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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020

Figures for 2020, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020 covers 192 countries. Qatar is highest, at 728.992; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.973. The middle country reads 39.616. Against 2019, 192 values changed (34 up, 158 down), 2 left.

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Primary Energy Consumption per Capita · Data for 2020

HighestQatar

728.992

LowestDR Congo

0.973

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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 192 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
QatarQATWestern Asia728.992
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia611.510
BahrainBHRWestern Asia530.438
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia447.821
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia440.432
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia358.385
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia341.037
CanadaCANNorthern America311.500
OmanOMNWestern Asia268.703
United StatesUSANorthern America268.112
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe259.402
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia256.847
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe245.431
South KoreaKOREastern Asia222.876
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand220.198
NorwayNORNorthern Europe218.325
RussiaRUSEastern Europe205.475
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe204.814
BelgiumBELWestern Europe203.766
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia200.253
FinlandFINNorthern Europe182.822
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia165.458
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe149.109
SwedenSWENorthern Europe147.802
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean145.611

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar728.992
  2. Singapore611.510
  3. Bahrain530.438
  4. Brunei447.821
  5. United Arab Emirates440.432

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.973
  2. Burundi0.975
  3. Central African Republic1.097
  4. Somalia1.164
  5. Malawi1.373

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.616. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −2countries joined / left
  • 192values changed, of 192 in both
  • 34 · 158rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− American Samoa− Guam

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 192 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) (2020). Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-use-per-capita/2020

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07Questions

Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy use per person in Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020?

Qatar, at 728.992, of the 192 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020 cover?

192.

Where can I download Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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