Primary energy use by source by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
1,128 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Iraq
Median
3.67 terawatt-hours
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,686

What the numbers show

Primary energy use by source is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1,128 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.67 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 34.8 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 14,768.6%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 28.6%).

Primary energy use by source: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1,128 terawatt-hours 2025 up 507.7% volatile
2 United States 469.08 terawatt-hours 2025 up 143.5% volatile
3 Germany 133.68 terawatt-hours 2025 up 65.8% volatile
4 Brazil 115.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 435.6% volatile
5 India 104.01 terawatt-hours 2025 up 217.7% volatile
6 United Kingdom 87.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 116.3% volatile
7 Spain 59.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 21.5% volatile
8 Canada 52.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 95.0% volatile
9 France 50.3 terawatt-hours 2025 up 130.9% volatile
10 Australia 39.59 terawatt-hours 2025 up 234.6% volatile
11 Turkey 39.49 terawatt-hours 2025 up 238.9% volatile
12 Sweden 38.67 terawatt-hours 2025 up 136.9% volatile
13 Netherlands 32.69 terawatt-hours 2025 up 333.0% volatile
14 Poland 24.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 121.8% volatile
15 Finland 23.39 terawatt-hours 2025 up 905.2% volatile
16 Mexico 21.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 144.0% volatile
17 Italy 21.49 terawatt-hours 2025 up 44.8% volatile
18 Denmark 19.08 terawatt-hours 2025 up 35.0% volatile
19 Argentina 18.63 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3,040.2% volatile
20 Vietnam 14.65 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12,010.5% volatile
21 Norway 14.27 terawatt-hours 2025 up 467.2% volatile
22 Portugal 13.8 terawatt-hours 2025 up 18.9% volatile
23 Belgium 13.43 terawatt-hours 2025 up 141.0% volatile
24 Japan 12.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 145.8% volatile
25 Taiwan 12.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 700.0% volatile
26 Chile 12.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 476.9% volatile
28 South Africa 11.3 terawatt-hours 2025 up 267.9% volatile
29 Greece 10.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 128.6% volatile
30 Egypt 9.93 terawatt-hours 2025 up 424.0% volatile
31 Morocco 9.19 terawatt-hours 2025 up 264.9% volatile
32 Austria 8.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 76.7% volatile
33 Romania 6.05 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.4% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 5.08 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3,757.9% volatile
35 Lithuania 4.18 terawatt-hours 2025 up 416.2% volatile
36 Pakistan 3.98 terawatt-hours 2025 up 565.5% volatile
37 Peru 3.96 terawatt-hours 2025 up 565.9% volatile
38 Russia 3.89 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,526.4% volatile
39 New Zealand 3.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 61.9% volatile
40 South Korea 3.67 terawatt-hours 2025 up 173.1% volatile
41 Thailand 3.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 986.0% volatile
42 Uzbekistan 3.14 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
43 Croatia 3.05 terawatt-hours 2025 up 282.9% volatile
44 Saudi Arabia 1.59 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
45 Estonia 1.47 terawatt-hours 2025 up 106.2% volatile
46 Bulgaria 1.28 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.7% volatile
47 Philippines 1.23 terawatt-hours 2025 up 64.5% volatile
48 Iran 1.17 terawatt-hours 2025 up 731.4% volatile
49 Ukraine 0.9279 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.4% volatile
50 Sri Lanka 0.8243 terawatt-hours 2025 up 140.2% volatile
51 Israel 0.7569 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11,368.6% volatile
52 Czechia 0.665 terawatt-hours 2025 up 16.1% volatile
53 Hungary 0.5792 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.4% volatile
54 Indonesia 0.4657 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12,487.1% volatile
56 North Macedonia 0.2765 terawatt-hours 2025 up 129.0% volatile
57 United Arab Emirates 0.2214 terawatt-hours 2025 up 14,768.6% volatile
58 Latvia 0.2035 terawatt-hours 2025 up 38.4% volatile
59 Cyprus 0.1972 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.1% volatile
60 Ecuador 0.1883 terawatt-hours 2025 up 90.6% volatile
61 Venezuela 0.1759 terawatt-hours 2025 up 135.6% volatile
62 Azerbaijan 0.1697 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3,589.1% volatile
63 Belarus 0.1667 terawatt-hours 2025 up 327.3% volatile
64 Switzerland 0.158 terawatt-hours 2025 up 43.6% volatile
65 Colombia 0.1549 terawatt-hours 2025 up 126.5% volatile
66 Oman 0.1311 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
67 Bangladesh 0.0638 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,154.9% volatile
68 Kuwait 0.0446 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
69 Algeria 0.0136 terawatt-hours 2025 down 28.6% volatile
70 Iceland 0.0104 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.4% volatile
71 Slovenia 0.0068 terawatt-hours 2025 up 13.4% volatile
72 Slovakia 0.005 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.9% volatile
73 Hong Kong 0.0009 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.1% volatile
74 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours 2025 unchanged volatile
75 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
75 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
75 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
75 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
75 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat

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 by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.