Japan vs Norway: Primary energy use by source
Japan
12.84 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Norway
14.27 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
24th
Norway rank
21st
Primary energy use by source over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 14.27 terawatt-hours against 12.84 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1.43 terawatt-hours.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Norway ahead.
Japan ranks 24th and Norway ranks 21st of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0.0049 terawatt-hours | 0.0082 terawatt-hours | 0.0033 terawatt-hours | Norway |
| 2000s | 1.62 terawatt-hours | 0.452 terawatt-hours | 1.17 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 5.49 terawatt-hours | 2.47 terawatt-hours | 3.02 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 10.2 terawatt-hours | 13.28 terawatt-hours | 3.07 terawatt-hours | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy use by source, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 14.27 terawatt-hours against 12.84 terawatt-hours in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy use by source between Japan and Norway?
- 1.43 terawatt-hours, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for primary energy use by source?
- Japan ranks 24th and Norway ranks 21st of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy use by source. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.