Saudi Arabia vs USSR: Annual change in primary energy from gas

Saudi Arabia

101.86 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

421.28 terawatt-hours

in 1984

Saudi Arabia rank

2nd

USSR rank

1st

Annual change in primary energy from gas over time

USSR currently reports 421.28 terawatt-hours against 101.86 terawatt-hours in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 319.42 terawatt-hours.

That makes USSR's figure about 4.1 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Saudi Arabia ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 1st of 76 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in primary energy from gas
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: 79 places, 4,097 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.