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Energy intensity of the economy (kWh per 2011$PPP) by country

Energy intensity is measured as primary energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product. This is measured in kilowatt-hours per 2011$ (PPP).

Countries reporting
161
Highest
5.51 kWh per 2011$PPP
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.055 kWh per 2011$PPP
Chad
Median
1.08 kWh per 2011$PPP
Years covered
52
1965–2016
Data points
6,650

What the numbers show

Energy intensity of the economy (kWh per 2011$PPP) is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 5.51 kWh per 2011$PPP in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.055 kWh per 2011$PPP in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.08 kWh per 2011$PPP, and the mean is 1.29 kWh per 2011$PPP.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 100.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 190.2%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 62.8%).

Energy intensity of the economy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 5.51 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 19.9% rising
2 Iceland 4.1 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 13.3% rising
3 Libya 3.99 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 190.2% rising
4 Paraguay 3.65 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 25.8% rising
5 Bahrain 3.62 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 18.2% falling
6 Mozambique 2.99 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 9.1% volatile
7 Turkmenistan 2.79 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 30.4% falling
8 Malta 2.68 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 14.0% rising
9 Singapore 2.49 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 11.3% falling
10 Canada 2.47 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 7.5% falling
11 Barbados 2.43 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 56.1% rising
12 Ukraine 2.41 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 42.5% falling
13 Russia 2.41 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 31.7% falling
14 Iran 2.4 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 24.7% rising
15 Tajikistan 2.33 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 44.3% falling
16 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2.31 kWh per 2011$PPP 2015 down 62.0% falling
17 South Africa 2.27 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.3% flat
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 2.1 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 28.9% flat
19 Estonia 2.09 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 15.4% falling
20 China (People’s Republic of) 2.09 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 18.0% flat
21 Saudi Arabia 2.03 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 14.3% flat
22 Kyrgyzstan 2.01 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 56.4% falling
23 Oman 2 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 12.1% rising
24 Seychelles 1.97 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 29.0% rising
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.97 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.2% volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 1.97 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 31.4% falling
27 Syrian Arab Republic 1.9 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 40.8% rising
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.85 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 40.3% rising
29 Moldova 1.85 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 42.2% falling
30 Qatar 1.85 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 10.1% volatile
31 Korea 1.83 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 1.0% rising
32 Kazakhstan 1.79 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 36.8% falling
33 Jamaica 1.76 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 38.4% falling
34 Mongolia 1.75 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 32.7% volatile
35 Uzbekistan 1.72 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 62.8% falling
36 Malaysia 1.7 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 20.1% rising
37 Kuwait 1.65 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 1.1% rising
38 Bulgaria 1.64 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 37.2% falling
39 Belgium 1.63 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 21.3% falling
40 New Zealand 1.56 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 22.5% falling
41 Serbia 1.56 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 25.8% falling
42 Finland 1.55 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 20.3% falling
43 Panama 1.55 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 8.1% falling
44 Thailand 1.55 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 3.1% rising
45 Australia 1.53 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 13.7% falling
46 Armenia 1.5 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 26.8% falling
46 Viet Nam 1.5 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 32.4% falling
48 Georgia 1.5 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 13.0% falling
49 Jordan 1.49 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 41.7% falling
50 Belarus 1.49 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 44.8% falling
50 United States of America 1.49 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 15.6% falling
52 Cuba 1.47 kWh per 2011$PPP 2015 down 16.0% falling
53 Czechia 1.4 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 33.8% falling
54 Chinese Taipei 1.37 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.9% falling
55 Liberia 1.36 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 25.4% volatile
56 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.35 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 23.6% falling
57 Djibouti 1.35 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.5% falling
58 Sweden 1.35 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 21.4% falling
59 Congo 1.35 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 155.8% rising
60 Slovenia 1.33 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 22.3% falling
61 Norway 1.33 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 6.1% falling
62 Honduras 1.27 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 25.3% rising
63 Slovak Republic 1.26 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 43.0% falling
64 Dominica 1.25 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 2.0% rising
65 Argentina 1.21 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 6.6% flat
66 Lebanon 1.2 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 10.1% flat
67 Cyprus 1.19 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 20.8% falling
68 Netherlands 1.19 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 20.5% falling
69 Brazil 1.18 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.3% falling
70 Azerbaijan 1.17 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 58.2% volatile
71 Greece 1.17 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 15.4% falling
72 Algeria 1.16 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 17.6% rising
73 Poland 1.15 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 38.6% falling
74 Mexico 1.15 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 13.9% rising
75 Albania 1.15 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 23.4% volatile
76 Japan 1.13 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.2% falling
77 Chile 1.11 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 23.8% falling
78 India 1.1 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 22.6% rising
79 Hungary 1.1 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 33.4% falling
80 Ecuador 1.09 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 6.8% rising
81 Israel 1.08 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 18.1% falling
82 Spain 1.06 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 16.6% falling
82 Türkiye 1.06 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 3.2% rising
84 Montenegro 1.06 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 36.8% falling
85 Portugal 1.06 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.8% flat
86 Luxembourg 1.05 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 46.1% volatile
87 France 1.04 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 26.8% falling
87 Saint Lucia 1.04 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 47.0% rising
89 North Macedonia 1.04 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 40.7% falling
90 Uruguay 1.03 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 10.9% falling
91 Cape Verde 1.02 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 25.8% volatile
92 Austria 1.01 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 20.8% falling
93 Nicaragua 1 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.8% falling
94 Croatia 0.999 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 27.6% falling
95 Benin 0.995 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 7.9% rising
96 Iraq 0.991 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 52.2% volatile
97 Mauritius 0.989 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 9.6% rising
98 Hong Kong (China) 0.986 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 15.2% falling
99 Tunisia 0.979 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 10.3% falling
100 Germany 0.965 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 23.7% falling
101 Latvia 0.95 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 22.3% falling
102 Egypt 0.936 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 38.9% falling
103 Mauritania 0.933 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 24.2% volatile
104 Costa Rica 0.925 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 19.3% rising
105 Romania 0.923 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 47.5% falling
106 Togo 0.921 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 43.9% rising
107 Haiti 0.894 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 49.5% rising
108 Cambodia 0.879 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 81.2% rising
109 Pakistan 0.868 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 27.2% rising
110 Gabon 0.867 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 41.9% falling
111 Senegal 0.865 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.3% flat
111 Sao Tome and Principe 0.865 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 21.2% rising
113 United Kingdom 0.863 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 24.5% falling
114 Lithuania 0.859 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 48.4% volatile
115 Peru 0.849 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 0.5% falling
116 Morocco 0.84 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 22.7% rising
117 Italy 0.839 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 23.6% falling
118 Colombia 0.823 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 19.6% falling
119 Guatemala 0.798 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 1.0% rising
120 El Salvador 0.784 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 12.9% falling
121 Ghana 0.77 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 7.0% falling
122 Indonesia 0.757 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 47.5% rising
123 Denmark 0.756 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 35.4% falling
124 Palestine, State of 0.749 kWh per 2011$PPP 2015 down 15.2% rising
125 Lesotho 0.742 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 7.2% volatile
126 Sierra Leone 0.714 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 39.2% falling
127 Guinea-Bissau 0.711 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 2.0% rising
127 Puerto Rico 0.711 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 29.3% falling
129 Cameroon 0.708 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 5.0% falling
130 Namibia 0.707 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 31.3% falling
131 Dominican Republic 0.706 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 25.2% falling
132 Angola 0.703 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 13.7% falling
133 Bangladesh 0.7 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 16.9% rising
134 Ireland 0.688 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.1% volatile
135 Equatorial Guinea 0.68 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.3% volatile
136 Mali 0.657 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 57.9% rising
137 Botswana 0.643 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 7.7% falling
138 Central African Republic 0.638 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 35.5% rising
139 Guinea 0.627 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 39.2% rising
140 Nepal 0.625 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 30.8% rising
141 Kenya 0.623 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 14.7% falling
142 Philippines 0.614 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.7% falling
143 Gambia 0.613 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 16.1% rising
144 Switzerland 0.587 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 37.2% falling
145 Comoros 0.583 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 19.7% rising
146 Niger 0.581 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 56.6% rising
147 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.568 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 34.2% rising
148 Afghanistan 0.556 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 161.0% volatile
149 Madagascar 0.541 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 18.1% flat
150 Sudan 0.524 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.2% rising
151 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.514 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 12.2% rising
152 Nigeria 0.512 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 13.8% rising
153 Burkina Faso 0.467 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 76.2% rising
154 Malawi 0.454 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 15.5% flat
155 Ethiopia 0.438 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 11.3% rising
156 Eswatini 0.406 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 17.6% falling
157 Uganda 0.368 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 12.5% rising
158 Sri Lanka 0.342 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 35.8% falling
159 Rwanda 0.246 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 5.6% volatile
160 Burundi 0.222 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 up 42.3% rising
161 Chad 0.055 kWh per 2011$PPP 2016 down 25.7% volatile

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Indicator
Energy intensity of the economy (kWh per 2011$PPP)
Unit
kWh per 2011$PPP
Source
Our World in Data based on BP; World Bank; and Maddison Project Database
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
161 places, 6,650 data points, 1965–2016
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Energy intensity is measured as primary energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product. This is measured in kilowatt-hours per 2011$ (PPP).