Barbados vs Nicaragua: Annual change in primary energy use
Barbados
0.0814 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.0871 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Barbados rank
121st
Nicaragua rank
118th
Annual change in primary energy use over time
- Barbados
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.0871 terawatt-hours against 0.0814 terawatt-hours in Barbados, a difference of 0.0057 terawatt-hours.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 121st and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 218 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1014 terawatt-hours | 0.1193 terawatt-hours | 0.018 terawatt-hours | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.1286 terawatt-hours | 0.5758 terawatt-hours | 0.4473 terawatt-hours | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.1171 terawatt-hours | 0.4191 terawatt-hours | 0.302 terawatt-hours | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | -0.0556 terawatt-hours | 0.5072 terawatt-hours | 0.5628 terawatt-hours | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | -0.0649 terawatt-hours | 0.3426 terawatt-hours | 0.4075 terawatt-hours | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy use, Barbados or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.0871 terawatt-hours against 0.0814 terawatt-hours in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy use between Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 0.0057 terawatt-hours, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nicaragua?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Nicaragua rank globally for annual change in primary energy use?
- Barbados ranks 121st and Nicaragua ranks 118th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.