Kuwait vs Nigeria: Primary energy use

Kuwait

527.02 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Nigeria

514.91 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Kuwait rank

42nd

Nigeria rank

43rd

Primary energy use over time

Kuwait currently reports 527.02 terawatt-hours against 514.91 terawatt-hours in Nigeria, a difference of 12.12 terawatt-hours.

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

Kuwait ranks 42nd and Nigeria ranks 43rd of 218 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.