Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant 2021 purchasing power parity GDP) by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
14.21
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.04
United States Virgin Islands
Median
3.14
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,303
What the numbers show
Energy intensity level of primary energy (megajoules per constant 2021 purchasing power parity GDP) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 14.21 in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.04 in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.14, and the mean is 3.71.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 355.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 142 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.21 | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 2 | Palau | 11.95 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.27 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Liberia | 11.92 | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 11.32 | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Mozambique | 10.04 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 9.87 | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | Iceland | 9.43 | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 9.38 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 9 | Zambia | 9.17 | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 10 | Libya | 8.93 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 11 | Kuwait | 7.84 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 12 | Madagascar | 7.64 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 13 | Bahrain | 7.61 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 14 | Somalia | 6.97 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 15 | Naoero | 6.8 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 6.68 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 17 | Oman | 6.56 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 18 | Togo | 6.55 | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 6.29 | 2024 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 3.15 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 6.24 | 2024 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 5.93 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 5.9 | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 22 | Türkiye | 2.19 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 23 | Qatar | 5.87 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 5.83 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | 1.14 | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 5.71 | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 26 | Russian Federation | 5.67 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 27 | Mongolia | 5.62 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 28 | Burundi | 5.61 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 28 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.61 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 5.45 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 30 | Cabo Verde | 2.02 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 31 | Canada | 5.42 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 32 | Curaçao | 5.39 | 2023 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 33 | Eritrea | 5.37 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 5.32 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 35 | China | 5.27 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 5.14 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 4.95 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 4.74 | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.73 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 4.7 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 4.64 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 42 | Bhutan | 4.6 | 2024 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 43 | Gabon | 4.57 | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 43 | Haiti | 4.57 | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.53 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Lesotho | 4.51 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 47 | Benin | 4.44 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 4.4 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 4.39 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 50 | Finland | 4.32 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 51 | Congo | 4.31 | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.26 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 52 | Mali | 4.26 | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 54 | Ukraine | 4.25 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 55 | Kosovo | 4.21 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 56 | Kiribati | 4.2 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 57 | Comoros | 4.19 | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 58 | Algeria | 4.15 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 59 | Yemen | 4.14 | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 60 | Republic of Korea | 4.12 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 61 | Kenya | 4.01 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 62 | Niger | 3.97 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 63 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.91 | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Honduras | 3.84 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 3.83 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 66 | Myanmar | 3.82 | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 3.82 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 68 | Nepal | 3.81 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.76 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 69 | Suriname | 3.76 | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 71 | Eswatini | 3.68 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 3.68 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 73 | Thailand | 3.66 | 2023 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 74 | Samoa | 3.6 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 3.53 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 76 | Cambodia | 3.47 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 77 | India | 3.44 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 3.43 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 78 | Jordan | 3.43 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 80 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.42 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 81 | Belize | 3.41 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 3.4 | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Australia | 3.33 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 84 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.3 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 85 | Tonga | 3.27 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 3.26 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 87 | Brazil | 3.25 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | Slovakia | 3.23 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 89 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.21 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 90 | Cameroon | 3.19 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 91 | Barbados | 3.17 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 3.16 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 92 | Pakistan | 3.16 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 94 | Guinea | 3.15 | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 95 | Lebanon | 3.14 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 3.14 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 3.09 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 3.08 | 2023 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 99 | Maldives | 3.07 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 3 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 2.99 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 2.98 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 103 | Indonesia | 2.96 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 104 | Czechia | 2.95 | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 2.92 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 106 | El Salvador | 2.91 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 107 | Faroe Islands | 2.9 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 2.89 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 109 | Namibia | 2.88 | 2023 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 110 | Sweden | 2.87 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 2.84 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 2.82 | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 113 | Armenia | 2.81 | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Morocco | 2.78 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 2.77 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 115 | Japan | 2.77 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 115 | Mexico | 2.77 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 118 | Botswana | 2.76 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 118 | Paraguay | 2.76 | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 120 | Argentina | 2.71 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 121 | Rwanda | 2.67 | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 122 | Belgium | 2.64 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 122 | Grenada | 2.64 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 124 | Seychelles | 2.62 | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 125 | Aruba | 2.61 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Montenegro | 2.6 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 127 | Hungary | 2.59 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 2.57 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 2.55 | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 130 | Greenland | 2.53 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 131 | Latvia | 2.51 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 131 | Slovenia | 2.51 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 2.49 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 135 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.48 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 136 | Philippines | 2.45 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 137 | Fiji | 2.42 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 2.39 | 2024 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 138 | Uruguay | 2.39 | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 140 | France | 2.35 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 141 | Egypt | 2.33 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 141 | South Sudan | 2.33 | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 2.3 | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 144 | Dominica | 2.28 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 144 | Croatia | 2.28 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 146 | Ghana | 2.27 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 147 | Norway | 2.26 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 2.22 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 149 | Peru | 2.21 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 150 | Lithuania | 2.18 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 151 | Israel | 2.16 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 152 | Angola | 2.14 | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 152 | Chad | 2.14 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 154 | Austria | 2.13 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 154 | Greece | 2.13 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 156 | Spain | 2.04 | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 157 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.02 | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.99 | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 159 | Colombia | 1.95 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 160 | Germany | 1.93 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 1.91 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 162 | Cyprus | 1.9 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 1.87 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 164 | Portugal | 1.86 | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 165 | Dominican Republic | 1.82 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 166 | Italy | 1.8 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 167 | Albania | 1.79 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 1.79 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Nigeria | 1.71 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 169 | Singapore | 1.71 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 171 | Romania | 1.65 | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 172 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.64 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 173 | Costa Rica | 1.63 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 174 | Djibouti | 1.61 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 175 | Andorra | 1.56 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 1.5 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 177 | Denmark | 1.49 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 1.46 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 1.45 | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 180 | Switzerland | 1.26 | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 181 | Panama | 1.19 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 182 | Guyana | 1.07 | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 183 | Bermuda | 1.04 | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 183 | Cuba | 1.04 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 185 | Malta | 0.94 | 2023 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 186 | Ireland | 0.88 | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 187 | Puerto Rico | 0.57 | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 0.42 | 2024 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 189 | 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.
- Syrian Arab Republic 28.54
- Southern Africa 5.64
- Central Asia 5.42
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.35
- Eastern Africa 5.33
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.31
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 4.93
- Micronesia 7.46
- Eastern Asia 4.79
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.99
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 4.45
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 5.82
- Eastern Europe 4.41
- Melanesia 5.21
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.89
- United Republic of Tanzania 4.96
- Western Asia 3.84
- State of Palestine 4.91
- World 3.76
- Central and Southern Asia 3.76
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 4.78
- Middle Africa 4.55
- Northern America 3.74
- Asia 4.21
- Southern Asia 3.65
- Developing regions 4.07
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 3.64
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.92
- Africa 3.61
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.81
- United States of America 3.58
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.6
- Americas 3.46
- Republic of Moldova 3.4
- Oceania 3.36
- Europe and Northern America 3.15
- Northern Africa 3.11
- Côte d'Ivoire 3.11
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 3.11
- Polynesia 2.59