Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant 2021 purchasing power parity GDP) by country
Countries reporting
223
Highest
28.54
Syria
Lowest
0.04
United States Virgin Islands
Median
3.19
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,770
What the numbers show
Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant 2021 purchasing power parity GDP) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 28.54 in Syria; the lowest is 0.04 in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.19, and the mean is 4.02.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 714.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 162 fell. The largest increase was in United States Virgin Islands (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 71.8%).
Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syria | 28.54 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 1 | Syrian Arab Republic | 28.54 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.21 | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 4 | Palau | 11.95 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 11.92 | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 11.32 | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.27 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 10.04 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 9.87 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 9.43 | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 9.38 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 12 | Zambia | 9.17 | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 13 | Libya | 8.93 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 14 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.35 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.31 | 2023 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 16 | Kuwait | 7.84 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 17 | Madagascar | 7.64 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Bahrain | 7.61 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 19 | Micronesia | 7.46 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 20 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6.99 | 2023 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 21 | Somalia | 6.97 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 22 | Nauru | 6.8 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 22 | Naoero | 6.8 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uganda | 6.68 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 25 | Oman | 6.56 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 26 | Togo | 6.55 | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 27 | Solomon Islands | 6.29 | 2024 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 28 | New Caledonia | 6.24 | 2024 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 5.93 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 30 | Sudan | 5.9 | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 31 | Qatar | 5.87 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 5.83 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 33 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5.82 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 5.71 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 35 | Russia | 5.67 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 5.67 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 37 | Mongolia | 5.62 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 5.61 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 38 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.61 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 5.45 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 5.42 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 42 | Curacao | 5.39 | 2023 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 42 | Curaçao | 5.39 | 2023 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 44 | Eritrea | 5.37 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 5.32 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 46 | China | 5.27 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 47 | Melanesia | 5.21 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 5.14 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 49 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.96 | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 4.95 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 51 | State of Palestine | 4.91 | 2024 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 52 | Iraq | 4.74 | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Brunei | 4.73 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.73 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 4.7 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 4.64 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 57 | Bhutan | 4.6 | 2024 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 4.57 | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 58 | Haiti | 4.57 | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.53 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Lesotho | 4.51 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 62 | Benin | 4.44 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 4.4 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 64 | Belarus | 4.39 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 65 | Finland | 4.32 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 66 | Congo | 4.31 | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 67 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.26 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 67 | Mali | 4.26 | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 4.25 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 70 | Kosovo | 4.21 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 71 | Kiribati | 4.2 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 72 | Comoros | 4.19 | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 73 | Algeria | 4.15 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | Yemen | 4.14 | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 75 | South Korea | 4.12 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 75 | Republic of Korea | 4.12 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 77 | Kenya | 4.01 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 78 | Niger | 3.97 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 79 | Laos | 3.92 | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 79 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.92 | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.91 | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Honduras | 3.84 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 83 | Malaysia | 3.83 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 84 | Myanmar | 3.82 | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Serbia | 3.82 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 86 | Nepal | 3.81 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.76 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 87 | Suriname | 3.76 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 89 | Eswatini | 3.68 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 3.68 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 91 | Thailand | 3.66 | 2023 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 92 | Samoa | 3.6 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 92 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.6 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 94 | United States | 3.58 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 3.53 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 96 | Cambodia | 3.47 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 97 | India | 3.44 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 98 | Jamaica | 3.43 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 3.43 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 100 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.42 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 101 | Belize | 3.41 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 3.4 | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Moldova | 3.4 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 3.4 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 105 | Australia | 3.33 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 106 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.3 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 107 | Tonga | 3.27 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 3.26 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 109 | Brazil | 3.25 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 110 | Slovakia | 3.23 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 111 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.21 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 112 | Cameroon | 3.19 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 113 | Barbados | 3.17 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 114 | Guatemala | 3.16 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 114 | Pakistan | 3.16 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 116 | Guinea | 3.15 | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 116 | Vietnam | 3.15 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 116 | Viet Nam | 3.15 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 119 | Lebanon | 3.14 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 119 | New Zealand | 3.14 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 121 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.11 | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 121 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.11 | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 3.09 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 124 | Estonia | 3.08 | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 125 | Maldives | 3.07 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 126 | Tunisia | 3 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 2.99 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 128 | Sierra Leone | 2.98 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 129 | Indonesia | 2.96 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 130 | Czechia | 2.95 | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 131 | Chile | 2.92 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 132 | El Salvador | 2.91 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 133 | Faroe Islands | 2.9 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritania | 2.89 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 135 | Namibia | 2.88 | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 136 | Sweden | 2.87 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 2.84 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Senegal | 2.82 | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 139 | Armenia | 2.81 | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Morocco | 2.78 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 141 | Ecuador | 2.77 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 141 | Japan | 2.77 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 141 | Mexico | 2.77 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 144 | Botswana | 2.76 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 144 | Paraguay | 2.76 | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 146 | Argentina | 2.71 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 147 | Rwanda | 2.67 | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 148 | Belgium | 2.64 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 148 | Grenada | 2.64 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 150 | Seychelles | 2.62 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 151 | Aruba | 2.61 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Montenegro | 2.6 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 153 | Hungary | 2.59 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 153 | Polynesia | 2.59 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 2.57 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 156 | Bahamas | 2.55 | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 157 | Greenland | 2.53 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 158 | Latvia | 2.51 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 158 | Slovenia | 2.51 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 161 | Poland | 2.49 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.48 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 163 | Philippines | 2.45 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 164 | Fiji | 2.42 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 2.39 | 2024 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 165 | Uruguay | 2.39 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 167 | France | 2.35 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 168 | Egypt | 2.33 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 168 | South Sudan | 2.33 | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 170 | Gambia | 2.3 | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 171 | Dominica | 2.28 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 171 | Croatia | 2.28 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 173 | Ghana | 2.27 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 174 | Norway | 2.26 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 2.22 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 176 | Peru | 2.21 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 177 | Turkey | 2.19 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 177 | Türkiye | 2.19 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 179 | Lithuania | 2.18 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 180 | Israel | 2.16 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 181 | Angola | 2.14 | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 181 | Chad | 2.14 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 181 | Caribbean | 2.14 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 184 | Austria | 2.13 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 184 | Greece | 2.13 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 186 | Spain | 2.04 | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 187 | Cabo Verde | 2.02 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 187 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.02 | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.99 | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 190 | Colombia | 1.95 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 191 | Germany | 1.93 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 192 | Saint Lucia | 1.91 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 193 | Cyprus | 1.9 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 194 | Mauritius | 1.87 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 195 | Portugal | 1.86 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 196 | Dominican Republic | 1.82 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 197 | Italy | 1.8 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 198 | Albania | 1.79 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 198 | Cayman Islands | 1.79 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Nigeria | 1.71 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 200 | Singapore | 1.71 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 202 | Romania | 1.65 | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 203 | United Kingdom | 1.64 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 203 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.64 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 205 | Costa Rica | 1.63 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 206 | Djibouti | 1.61 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 207 | Andorra | 1.56 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 208 | Sri Lanka | 1.5 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 209 | Denmark | 1.49 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 210 | Bangladesh | 1.46 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 211 | Luxembourg | 1.45 | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 212 | Switzerland | 1.26 | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 213 | Panama | 1.19 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 214 | East Timor | 1.14 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 214 | Timor-Leste | 1.14 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 216 | Guyana | 1.07 | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 217 | Bermuda | 1.04 | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 217 | Cuba | 1.04 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 219 | Malta | 0.94 | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 220 | Ireland | 0.88 | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 221 | Puerto Rico | 0.57 | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 222 | Liechtenstein | 0.42 | 2024 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 223 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.04 | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Africa 5.64
- Central Asia 5.42
- Eastern Africa 5.33
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4.93
- Eastern Asia 4.79
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 4.78
- Middle Africa 4.55
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 4.45
- Eastern Europe 4.41
- Asia 4.21
- Developing regions 4.07
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.89
- Western Asia 3.84
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.81
- World 3.76
- Central and Southern Asia 3.76
- Northern America 3.74
- Southern Asia 3.65
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 3.64
- Africa 3.61
- United States of America 3.58
- Americas 3.46
- Oceania 3.36
- Europe and Northern America 3.15
- Northern Africa 3.11
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 3.11
- South-eastern Asia 3.07
- South America 3
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.86
- Central America 2.72
- Europe 2.7
- Western Africa 2.26
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.07
- Western Europe 2.07
- Southern Europe 2
- Northern Europe 1.92
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.99
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.53