United States vs USSR: Annual change in primary energy from gas

United States

119.16 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

421.28 terawatt-hours

in 1984

United States rank

1st

USSR rank

1st

Annual change in primary energy from gas over time

USSR currently reports 421.28 terawatt-hours against 119.16 terawatt-hours in United States, a difference of 302.13 terawatt-hours.

That makes USSR's figure about 3.5 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1966 it was United States ahead.

United States ranks 1st 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.