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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita

45 years, 1980–2024 · 192 countries

This is how much primary energy — coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable power — a country consumes in a year for each person who lives there. It shows how energy-hungry an economy and its daily life are, from homes and cars to factories and refineries.

This site holds every year from 1980 to 2024, read from EIA’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita · the file

Newest
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2024
Held
45 years · 8,221 rows
Licence
Public domain or CC0

0145 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1980bar height: countries covered, up to 1942024
Every year of Primary Energy Consumption per Capita held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2024Newest192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2023192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2022192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2021192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020192−2September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2019194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2018194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2017194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2016194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2015194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2014194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2013194±0September 26, 2026CSV
Show all 45 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2012194+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2011193±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2010193±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2009193±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2008193+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2007192±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2006192+2September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2005190±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2004190±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2003190+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2002189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2001189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2000189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1999189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1998189±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1997189+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1996188±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1995188±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1994188+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1993187+2September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1992185+19September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1991166+2September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1990164+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1989163+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1988162+4September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1987158±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1986158+1September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1985157±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1984157±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1983157±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1982157±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981157±0September 26, 2026CSV
Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1980157—September 26, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: energy-use-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

023 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Primary Energy Consumption per Capita: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2024DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1920
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1920
Energy use per person (million Btu)energy_per_capitaHeadlineThe headline figure: Energy use per person (million Btu).Number · up to 16 decimals0.950Burundi766.065Qatarmiddle 49.5021920

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

03194 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, by continent.
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas393939393939393939393939
Asia515151515151515151515151
Europe393939393939393939393939
Oceania1111111111111199999
All194194194194194194194192192192192192

The newest 12 of 45 years.

Who joined and who left

Not in this dataset · 31 places this site covers

EIA gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

AndorraAnguillaChannel IslandsCook IslandsCuraçaoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGibraltarGreenlandIcelandIsle of ManLiechtensteinMarshall IslandsMicronesiaMonacoMontserratNauruNew CaledoniaNiueNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsPalauSaint MartinSan MarinoSint MaartenSomalilandTrinidad and TobagoTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

    eia.gov

  2. 2 · Their file

    Primary Energy Consumption per Capita 2024

    INTL.zip

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 26, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    45 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as energy-use-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/energy-use-per-capita

Precision

The headline is stored to 16 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the U.S. Energy Information Administration's International Energy Statistics, read from its public bulk download. The per-person figure is EIA's own, computed from its energy balances and its population series; the zeros EIA uses for missing readings are left out.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 26, 2026

Public domain (U.S. government work)

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially

No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

In plain words

A work of the United States government, which has no copyright in the United States.

A credit line

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1980–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-use-per-capita

The publisher’s own citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). International Energy Statistics — Energy consumption per capita (million Btu per person).

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita: questions and answers

What is the Primary Energy Consumption per Capita?

This is how much primary energy — coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable power — a country consumes in a year for each person who lives there. It shows how energy-hungry an economy and its daily life are, from homes and cars to factories and refineries.

Which years of the Primary Energy Consumption per Capita can I download?

All 45, from 1980 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does EIA rank countries on it?

No, and this site does not order it either. The files hold values only.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under Public domain, with credit to EIA. The licence text is linked on this page.

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