Primary energy use by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
213
Highest
45,054 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Reunion
Median
54.98 terawatt-hours
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
10,722

What the numbers show

Primary energy use is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 45,054 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Reunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 54.98 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 779.82 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 326.5%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands Antilles (down 46.0%).

Primary energy use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 45,054 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.0% volatile
2 United States 26,064 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2.5% rising
3 India 10,861 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.7% volatile
4 Russia 8,664 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.0% falling
5 Japan 4,578 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.1% rising
6 Iran 3,688 terawatt-hours 2025 up 34.5% volatile
7 South Korea 3,604 terawatt-hours 2025 up 6.6% volatile
8 Canada 3,349 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.5% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 3,340 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.3% volatile
10 Indonesia 3,199 terawatt-hours 2025 up 64.2% volatile
11 Brazil 3,109 terawatt-hours 2025 up 7.6% volatile
12 Germany 2,790 terawatt-hours 2025 down 22.2% falling
13 France 2,507 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
14 Mexico 2,175 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.5% rising
15 Turkey 2,033 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.3% volatile
16 United Kingdom 1,748 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.2% falling
17 Italy 1,537 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.6% rising
18 Australia 1,536 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.7% rising
19 United Arab Emirates 1,460 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.4% volatile
20 Spain 1,444 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.0% rising
21 South Africa 1,398 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% rising
22 Thailand 1,391 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.5% volatile
23 Malaysia 1,346 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.4% volatile
24 Vietnam 1,305 terawatt-hours 2025 up 90.2% volatile
25 Taiwan 1,184 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.5% volatile
26 Egypt 1,102 terawatt-hours 2025 up 16.2% volatile
27 Poland 1,090 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.9% flat
28 Singapore 1,024 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.6% volatile
29 Kazakhstan 910.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 46.9% rising
30 Netherlands 879 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.2% rising
31 Argentina 876.13 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.9% rising
32 Pakistan 867.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.1% volatile
33 Algeria 796.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.0% volatile
34 Philippines 714.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.3% volatile
35 Iraq 699.07 terawatt-hours 2025 up 46.5% volatile
36 Ukraine 661.94 terawatt-hours 2025 down 35.8% falling
37 Qatar 620.86 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.3% volatile
38 Belgium 611.68 terawatt-hours 2025 down 6.4% rising
39 Uzbekistan 590.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 27.5% rising
40 Bangladesh 563.14 terawatt-hours 2025 up 47.0% volatile
41 Venezuela 562.84 terawatt-hours 2025 down 33.2% rising
42 Kuwait 527.02 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.4% volatile
43 Nigeria 514.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.2% rising
44 Colombia 495.17 terawatt-hours 2025 up 15.6% rising
45 Oman 480.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.4% volatile
46 Sweden 459.59 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.9% rising
47 Turkmenistan 427.76 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.0% rising
48 Chile 421.77 terawatt-hours 2025 up 14.8% volatile
49 Czechia 420.86 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.4% falling
50 Romania 316.82 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% falling
51 Peru 316.53 terawatt-hours 2025 up 31.9% volatile
52 Belarus 314.47 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.9% falling
53 Norway 312.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.1% rising
54 Austria 304.74 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.6% rising
55 Finland 296.77 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.6% rising
56 Israel 286.8 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.1% rising
57 Greece 285.23 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.6% rising
58 Morocco 275.63 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.2% volatile
59 Hong Kong 274.37 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.9% volatile
60 New Zealand 261.12 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.3% rising
61 Hungary 253.63 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% rising
62 Libya 246.25 terawatt-hours 2024 up 8.8% rising
63 Bahrain 244.34 terawatt-hours 2024 up 21.1% rising
64 Switzerland 243.88 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
65 Portugal 218.05 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.4% rising
66 Azerbaijan 198.02 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.2% falling
67 Ecuador 197.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.2% volatile
68 North Korea 193.47 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.1% falling
69 Bulgaria 193.41 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.9% falling
70 Slovakia 179.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.2% rising
71 Serbia 169.88 terawatt-hours 2024 up 13.1% flat
73 Trinidad and Tobago 150.37 terawatt-hours 2025 down 32.2% volatile
74 Denmark 143.39 terawatt-hours 2025 down 18.0% falling
75 Myanmar 140.26 terawatt-hours 2024 up 33.1% volatile
76 Dominican Republic 140.02 terawatt-hours 2024 up 64.3% rising
77 Tunisia 123.07 terawatt-hours 2024 up 14.4% rising
78 Syria 116.61 terawatt-hours 2024 down 12.3% rising
79 Bolivia 116.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.3% volatile
80 Ghana 112.35 terawatt-hours 2024 up 85.6% volatile
81 Jordan 107.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.6% rising
82 Panama 104.36 terawatt-hours 2024 up 11.2% rising
83 Angola 100.77 terawatt-hours 2024 down 2.4% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 100.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 24.8% volatile
85 Guatemala 99.95 terawatt-hours 2024 up 59.8% volatile
86 Kenya 94.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 39.8% rising
87 Croatia 90.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 15.0% flat
88 Ethiopia 90.55 terawatt-hours 2024 up 71.8% volatile
89 Puerto Rico 89.3 terawatt-hours 2024 down 4.2% rising
90 Cambodia 87.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 217.5% volatile
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87.51 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.9% rising
92 Laos 84.59 terawatt-hours 2024 up 326.5% volatile
93 Cuba 84.26 terawatt-hours 2024 down 33.8% falling
94 Cote d'Ivoire 83.41 terawatt-hours 2024 up 76.1% volatile
95 Iceland 82.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 10.0% volatile
96 Tanzania 79.19 terawatt-hours 2024 up 71.0% volatile
97 Mongolia 76.83 terawatt-hours 2024 up 56.9% volatile
98 Georgia 71.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.4% rising
99 Lebanon 71.36 terawatt-hours 2024 down 22.1% rising
100 Slovenia 68.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.0% rising
101 Zimbabwe 67.52 terawatt-hours 2024 up 51.1% rising
102 Sudan 64.65 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.0% volatile
103 Lithuania 62.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.4% falling
104 Yemen 61.6 terawatt-hours 2024 down 36.5% rising
105 Mozambique 61.01 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.2% volatile
106 Honduras 56.74 terawatt-hours 2024 up 45.9% volatile
107 Brunei 56.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 27.4% rising
108 Kyrgyzstan 54.98 terawatt-hours 2024 up 10.9% rising
109 Paraguay 54.8 terawatt-hours 2024 up 50.5% volatile
110 Uruguay 53.51 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.3% rising
111 Tajikistan 53.4 terawatt-hours 2024 up 52.5% rising
112 Nepal 52.67 terawatt-hours 2024 up 124.4% volatile
113 Zambia 50.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 84.7% rising
114 Estonia 50 terawatt-hours 2025 down 25.3% falling
115 Senegal 49.96 terawatt-hours 2024 up 59.0% volatile
116 Armenia 49.78 terawatt-hours 2024 up 23.4% rising
117 Costa Rica 49.39 terawatt-hours 2024 up 21.0% rising
118 El Salvador 46.81 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.5% rising
119 Afghanistan 39.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.1% volatile
121 Moldova 35.96 terawatt-hours 2024 down 14.4% flat
122 Jamaica 35.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 2.1% rising
123 Cameroon 35.03 terawatt-hours 2024 down 2.0% rising
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 34.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 7.5% rising
126 Papua New Guinea 32.75 terawatt-hours 2024 up 54.0% rising
127 Latvia 32.65 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.4% falling
128 Cyprus 32.51 terawatt-hours 2025 up 13.7% rising
129 Uganda 31.86 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.7% volatile
130 Benin 31.41 terawatt-hours 2024 up 51.5% volatile
131 Equatorial Guinea 31.07 terawatt-hours 2024 up 1.5% volatile
132 Netherlands Antilles 29.41 terawatt-hours 2024 down 46.0% falling
133 Mali 29.03 terawatt-hours 2024 up 123.7% volatile
134 North Macedonia 28.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.8% falling
135 Palestine 27.04 terawatt-hours 2024 up 63.9% rising
136 Nicaragua 26.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.8% rising
137 Albania 25.59 terawatt-hours 2024 down 0.6% falling
138 Burkina Faso 25.02 terawatt-hours 2024 up 106.2% volatile
139 Botswana 24.73 terawatt-hours 2024 up 28.6% rising
140 Congo 24.43 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.9% volatile
141 Mauritius 23.96 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.3% volatile
142 Guinea 21.89 terawatt-hours 2024 up 109.3% volatile
143 Mauritania 19.68 terawatt-hours 2024 up 77.1% volatile
144 Namibia 18.96 terawatt-hours 2024 down 1.1% rising
145 Bhutan 17.8 terawatt-hours 2024 up 304.4% volatile
146 Gabon 17.17 terawatt-hours 2024 down 13.8% rising
147 Guyana 16.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 98.9% rising
148 Madagascar 16.42 terawatt-hours 2024 up 19.1% rising
149 New Caledonia 14.05 terawatt-hours 2024 down 24.4% rising
150 Macao 13.98 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.4% rising
151 Bahamas 13.9 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.5% flat
152 Niger 13.82 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.0% volatile
153 Togo 12.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 46.1% volatile
154 Montenegro 11.82 terawatt-hours 2024 up 19.8% flat
155 Fiji 10.17 terawatt-hours 2024 up 54.1% rising
156 United States Virgin Islands 9.86 terawatt-hours 2024 down 18.8% volatile
157 Suriname 9.85 terawatt-hours 2024 down 1.5% rising
158 Malawi 8.64 terawatt-hours 2024 up 33.8% rising
159 Rwanda 7.86 terawatt-hours 2024 up 86.8% rising
160 Chad 7.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 86.7% volatile
161 Maldives 7.75 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.9% volatile
162 South Sudan 7.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 11.9% rising
163 Haiti 7.09 terawatt-hours 2024 down 39.6% rising
164 Eswatini 6.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 26.9% rising
165 Sierra Leone 6.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 37.1% rising
166 Somalia 6.79 terawatt-hours 2024 up 99.3% rising
167 Barbados 6.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 5.6% rising
168 French Polynesia 5.72 terawatt-hours 2024 up 35.7% rising
169 Guam 5.59 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.2% volatile
170 Aruba 4.93 terawatt-hours 2024 down 0.7% rising
171 Belize 4.22 terawatt-hours 2024 up 52.0% rising
172 Seychelles 4.12 terawatt-hours 2024 down 5.5% rising
173 Lesotho 3.93 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.1% volatile
174 Burundi 3.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 117.1% volatile
175 Faroe Islands 3.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 23.2% rising
176 Cayman Islands 3.55 terawatt-hours 2024 up 45.6% rising
177 Djibouti 3.51 terawatt-hours 2024 down 15.2% falling
178 Liberia 3.2 terawatt-hours 2024 down 34.0% volatile
179 Eritrea 3.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 32.3% falling
180 Antigua and Barbuda 3.12 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.9% rising
181 Cape Verde 3.11 terawatt-hours 2024 down 15.9% volatile
182 East Timor 2.78 terawatt-hours 2024 up 27.4% rising
183 Greenland 2.7 terawatt-hours 2024 up 0.4% rising
184 Saint Lucia 2.65 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.7% volatile
185 Bermuda 2.41 terawatt-hours 2024 down 19.1% rising
186 American Samoa 2.32 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.0% falling
187 Gambia 2.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 1.8% rising
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 130.4% volatile
189 Central African Republic 1.9 terawatt-hours 2024 up 125.7% rising
190 Grenada 1.68 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.0% rising
191 Comoros 1.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 126.2% volatile
192 Guinea-Bissau 1.52 terawatt-hours 2024 down 3.6% rising
193 Samoa 1.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.8% rising
194 Vanuatu 1.35 terawatt-hours 2024 up 88.8% volatile
195 Solomon Islands 1.34 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.4% rising
196 Western Sahara 1.24 terawatt-hours 2024 up 16.2% rising
197 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 terawatt-hours 2024 up 13.7% volatile
198 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 20.0% volatile
199 Tonga 0.9219 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.3% rising
200 British Virgin Islands 0.7882 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.3% volatile
201 Dominica 0.7744 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.5% rising
202 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7419 terawatt-hours 2024 up 22.3% rising
203 Micronesia (country) 0.7021 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.2% volatile
204 Cook Islands 0.504 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.5% rising
205 Falkland Islands 0.494 terawatt-hours 2024 up 172.9% volatile
206 Nauru 0.3834 terawatt-hours 2024 up 22.8% falling
207 Kiribati 0.3596 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.8% volatile
208 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.3018 terawatt-hours 2024 down 24.4% falling
209 Montserrat 0.1876 terawatt-hours 2024 down 12.0% rising
210 Antarctica 0.0508 terawatt-hours 2024 down 10.0% volatile
211 Saint Helena 0.0443 terawatt-hours 2024 up 2.6% rising
212 Niue 0.0344 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.2% rising
213 Northern Mariana Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
213 Tuvalu 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
213 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
213 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Primary energy use
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,722 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.