British Virgin Islands vs Tonga: Primary energy use

British Virgin Islands
0.7882 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Tonga
0.9219 terawatt-hours
in 2024
British Virgin Islands rank
200th
Tonga rank
199th

Primary energy use over time

  • British Virgin Islands
  • Tonga
00.20.40.60.81198020022024

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 0.9219 terawatt-hours against 0.7882 terawatt-hours in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.1337 terawatt-hours.

That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times British Virgin Islands's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was British Virgin Islands ahead.

British Virgin Islands ranks 200th and Tonga ranks 199th of 218 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, British Virgin Islands averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade British Virgin Islands Tonga Difference Ahead
1980s 0.1588 terawatt-hours 0.2127 terawatt-hours 0.0539 terawatt-hours Tonga
1990s 0.2162 terawatt-hours 0.4735 terawatt-hours 0.2573 terawatt-hours Tonga
2000s 0.5517 terawatt-hours 0.501 terawatt-hours 0.0508 terawatt-hours British Virgin Islands
2010s 0.7287 terawatt-hours 0.802 terawatt-hours 0.0733 terawatt-hours Tonga
2020s 0.7735 terawatt-hours 0.8244 terawatt-hours 0.0508 terawatt-hours Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary energy use, British Virgin Islands or Tonga?
Tonga, at 0.9219 terawatt-hours against 0.7882 terawatt-hours in British Virgin Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary energy use between British Virgin Islands and Tonga?
0.1337 terawatt-hours, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for British Virgin Islands and Tonga?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do British Virgin Islands and Tonga rank globally for primary energy use?
British Virgin Islands ranks 200th and Tonga ranks 199th 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 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

Indicator
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, 10,722 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.