Primary energy use by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
217
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 217 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 848.03 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 65 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 USSR 17,692 terawatt-hours 1991 up 32.1% rising
4 India 10,861 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.7% volatile
5 Russia 8,664 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.0% falling
6 Japan 4,578 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.1% rising
7 Iran 3,688 terawatt-hours 2025 up 34.5% volatile
8 South Korea 3,604 terawatt-hours 2025 up 6.6% volatile
9 Canada 3,349 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.5% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 3,340 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.3% volatile
11 Indonesia 3,199 terawatt-hours 2025 up 64.2% volatile
12 Brazil 3,109 terawatt-hours 2025 up 7.6% volatile
13 Germany 2,790 terawatt-hours 2025 down 22.2% falling
14 France 2,507 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
15 Mexico 2,175 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.5% rising
16 Turkey 2,033 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.3% volatile
17 United Kingdom 1,748 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.2% falling
18 Italy 1,537 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.6% rising
19 Australia 1,536 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.7% rising
20 United Arab Emirates 1,460 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.4% volatile
21 Spain 1,444 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.0% rising
22 South Africa 1,398 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% rising
23 Thailand 1,391 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.5% volatile
24 Malaysia 1,346 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.4% volatile
25 Vietnam 1,305 terawatt-hours 2025 up 90.2% volatile
26 Taiwan 1,184 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.5% volatile
27 Egypt 1,102 terawatt-hours 2025 up 16.2% volatile
28 Poland 1,090 terawatt-hours 2025 up 0.9% flat
29 Singapore 1,024 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.6% volatile
30 Kazakhstan 910.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 46.9% rising
31 Netherlands 879 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.2% rising
32 Argentina 876.13 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.9% rising
33 Pakistan 867.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.1% volatile
34 Algeria 796.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.0% volatile
35 Philippines 714.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.3% volatile
36 Iraq 699.07 terawatt-hours 2025 up 46.5% volatile
37 Ukraine 661.94 terawatt-hours 2025 down 35.8% falling
38 Qatar 620.86 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.3% volatile
39 Belgium 611.68 terawatt-hours 2025 down 6.4% rising
40 Uzbekistan 590.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 27.5% rising
41 Bangladesh 563.14 terawatt-hours 2025 up 47.0% volatile
42 Venezuela 562.84 terawatt-hours 2025 down 33.2% rising
43 Kuwait 527.02 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.4% volatile
44 Nigeria 514.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.2% rising
45 Colombia 495.17 terawatt-hours 2025 up 15.6% rising
46 Oman 480.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.4% volatile
47 Sweden 459.59 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.9% rising
48 Turkmenistan 427.76 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.0% rising
49 Chile 421.77 terawatt-hours 2025 up 14.8% volatile
50 Czechia 420.86 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.4% falling
51 Romania 316.82 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% falling
52 Peru 316.53 terawatt-hours 2025 up 31.9% volatile
53 Belarus 314.47 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.9% falling
54 Norway 312.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.1% rising
55 Austria 304.74 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5.6% rising
56 Finland 296.77 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.6% rising
57 Israel 286.8 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.1% rising
58 Greece 285.23 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.6% rising
59 Morocco 275.63 terawatt-hours 2025 up 29.2% volatile
60 Hong Kong 274.37 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.9% volatile
61 New Zealand 261.12 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.3% rising
62 Hungary 253.63 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% rising
63 Libya 246.25 terawatt-hours 2024 up 8.8% rising
64 Bahrain 244.34 terawatt-hours 2024 up 21.1% rising
65 Switzerland 243.88 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
66 Portugal 218.05 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.4% rising
67 Azerbaijan 198.02 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.2% falling
68 Ecuador 197.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.2% volatile
69 North Korea 193.47 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.1% falling
70 Bulgaria 193.41 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.9% falling
71 Slovakia 179.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.2% rising
72 Serbia 169.88 terawatt-hours 2024 up 13.1% flat
73 Ireland 158.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.0% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 150.37 terawatt-hours 2025 down 32.2% volatile
75 Denmark 143.39 terawatt-hours 2025 down 18.0% falling
76 Myanmar 140.26 terawatt-hours 2024 up 33.1% volatile
77 Dominican Republic 140.02 terawatt-hours 2024 up 64.3% rising
78 Tunisia 123.07 terawatt-hours 2024 up 14.4% rising
79 Syria 116.61 terawatt-hours 2024 down 12.3% rising
80 Bolivia 116.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.3% volatile
81 Ghana 112.35 terawatt-hours 2024 up 85.6% volatile
82 Jordan 107.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.6% rising
83 Panama 104.36 terawatt-hours 2024 up 11.2% rising
84 Angola 100.77 terawatt-hours 2024 down 2.4% volatile
85 Sri Lanka 100.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 24.8% volatile
86 Guatemala 99.95 terawatt-hours 2024 up 59.8% volatile
87 Kenya 94.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 39.8% rising
88 Croatia 90.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 15.0% flat
89 Ethiopia 90.55 terawatt-hours 2024 up 71.8% volatile
90 Puerto Rico 89.3 terawatt-hours 2024 down 4.2% rising
91 Cambodia 87.63 terawatt-hours 2024 up 217.5% volatile
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87.51 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.9% rising
93 Laos 84.59 terawatt-hours 2024 up 326.5% volatile
94 Cuba 84.26 terawatt-hours 2024 down 33.8% falling
95 Cote d'Ivoire 83.41 terawatt-hours 2024 up 76.1% volatile
96 Iceland 82.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 10.0% volatile
97 Tanzania 79.19 terawatt-hours 2024 up 71.0% volatile
98 Mongolia 76.83 terawatt-hours 2024 up 56.9% volatile
99 Georgia 71.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.4% rising
100 Lebanon 71.36 terawatt-hours 2024 down 22.1% rising
101 Slovenia 68.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.0% rising
102 Zimbabwe 67.52 terawatt-hours 2024 up 51.1% rising
103 Sudan 64.65 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.0% volatile
104 Lithuania 62.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.4% falling
105 Yemen 61.6 terawatt-hours 2024 down 36.5% rising
106 Mozambique 61.01 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.2% volatile
107 Honduras 56.74 terawatt-hours 2024 up 45.9% volatile
108 Brunei 56.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 27.4% rising
109 Kyrgyzstan 54.98 terawatt-hours 2024 up 10.9% rising
110 Paraguay 54.8 terawatt-hours 2024 up 50.5% volatile
111 Uruguay 53.51 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.3% rising
112 Tajikistan 53.4 terawatt-hours 2024 up 52.5% rising
113 Nepal 52.67 terawatt-hours 2024 up 124.4% volatile
114 Zambia 50.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 84.7% rising
115 Estonia 50 terawatt-hours 2025 down 25.3% falling
116 Senegal 49.96 terawatt-hours 2024 up 59.0% volatile
117 Armenia 49.78 terawatt-hours 2024 up 23.4% rising
118 Costa Rica 49.39 terawatt-hours 2024 up 21.0% rising
119 El Salvador 46.81 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.5% rising
120 Afghanistan 39.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.1% volatile
121 Malta 36.33 terawatt-hours 2024 up 36.4% volatile
122 Moldova 35.96 terawatt-hours 2024 down 14.4% flat
123 Jamaica 35.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 2.1% rising
124 Cameroon 35.03 terawatt-hours 2024 down 2.0% rising
125 Democratic Republic of Congo 34.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 7.5% rising
126 Luxembourg 34.09 terawatt-hours 2025 down 19.8% rising
127 Papua New Guinea 32.75 terawatt-hours 2024 up 54.0% rising
128 Latvia 32.65 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.4% falling
129 Cyprus 32.51 terawatt-hours 2025 up 13.7% rising
130 Uganda 31.86 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.7% volatile
131 Benin 31.41 terawatt-hours 2024 up 51.5% volatile
132 Equatorial Guinea 31.07 terawatt-hours 2024 up 1.5% volatile
133 Netherlands Antilles 29.41 terawatt-hours 2024 down 46.0% falling
134 Mali 29.03 terawatt-hours 2024 up 123.7% volatile
135 North Macedonia 28.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.8% falling
136 Palestine 27.04 terawatt-hours 2024 up 63.9% rising
137 Nicaragua 26.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.8% rising
138 Albania 25.59 terawatt-hours 2024 down 0.6% falling
139 Burkina Faso 25.02 terawatt-hours 2024 up 106.2% volatile
140 Botswana 24.73 terawatt-hours 2024 up 28.6% rising
141 Congo 24.43 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.9% volatile
142 Mauritius 23.96 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.3% volatile
143 Guinea 21.89 terawatt-hours 2024 up 109.3% volatile
144 Mauritania 19.68 terawatt-hours 2024 up 77.1% volatile
145 Namibia 18.96 terawatt-hours 2024 down 1.1% rising
146 Bhutan 17.8 terawatt-hours 2024 up 304.4% volatile
147 Gabon 17.17 terawatt-hours 2024 down 13.8% rising
148 Guyana 16.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 98.9% rising
149 Madagascar 16.42 terawatt-hours 2024 up 19.1% rising
150 New Caledonia 14.05 terawatt-hours 2024 down 24.4% rising
151 Macao 13.98 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.4% rising
152 Bahamas 13.9 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.5% flat
153 Niger 13.82 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.0% volatile
154 Togo 12.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 46.1% volatile
155 Montenegro 11.82 terawatt-hours 2024 up 19.8% flat
156 Fiji 10.17 terawatt-hours 2024 up 54.1% rising
157 United States Virgin Islands 9.86 terawatt-hours 2024 down 18.8% volatile
158 Suriname 9.85 terawatt-hours 2024 down 1.5% rising
159 Malawi 8.64 terawatt-hours 2024 up 33.8% rising
160 Rwanda 7.86 terawatt-hours 2024 up 86.8% rising
161 Chad 7.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 86.7% volatile
162 Maldives 7.75 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.9% volatile
163 South Sudan 7.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 11.9% rising
164 Haiti 7.09 terawatt-hours 2024 down 39.6% rising
165 Eswatini 6.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 26.9% rising
166 Sierra Leone 6.97 terawatt-hours 2024 up 37.1% rising
167 Somalia 6.79 terawatt-hours 2024 up 99.3% rising
168 Barbados 6.77 terawatt-hours 2024 up 5.6% rising
169 French Polynesia 5.72 terawatt-hours 2024 up 35.7% rising
170 Guam 5.59 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.2% volatile
171 Aruba 4.93 terawatt-hours 2024 down 0.7% rising
172 Belize 4.22 terawatt-hours 2024 up 52.0% rising
173 Seychelles 4.12 terawatt-hours 2024 down 5.5% rising
174 Lesotho 3.93 terawatt-hours 2024 up 15.1% volatile
175 Burundi 3.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 117.1% volatile
176 Faroe Islands 3.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 23.2% rising
177 Cayman Islands 3.55 terawatt-hours 2024 up 45.6% rising
178 Djibouti 3.51 terawatt-hours 2024 down 15.2% falling
179 Liberia 3.2 terawatt-hours 2024 down 34.0% volatile
180 Eritrea 3.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 32.3% falling
181 Antigua and Barbuda 3.12 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.9% rising
182 Cape Verde 3.11 terawatt-hours 2024 down 15.9% volatile
183 East Timor 2.78 terawatt-hours 2024 up 27.4% rising
184 Greenland 2.7 terawatt-hours 2024 up 0.4% rising
185 Saint Lucia 2.65 terawatt-hours 2024 up 44.7% volatile
186 Bermuda 2.41 terawatt-hours 2024 down 19.1% rising
187 American Samoa 2.32 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.0% falling
188 Gambia 2.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 1.8% rising
189 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.91 terawatt-hours 2024 up 130.4% volatile
190 Central African Republic 1.9 terawatt-hours 2024 up 125.7% rising
191 Grenada 1.68 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.0% rising
192 Comoros 1.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 126.2% volatile
193 Guinea-Bissau 1.52 terawatt-hours 2024 down 3.6% rising
194 Samoa 1.45 terawatt-hours 2024 up 24.8% rising
195 Vanuatu 1.35 terawatt-hours 2024 up 88.8% volatile
196 Solomon Islands 1.34 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.4% rising
197 Western Sahara 1.24 terawatt-hours 2024 up 16.2% rising
198 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 terawatt-hours 2024 up 13.7% volatile
199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.14 terawatt-hours 2024 up 20.0% volatile
200 Tonga 0.9219 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.3% rising
201 British Virgin Islands 0.7882 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.3% volatile
202 Dominica 0.7744 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.5% rising
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0.7419 terawatt-hours 2024 up 22.3% rising
204 Micronesia (country) 0.7021 terawatt-hours 2024 up 4.2% volatile
205 Cook Islands 0.504 terawatt-hours 2024 up 12.5% rising
206 Falkland Islands 0.494 terawatt-hours 2024 up 172.9% volatile
207 Nauru 0.3834 terawatt-hours 2024 up 22.8% falling
208 Kiribati 0.3596 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.8% volatile
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.3018 terawatt-hours 2024 down 24.4% falling
210 Montserrat 0.1876 terawatt-hours 2024 down 12.0% rising
211 Antarctica 0.0508 terawatt-hours 2024 down 10.0% volatile
212 Saint Helena 0.0443 terawatt-hours 2024 up 2.6% rising
213 Niue 0.0344 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.2% rising
214 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
214 Guadeloupe 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
214 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
214 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile

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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
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Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.