Cook Islands vs Malawi: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Cook Islands
6.7%
in 2024
Malawi
7.2%
in 2024
Cook Islands rank
24th
Malawi rank
21st
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Cook Islands
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 7.2% against 6.7% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Cook Islands's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 24th and Malawi ranks 21st of 216 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.3% | 1.5% | 6.8% | Cook Islands |
| 1990s | 1.4% | 3.9% | 2.5% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 10.6% | 1.9% | 8.8% | Cook Islands |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 4.9% | 0.0% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Cook Islands or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 7.2% against 6.7% in Cook Islands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Cook Islands and Malawi?
- 0.5%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Malawi?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Cook Islands and Malawi rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Cook Islands ranks 24th and Malawi ranks 21st of 216 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 percentage 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
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.