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Primary Energy Production, 2019

Figures for 2019, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Energy Production, 2019 covers 204 countries on 2 measures. China is highest, at 114.922647; Comoros is lowest, at 0.000001. The middle country reads 0.075596. Against 2018, 193 values changed (114 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Energy Production · Data for 2019

HighestChina

114.922647

LowestComoros

0.000001

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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 204 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Energy Production, 2019: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia114.922647143.93173
United StatesUSANorthern America97.60305096.59528
RussiaRUSEastern Europe64.40167231.41800
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia28.28612011.07509
CanadaCANNorthern America20.93491512.74456
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18.6656126.05623
IndiaINDSouthern Asia16.93527330.34727
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia16.8584477.86186
IranIRNSouthern Asia16.00619712.16900
IraqIRQWestern Asia10.5596692.74465
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia10.4716874.30231
BrazilBRASouth America10.3057769.84539
QatarQATWestern Asia9.6535222.12925
NorwayNORNorthern Europe8.3541061.21511
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia7.7667793.15108
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.0496411.78220
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6.4701252.61240
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa6.0672481.74856
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa5.8592685.91158
MexicoMEXCentral America5.6326497.77371
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5.0238347.61423
ColombiaCOLSouth America4.8544201.48447
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.5258499.62647
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia4.2709933.85921
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa4.0077223.61798

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. China114.922647
  2. United States97.603050
  3. Russia64.401672
  4. Saudi Arabia28.286120
  5. Canada20.934915

Lowest

  1. Comoros0.000001
  2. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000003
  3. Djiboutishared0.000003
  4. Nauru0.000007
  5. Guinea-Bissau0.000010

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.075596. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Primary energy consumed (quadrillion Btu)

    HighestChina143.93173

    LowestKiribati0.00108

    Middle country: 0.19306

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 204 in both
  • 114 · 79rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran18.438381 → 16.006197−2.432183
  • Venezuela4.510106 → 2.973446−1.536660
  • Saudi Arabia29.634725 → 28.286120−1.348605
  • Norway8.851650 → 8.354106−0.497544
  • Mexico6.037275 → 5.632649−0.404626

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
  • 199 distinct values among 204

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 21 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000020. 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 204 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) (2019). Primary Energy Production, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/energy-production/2019

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07Questions

Primary Energy Production, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest energy production in Primary Energy Production, 2019?

China, at 114.922647, of the 204 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Energy Production, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Primary Energy Production, 2019 cover?

204.

Where can I download Primary Energy Production, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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