Energy intensity of economies by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
18.72
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.5
Puerto Rico
Median
3.91
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,486
What the numbers show
Energy intensity of economies is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 18.72 in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.5 in Puerto Rico.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.91, and the mean is 4.68.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Macau, China (up 182.5%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 56.4%).
Energy intensity of economies: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.72 | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 14.77 | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 3 | Palau | 13.8 | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 4 | Liberia | 13.76 | 2022 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 13.47 | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 12.51 | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 11.95 | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 8 | Iceland | 11.93 | 2022 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 10.96 | 2022 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 10 | Curaçao | 10.39 | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 10.18 | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 9.86 | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 13 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.32 | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 14 | Bahrain | 9.23 | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 15 | Bhutan | 9.04 | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 9.02 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 9 | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 18 | Togo | 8.6 | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 8.46 | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 20 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8.32 | 2021 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 8.31 | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 7.82 | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 23 | Kuwait | 7.75 | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 7.55 | 2021 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 25 | Burundi | 7.4 | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Oman | 7.21 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 7.2 | 2021 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 28 | Sint Maarten | 7.12 | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 6.96 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.95 | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 31 | Ukraine | 6.89 | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 32 | Kiribati | 6.82 | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 6.79 | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 33 | Naoero | 6.79 | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 35 | Congo | 6.72 | 2021 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 36 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6.62 | 2022 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 6.57 | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 6.57 | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 39 | Somalia | 6.51 | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 40 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 6.48 | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 6.47 | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 6.47 | 2022 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 43 | Canada | 6.44 | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 44 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6.38 | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 6.37 | 2021 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.33 | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 47 | China | 6.3 | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 48 | Mali | 6.26 | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 6.18 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 50 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.95 | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.9 | 2022 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 52 | Haiti | 5.88 | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 52 | South Sudan | 5.88 | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 5.81 | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 5.81 | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 5.63 | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 57 | Algeria | 5.61 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.53 | 2022 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 5.48 | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 5.4 | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 60 | Samoa | 5.4 | 2022 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 5.29 | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 63 | Libya | 5.26 | 2021 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 64 | Niger | 5.19 | 2021 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 5.18 | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 5.11 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 5.04 | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia | 5.02 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 4.96 | 2021 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 4.96 | 2021 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea | 4.95 | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 72 | Sudan | 4.83 | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 73 | Finland | 4.82 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 74 | Benin | 4.79 | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 75 | Kenya | 4.76 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 4.74 | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 4.72 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.69 | 2022 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 78 | Republic of Moldova | 4.69 | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 80 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.51 | 2022 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 4.49 | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.48 | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 4.44 | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 4.42 | 2021 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 4.4 | 2022 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Comoros | 4.3 | 2022 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 4.29 | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 4.29 | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 89 | Cameroon | 4.23 | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 4.22 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 91 | India | 4.21 | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 4.21 | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 93 | Chad | 4.2 | 2022 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Myanmar | 4.17 | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 94 | United States of America | 4.17 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 96 | Australia | 4.12 | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 96 | Estonia | 4.12 | 2022 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 4.03 | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 98 | Tonga | 4.03 | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 100 | Czechia | 3.98 | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 101 | Armenia | 3.91 | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.89 | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 102 | Eswatini | 3.89 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 104 | Brazil | 3.87 | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Jamaica | 3.85 | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 105 | Viet Nam | 3.85 | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 107 | Slovakia | 3.83 | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 108 | Barbados | 3.76 | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 109 | Mauritania | 3.74 | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 110 | Tunisia | 3.7 | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 3.64 | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.64 | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 113 | Senegal | 3.58 | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 3.55 | 2021 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 115 | New Zealand | 3.52 | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 116 | Rwanda | 3.51 | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 3.45 | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Montenegro | 3.43 | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 119 | Belgium | 3.4 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 119 | Paraguay | 3.4 | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 121 | Jordan | 3.39 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 122 | Malawi | 3.33 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 123 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.3 | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 124 | Argentina | 3.29 | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 125 | Ecuador | 3.26 | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 3.26 | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 127 | Sweden | 3.24 | 2022 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 3.22 | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 3.21 | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 130 | Chile | 3.19 | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 131 | Gambia | 3.16 | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 132 | Japan | 3.15 | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 3.15 | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 3.13 | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 135 | Hungary | 3.12 | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 136 | Angola | 3.1 | 2021 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 136 | Palestine, State of | 3.1 | 2022 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 138 | Egypt | 3.06 | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 139 | Morocco | 3.05 | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 140 | Indonesia | 3.04 | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 141 | Mexico | 3 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 142 | Dominica | 2.95 | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 2.94 | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 2.94 | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 143 | Uruguay | 2.94 | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Aruba | 2.9 | 2022 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 2.88 | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 147 | Latvia | 2.88 | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 149 | France | 2.83 | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 150 | Maldives | 2.79 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 150 | Tuvalu | 2.79 | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 2.78 | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 153 | Croatia | 2.75 | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 154 | Seychelles | 2.69 | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 155 | Botswana | 2.68 | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 2.67 | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.63 | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 158 | Lithuania | 2.59 | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 159 | Greece | 2.58 | 2022 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 2.58 | 2022 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Austria | 2.55 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 162 | Spain | 2.53 | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 162 | Netherlands | 2.53 | 2022 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 2.51 | 2021 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 165 | Germany | 2.47 | 2022 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.43 | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 2.42 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 167 | Timor-Leste | 2.42 | 2022 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 2.36 | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 170 | Portugal | 2.31 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 171 | Israel | 2.3 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 171 | Italy | 2.3 | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 171 | Peru | 2.3 | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 174 | Türkiye | 2.27 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 175 | Colombia | 2.18 | 2022 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 2.17 | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 177 | Fiji | 2.15 | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritius | 2.15 | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 179 | Romania | 2.12 | 2022 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 181 | Yemen | 2.07 | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 182 | Albania | 2.06 | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 182 | Guyana | 2.06 | 2022 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 184 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.04 | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 2.03 | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 1.93 | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 1.93 | 2021 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 188 | Costa Rica | 1.91 | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 189 | Denmark | 1.83 | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 190 | Andorra | 1.81 | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 1.71 | 2022 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 192 | Sri Lanka | 1.67 | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 193 | Bermuda | 1.51 | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 194 | Switzerland | 1.48 | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 195 | Panama | 1.41 | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 196 | Cuba | 1.35 | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 197 | Malta | 1.18 | 2022 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 198 | Hong Kong, China | 1.17 | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 199 | Macau, China | 1.13 | 2022 | up 182.5% | falling |
| 200 | Ireland | 0.97 | 2022 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 201 | Puerto Rico | 0.5 | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |