Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) (billions of nominal United States dollars) by country
Countries reporting
187
Highest
113.75
Russian Federation
Lowest
-0.191
Peru
Median
0.0485
Years covered
15
2010–2024
Data points
3,358
What the numbers show
Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) (billions of nominal United States dollars) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 113.75 in Russian Federation; the lowest is -0.191 in Peru.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0485, and the mean is 5.39.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 596.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (up 15,986.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation | 113.75 | 2024 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 113.75 | 2024 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 104.6 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 4 | China | 90.01 | 2024 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 5 | India | 67.5 | 2024 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 47.44 | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 7 | Japan | 45.11 | 2024 | up 984.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 34.79 | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 31.62 | 2024 | up 15,986.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 25.53 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 11 | Algeria | 23.81 | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Iraq | 14.72 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 14.72 | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 12.65 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.63 | 2020 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12.63 | 2020 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 11.87 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 18 | Brazil | 11.67 | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 11.45 | 2024 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 10.92 | 2024 | up 17.0% | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 10.73 | 2024 | up 413.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Spain | 10.6 | 2024 | up 349.3% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 8.92 | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 8.28 | 2024 | up 173.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.26 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 8.17 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 27 | Kuwait | 7.98 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 28 | Turkmenistan | 7.75 | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 29 | South Africa | 7.7 | 2024 | up 176.3% | rising |
| 30 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.52 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 7.28 | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Libya | 7.27 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 5.76 | 2024 | down 63.3% | flat |
| 34 | Ukraine | 5.5 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 5.18 | 2024 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Norway | 5.15 | 2024 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 37 | Qatar | 4.67 | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 4.17 | 2024 | up 159.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Nigeria | 4.09 | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Ireland | 3.88 | 2024 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 41 | Viet Nam | 3.36 | 2024 | up 197.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Viet Nam | 3.36 | 2024 | up 197.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Angola | 3.29 | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Canada | 3.17 | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 2.83 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 2.53 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 47 | Austria | 2.39 | 2024 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 2.21 | 2024 | up 924.9% | volatile |
| 49 | United States of America | 2.2 | 2024 | up 78.4% | flat |
| 50 | Türkiye | 2.17 | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Türkiye | 2.17 | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Czechia | 2.08 | 2024 | up 623.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 1.91 | 2024 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 54 | Thailand | 1.78 | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Croatia | 1.46 | 2024 | up 1,306.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 1.44 | 2024 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Israel | 1.33 | 2024 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 1.25 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Korea | 1.23 | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Republic of Korea | 1.23 | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Bahrain | 1.16 | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Hungary | 1.13 | 2024 | up 174.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.08 | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Finland | 1.06 | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 65 | Sweden | 1.04 | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 66 | Denmark | 1.01 | 2024 | up 1,096.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Poland | 0.9758 | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 68 | Slovakia | 0.9298 | 2021 | up 349.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6616 | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Chile | 0.6123 | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 0.5285 | 2024 | up 1,363.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Belarus | 0.4104 | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 0.3923 | 2022 | up 98.5% | rising |
| 74 | Lebanon | 0.3844 | 2024 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3057 | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3057 | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Morocco | 0.3002 | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2804 | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2804 | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Tunisia | 0.2658 | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2328 | 2024 | up 343.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2328 | 2024 | up 343.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | 0.224 | 2024 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Latvia | 0.2027 | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 0.1808 | 2023 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 0.1805 | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0.094 | 2024 | up 722.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Myanmar | 0.0801 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 0.0783 | 2020 | up 93.9% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 0.0674 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.0587 | 2024 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 0.0531 | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Jordan | 0.0512 | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Mauritius | 0.0485 | 2022 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 0.0458 | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0.0444 | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Estonia | 0.0442 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0366 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0366 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.036 | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritania | 0.0358 | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 102 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0294 | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0294 | 2024 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Serbia | 0.0259 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Guatemala | 0.0255 | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Afghanistan | 0.0246 | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 0.0221 | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.0219 | 2024 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Suriname | 0.0193 | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Niger | 0.0173 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Haiti | 0.0169 | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0.0162 | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 0.0149 | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 0.0138 | 2024 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Maldives | 0.013 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Georgia | 0.0126 | 2024 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Gabon | 0.012 | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Armenia | 0.0116 | 2020 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.0103 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Chad | 0.0098 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Malta | 0.0095 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 122 | Zambia | 0.0087 | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 0.0084 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0065 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 0.0062 | 2024 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Madagascar | 0.006 | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Panama | 0.0059 | 2024 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Cameroon | 0.0056 | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 0.0049 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 0.0045 | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.0044 | 2024 | down 88.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Honduras | 0.0029 | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Belize | 0.0024 | 2024 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Barbados | 0.0022 | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0021 | 2024 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0.0015 | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea | 0.0015 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0015 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 0.0011 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 0.0009 | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0009 | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0008 | 2024 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Mozambique | 0.0007 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.0007 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 0.0005 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Uganda | 0.0004 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Montenegro | 0.0003 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Malawi | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Nepal | 0.0003 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Fiji | 0.0003 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Melanesia | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 96.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Dominica | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 0.0001 | 2021 | down 99.9% | falling |
| 155 | Bhutan | 0.0001 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Namibia | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | 0.0001 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Polynesia | 0.0001 | 2020 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 159 | Sudan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Albania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Benin | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Bahamas | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Comoros | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Cyprus | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Italy | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 161 | Kenya | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Lesotho | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | El Salvador | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Seychelles | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Togo | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Tonga | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Uruguay | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Yemen | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Peru | -0.191 | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 921.22
- Asia 500.69
- Europe and Northern America 286.15
- Europe 280.78
- Central and Southern Asia 216.22
- Southern Asia 186.04
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 185.15
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 156.49
- Eastern Asia 136.43
- Eastern Europe 128.78
- Western Asia 99.32
- Western Europe 77.43
- Africa 73.1
- Americas 58.39
- Northern Africa 57.17
- Latin America and the Caribbean 53.01
- South-Eastern Asia 48.72
- South America 39.35
- Southern Europe 38.33
- Northern Europe 36.24
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 36.02
- Central Asia 30.18
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.93
- Central America 12.82
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8.82
- Oceania 8.26
- Southern Africa 7.71
- Northern America 5.37
- Western Africa 4.78
- Middle Africa 3.33
- United States of America 2.2
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.8971
- Caribbean 0.8398
- Eastern Africa 0.1087
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 0.0192
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 0.0098
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.0003