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Iraq vs Libya: Annual change in primary energy use

Iraq
26.89 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Libya
22.96 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Iraq rank
18th
Libya rank
20th

Annual change in primary energy use over time

  • Iraq
  • Libya
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 26.89 terawatt-hours against 22.96 terawatt-hours in Libya, a difference of 3.93 terawatt-hours.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.2 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 18th and Libya ranks 20th of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy use
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,501 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.