Canada vs China: Consumption-based energy intensity per dollar

Canada
1.78 kilowatt-hours per $
in 2020
China
1.76 kilowatt-hours per $
in 2020
Canada rank
3rd
China rank
4th

Consumption-based energy intensity per dollar over time

  • Canada
  • China
01234199520072020

How they compare

Canada currently reports 1.78 kilowatt-hours per $ against 1.76 kilowatt-hours per $ in China, a difference of 0.0187 kilowatt-hours per $.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1997 it was China ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and China ranks 4th of 43 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based energy intensity per dollar
Unit
kilowatt-hours per $
Source
Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 1,113 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

Energy intensity is measured as the number of kilowatt-hours used per dollar of gross domestic product (GDP). Consumption-based energy adjusts for the energy embedded in traded goods: it is the energy used domestically minus energy used to produce exported goods; plus the energy used for imported goods.