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Primary Energy Production, 1987

Figures for 1987, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Production, 1987 covers 137 countries on 2 measures. United States is highest, at 65.659019; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000007. The middle country reads 0.087346. Against 1986, 130 values changed (76 up, 54 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 1987

HighestUnited States

65.659019

Lowest2 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, 1987, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 137 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 1987: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
United StatesUSANorthern America65.65901977.16084
ChinaCHNEastern Asia27.34950825.68351
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe10.4130919.01579
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia10.2356533.06626
CanadaCANNorthern America9.7885078.13625
MexicoMEXCentral America7.2448514.41379
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand6.0901873.41582
IranIRNSouthern Asia5.6657942.48731
PolandPOLEastern Europe4.8883775.41967
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4.8647555.62726
VenezuelaVENSouth America4.7224061.70572
IraqIRQWestern Asia4.6349380.63316
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia4.3795261.69079
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.3264941.06889
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.2127161.13488
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.9427573.60236
NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.6144220.85586
FranceFRAWestern Europe3.4911258.26930
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa2.9256570.59548
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.84938116.06124
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia2.8119130.53670
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.7061453.23609
BrazilBRASouth America2.4145353.59828
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa2.3735890.45382
RomaniaROUEastern Europe2.2839652.90556

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. United States65.659019
  2. China27.349508
  3. United Kingdom10.413091
  4. Saudi Arabia10.235653
  5. Canada9.788507

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guineashared0.000007
  2. Comorosshared0.000007
  3. Guyana0.000017
  4. São Tomé and Príncipe0.000027
  5. Dominica0.000048

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.087346. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 130values changed, of 136 in both
  • 76 · 54rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

Rose most

  • Iran4.596873 → 5.665794+1.068922
  • Iraq3.681227 → 4.634938+0.953711
  • China26.411543 → 27.349508+0.937965
  • United States64.889589 → 65.659019+0.769430
  • Canada9.161599 → 9.788507+0.626908

Fell most

+ Yemen

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

  • 136 distinct values among 137

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 20 decimals. 2 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 137 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) (1987). Primary Energy Production, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/1987

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07Questions

Primary Energy Production, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy production in Primary Energy Production, 1987?

United States, at 65.659019, of the 137 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Production, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Primary Energy Production, 1987 cover?

137.

Where can I download Primary Energy Production, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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