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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981

Figures for 1981, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981 covers 157 countries. Qatar is highest, at 678.544; Nepal is lowest, at 0.379. The middle country reads 18.470. Against 1980, 157 values changed (61 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita · Data for 1981

HighestQatar

678.544

LowestNepal

0.379

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 Consumption per Capita, 1981, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 157 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
QatarQATWestern Asia678.544
GuamGUMMicronesia655.031
BahrainBHRWestern Asia450.152
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia443.389
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia401.042
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe354.084
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia330.848
United StatesUSANorthern America323.558
CanadaCANNorthern America307.690
BahamasBHSCaribbean263.284
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia222.035
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe215.280
American SamoaASMPolynesia205.527
BelgiumBELWestern Europe202.197
SwedenSWENorthern Europe201.342
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand201.062
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia186.174
NorwayNORNorthern Europe185.206
FinlandFINNorthern Europe176.174
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe151.316
BulgariaBGREastern Europe146.044
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe141.703
FranceFRAWestern Europe139.921
JapanJPNEastern Asia127.495
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe126.679

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar678.544
  2. Guam655.031
  3. Bahrain450.152
  4. Brunei443.389
  5. United Arab Emirates401.042

Lowest

  1. Nepal0.379
  2. Burundi0.392
  3. Uganda0.573
  4. Ethiopia0.761
  5. Cambodia0.830

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.470. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 61 · 96rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar817.699 → 678.544−139.155
  • Kuwait320.099 → 222.035−98.064
  • Luxembourg413.432 → 354.084−59.349
  • Denmark167.049 → 141.703−25.346
  • Libya117.320 → 99.347−17.974

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work) · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (1981). Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-use-per-capita/1981

0645 held

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07Questions

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy use per person in Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981?

Qatar, at 678.544, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981 cover?

157.

Where can I download Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 1981 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2024.

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