Kuwait vs Nigeria: Oil consumption

Kuwait

266.21 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Nigeria

281.3 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Kuwait rank

35th

Nigeria rank

32nd

Oil consumption over time

Nigeria currently reports 281.3 terawatt-hours against 266.21 terawatt-hours in Kuwait, a difference of 15.09 terawatt-hours.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Nigeria ahead.

Kuwait ranks 35th and Nigeria ranks 32nd of 219 countries.

Indicator: Oil consumption
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 222 places, 10,699 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours. Includes refined petroleum products and other liquid fuels.