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Primary Energy Production, 1981

Figures for 1981, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Production, 1981 covers 132 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 65.011741; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.017953. Against 1980, 119 values changed (79 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1981

HighestUnited States

65.011741

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America65.01174174.159420
ChinaCHNEastern Asia14.58370018.507782
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.0647298.525718
CanadaCANNorthern America4.9060577.625951
PolandPOLEastern Europe3.7018684.365876
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.1364883.007289
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.8663603.069219
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.8087832.823117
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2.3218833.855203
FranceFRAWestern Europe2.0736767.783082
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.72807715.171202
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.6566772.592889
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3413880.759632
MexicoMEXCentral America1.2467844.107355
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0.9124360.660843
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia0.8644170.976446
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.8069873.074912
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.7539071.238939
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.7336471.614631
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.7176725.742945
BrazilBRASouth America0.7035892.875795
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.5905082.018999
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.5724111.675395
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.5504781.953887
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.4542441.574903

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States65.011741
  2. China14.583700
  3. United Kingdom5.064729
  4. Canada4.906057
  5. Poland3.701868

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Burundishared0.000007
  4. Guyana0.000017
  5. Samoashared0.000024

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.017953. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 132 in both
  • 79 · 40rose · fell
  • 13unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • 129 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.

05The 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) (1981). Primary Energy Production, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1981

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07Questions

Primary Energy Production, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy production in Primary Energy Production, 1981?

United States, at 65.011741, of the 132 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Production, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Primary Energy Production, 1981 cover?

132.

Where can I download Primary Energy Production, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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