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environmental2024

Primary energy consumption from fossil fuels

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•79 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,739.5terawatt-hours
Median: 510.0terawatt-hours
Countries Covered
79
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
38,907.3terawatt-hours
Lowest
Iceland
12.6terawatt-hours
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China38,907.3terawatt-hours
2United States of America21,166.6terawatt-hours
3India10,111.4terawatt-hours
4Russian Federation7,940.7terawatt-hours
5Japan3,950.9terawatt-hours
By Region
North America8,608.0terawatt-hours(3 countries)
Asia3,382.9terawatt-hours(23 countries)
Other1,224.7terawatt-hours(10 countries)
Africa839.6terawatt-hours(4 countries)
Oceania774.1terawatt-hours(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (12.6terawatt-hours)High (38,907.3terawatt-hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,739.5terawatt-hours)

North America (3)
Asia (23)
Other (10)
Africa (4)
Oceania (2)
South America (6)
Europe (31)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1People's Republic of China38,907.3terawatt-hours
2United States of America21,166.6terawatt-hours
3India10,111.4terawatt-hours
4Russian Federation7,940.7terawatt-hours
5Japan3,950.9terawatt-hours
6Islamic Republic of Iran3,517.0terawatt-hours
7Saudi Arabia3,265.0terawatt-hours
8South Korea2,969.1terawatt-hours
9Indonesia2,663.0terawatt-hours
10Canada2,575.7terawatt-hours
11Germany2,400.5terawatt-hours
12Mexico2,081.6terawatt-hours
13Brazil1,889.2terawatt-hours
14Türkiye1,667.2terawatt-hours
15Australia1,413.4terawatt-hours
16United Kingdom1,409.7terawatt-hours
17United Arab Emirates1,380.6terawatt-hours
18Italy1,329.9terawatt-hours
19Thailand1,312.6terawatt-hours
20South Africa1,291.9terawatt-hours
21Malaysia1,262.2terawatt-hours
22France1,144.7terawatt-hours
23Vietnam1,143.4terawatt-hours
24Taiwan, Province of China1,140.8terawatt-hours
25Egypt1,057.1terawatt-hours
26Spain1,051.9terawatt-hours
27Singapore1,047.9terawatt-hours
28Poland972.7terawatt-hours
29Kazakhstan815.4terawatt-hours
30Argentina805.2terawatt-hours
31Algeria758.2terawatt-hours
32Netherlands742.6terawatt-hours
33Iraq732.2terawatt-hours
34Pakistan715.0terawatt-hours
35Uzbekistan661.9terawatt-hours
36Qatar648.3terawatt-hours
37Philippines572.5terawatt-hours
38Kuwait524.6terawatt-hours
39Bangladesh522.9terawatt-hours
40Venezuela510.0terawatt-hours
41Belgium489.9terawatt-hours
42Colombia448.7terawatt-hours
43Oman441.6terawatt-hours
44Ukraine417.1terawatt-hours
45Turkmenistan371.1terawatt-hours
46Chile345.4terawatt-hours
47Czech Republic279.6terawatt-hours
48Belarus271.5terawatt-hours
49Peru270.5terawatt-hours
50Hong Kong270.0terawatt-hours
51Romania257.5terawatt-hours
52Morocco251.0terawatt-hours
53Greece250.5terawatt-hours
54Israel249.1terawatt-hours
55Austria228.1terawatt-hours
56Azerbaijan198.7terawatt-hours
57Hungary186.6terawatt-hours
58Ecuador169.6terawatt-hours
59Sweden164.2terawatt-hours
60Trinidad and Tobago159.8terawatt-hours
61Portugal159.5terawatt-hours
62Norway150.1terawatt-hours
63Switzerland142.7terawatt-hours
64Ireland139.9terawatt-hours
65New Zealand134.8terawatt-hours
66Finland120.3terawatt-hours
67Bulgaria120.0terawatt-hours
68Slovakia114.6terawatt-hours
69Denmark112.0terawatt-hours
70Sri Lanka84.3terawatt-hours
71Croatia73.3terawatt-hours
72Lithuania55.5terawatt-hours
73Estonia45.4terawatt-hours
74Slovenia44.3terawatt-hours
75Luxembourg33.9terawatt-hours
76Cyprus29.6terawatt-hours
77Latvia26.8terawatt-hours
78The Republic of North Macedonia24.6terawatt-hours
79Iceland12.6terawatt-hours
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Topics

#environmental#terawatt-hours#primary#energy#consumption#from#fossil#fuels

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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