North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Energy intensity level of primary energy

North Korea
6.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
in 2021
Papua New Guinea
6.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
in 2022
North Korea rank
40th
Papua New Guinea rank
41st

Energy intensity level of primary energy over time

  • North Korea
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

North Korea currently reports 6.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP against 6.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.01 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 201 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Korea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2000s 7.55 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 7.54 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 0.015 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP North Korea
2010s 6.02 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 6.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 0.162 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP Papua New Guinea
2020s 7.02 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 6.46 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 0.56 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher energy intensity level of primary energy, North Korea or Papua New Guinea?
North Korea, at 6.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP against 6.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP in Papua New Guinea as of 2021.
What is the difference in energy intensity level of primary energy between North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
0.01 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Papua New Guinea?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do North Korea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for energy intensity level of primary energy?
North Korea ranks 40th and Papua New Guinea ranks 41st of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), published as Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP)
Unit
MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
Source
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
248 places, 5,534 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

Energy intensity level of primary energy is the ratio between energy supply and gross domestic product measured at purchasing power parity. Energy intensity is an indication of how much energy is used to produce one unit of economic output. Lower ratio indicates that less energy is used to produce one unit of output.