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Primary Energy Production, 1980

Figures for 1980, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Production, 1980 covers 132 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 65.163631; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.022542.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1980

HighestUnited States

65.163631

Lowest3 countries share it

0.000007

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Energy Production, 1980, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 132 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1980: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America65.16363176.03815
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.58916118.70535
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.1222428.96736
CanadaCANNorthern America4.8710877.83639
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.2790124.74682
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe3.0898393.26628
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.7519202.95293
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.5284562.61732
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.1247903.42849
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.7774898.16535
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.70178315.18896
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.5998432.63180
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.2944310.78277
MexicoMEXCentral America1.1531483.77117
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia0.8314050.93856
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.7391401.14155
BrazilBRASouth America0.6816973.00043
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.6709685.86857
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.6662471.48344
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.6640522.97710
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.5212581.86982
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0.4859020.77897
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.4666611.72453
HungaryHUNEastern Europe0.4021341.16816
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia0.3836240.08232

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. United States65.163631
  2. China14.589161
  3. United Kingdom5.122242
  4. Canada4.871087
  5. Poland4.279012

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Burundishared0.000007
  4. Guyana0.000017
  5. Bhutan0.000021

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.022542. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestUnited States76.03815

    LowestBhutan0.00009

    Middle country: 0.11662

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 128 distinct values among 132

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000007. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 132 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (1980). Primary Energy Production, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1980

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06Questions

Primary Energy Production, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy production in Primary Energy Production, 1980?

United States, at 65.163631, of the 132 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Production, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Primary Energy Production, 1980 cover?

132.

Where can I download Primary Energy Production, 1980?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Primary Energy Production, 1980 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Primary Energy Production, 2024.

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