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

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.

Indicator: Primary energy use by source
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.