Japan vs South Korea: Annual change in primary energy from oil

Japan
-28.5 terawatt-hours
in 2025
South Korea
-40.6 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
77th
South Korea rank
78th

Annual change in primary energy from oil over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
-400-2000200400196619952025

How they compare

Japan currently reports -28.5 terawatt-hours against -40.6 terawatt-hours in South Korea, a difference of 12.1 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 77th and South Korea ranks 78th of 79 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from oil
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, 4,598 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.