	75.9	63.9	88.1	80.1
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.7	66.6	96.7	64.4
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	75.0	61.1	94.0	71.4
=23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.1	73.7	82.8	75.1
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.0	63.4	89.6	74.6
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.3	66.4	89.3	73.6
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74.1	59.1	98.0	67.7
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	73.1	62.2	95.9	63.9
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.7	65.1	85.5	65.3
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.5	53.6	88.7	75.4
=29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	70.4	49.9	95.9	66.7
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	70.3	58.1	99.9	53.4
=31	Chile`CHL`South America	70.2	61.1	82.6	69.4
=31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.1	38.9	98.4	68.4
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.0	66.4	85.3	69.3
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.7	55.6	75.3	82.8
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	69.2	72.6	67.1	73.2
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69.0	66.5	79.3	63.1
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.3	73.1	62.8	76.8
37	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.7	63.4	71.9	75.9
=38	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.0	51.8	74.9	79.2
=38	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	66.9	59.0	97.7	46.2
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	66.1	69.6	77.6	58.6
=40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65.8	39.7	92.3	68.0
=40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	65.9	58.2	99.9	39.2
=41	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.8	59.8	99.9	40.4
=41	Peru`PER`South America	65.8	68.7	58.8	75.2
=42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	65.6	62.7	81.2	59.2
=42	Colombia`COL`South America	65.7	63.4	60.5	78.4
=43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	65.4	60.8	99.6	39.5
=43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	65.3	47.3	78.6	71.3
44	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	65.0	53.1	99.7	45.6
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	64.8	49.4	95.0	52.4
=46	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.6	51.1	70.9	74.6
=46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	64.6	57.3	76.1	68.2
47	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	64.4	66.3	73.0	56.4
=48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.8	47.3	66.7	83.4
=48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.8	50.3	69.5	78.6
=49	Mexico`MEX`Central America	63.6	53.4	70.7	71.8
=49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	63.7	63.5	69.1	63.4
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.5	55.0	72.4	67.7
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.4	62.4	79.8	52.5
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62.9	61.3	70.6	64.1
=53	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.5	56.1	61.0	77.3
=53	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.5	43.1	74.6	64.7
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.2	60.3	77.2	57.2
55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	62.0	55.9	81.4	55.6
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.9	61.9	70.5	57.7
=57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.6	65.9	59.8	67.3
=57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.5	53.4	74.1	62.8
=58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.4	50.2	73.5	61.8
=58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.5	66.4	57.0	60.6
59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	60.4	56.4	57.0	73.6
60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.1	55.9	71.9	55.2
=61	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	59.8	59.8	81.1	47.7
=61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	59.9	54.9	65.9	63.0
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	59.6	49.0	70.8	61.5
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.3	61.4	52.9	69.7
64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.8	62.9	59.2	59.5
65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.4	69.6	39.0	75.9
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.3	45.9	65.6	65.9
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.1	43.6	65.6	68.0
=68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.7	31.4	83.6	65.5
=68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.7	42.6	98.4	34.4
=69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.6	54.5	61.4	58.4
=69	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.5	51.8	58.8	67.9
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.3	44.4	61.8	66.9
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	57.2	45.2	70.0	60.4
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.9	59.3	49.4	64.4
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.8	53.5	37.6	77.1
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.6	61.7	49.5	56.5
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.9	49.3	41.5	73.1
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.7	48.1	68.9	43.3
=77	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.3	47.8	41.0	71.2
=77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.4	63.4	24.7	70.7
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	52.2	40.5	77.6	45.1
=79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51.1	40.2	46.6	63.5
=79	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.1	44.9	45.4	65.8
80	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	47.7	53.2	31.8	59.4
81	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.6	55.9	34.1	53.0
82	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.5	58.5	30.1	55.6
83	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.2	40.2	43.0	57.8
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45.5	43.8	35.4	59.5
85	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.7	51.9	22.4	61.4
=86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.9	48.4	26.8	56.2
=86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	44.2	41.5	28.7	63.9
87	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	42.7	49.9	33.3	45.9
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.8	43.1	21.9	60.7
89	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.6	45.7	23.7	57.1
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.2	47.3	20.2	53.8
=91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.4	46.3	12.8	64.0
=91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.5	32.7	30.9	57.2
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.3	48.7	9.5	63.5
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.9	48.5	18.1	51.2
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.2	46.0	25.6	48.2
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.6	45.6	4.3	57.5
96	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.6	45.5	5.7	56.1
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	35.4	39.5	15.4	47.7
98	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	33.5	36.2	7.3	60.5
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	27.7	33.0	7.2	38.8

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

#1Denmark83.2
#1Sweden83.1
#2Finland82.7
#3Switzerland82.1
#4Canada81.0

Lowest

#99Niger27.7
#98DR Congo33.5
#97Benin35.4
#96Chad35.6
#95Malawi36.6

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Energy security
HighestCanada76.6
LowestLebanon31.4
Middle country: 57.7
Energy equity
Highest3 share it
LowestMalawi4.3
Middle country: 74.4
Environmental sustainability
HighestSwitzerland85.7
LowestTrinidad and Tobago34.4
Middle country: 66.8

03Caveats

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114 distinct values among 126
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 65.8. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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