Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP) by country
Energy intensity level of primary energy is the ratio between energy supply and gross domestic product measured at purchasing power parity. Energy intensity is an indication of how much energy is used to produce one unit of economic output. Lower ratio indicates that less energy is used to produce one unit of output.
Countries reporting
201
Highest
18.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0.5 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
Puerto Rico
Median
3.91 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
5,534
What the numbers show
Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 18.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0.5 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP in Puerto Rico.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.91 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP, and the mean is 4.68 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 182.5%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 56.4%).
Energy intensity level of primary energy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 14.77 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 3 | Palau | 13.8 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 4 | Liberia | 13.76 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 13.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mozambique | 11.95 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 8 | Iceland | 11.93 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 10.96 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 10 | Curacao | 10.39 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 10.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 12 | Uganda | 9.86 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 13 | Iran | 9.32 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 14 | Bahrain | 9.23 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 15 | Bhutan | 9.04 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 16 | Lesotho | 9.02 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 9 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 18 | Togo | 8.6 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 19 | Russia | 8.46 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 20 | Venezuela | 8.32 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 8.31 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 7.82 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 23 | Kuwait | 7.75 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 7.55 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 25 | Burundi | 7.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Oman | 7.21 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 7.2 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 28 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.12 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mongolia | 6.96 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.95 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 31 | Ukraine | 6.89 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 32 | Kiribati | 6.82 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 6.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 33 | Nauru | 6.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 35 | Congo | 6.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 36 | Micronesia (country) | 6.62 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 37 | Nigeria | 6.57 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 6.57 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 39 | Somalia | 6.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 40 | North Korea | 6.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 6.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 6.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 43 | Canada | 6.44 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 44 | Tanzania | 6.38 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 6.37 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei | 6.33 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 47 | China | 6.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 48 | Mali | 6.26 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 6.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 50 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.95 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.9 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 52 | Haiti | 5.88 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 52 | South Sudan | 5.88 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 5.81 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 5.81 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 5.63 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 57 | Algeria | 5.61 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.53 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 5.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 5.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 60 | Samoa | 5.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 5.29 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 63 | Libya | 5.26 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 64 | Niger | 5.19 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 5.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 66 | South Korea | 5.11 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 5.04 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia | 5.02 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 69 | Iraq | 4.96 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Cambodia | 4.96 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea | 4.95 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 72 | Sudan | 4.83 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 73 | Finland | 4.82 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 74 | Benin | 4.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 75 | Kenya | 4.76 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 4.74 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 4.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.69 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 78 | Moldova | 4.69 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 80 | Laos | 4.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 4.49 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 4.44 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 84 | Guatemala | 4.42 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 4.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Comoros | 4.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 4.29 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 4.29 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 89 | Cameroon | 4.23 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 4.22 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 91 | India | 4.21 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 91 | Pakistan | 4.21 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 93 | Chad | 4.2 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Myanmar | 4.17 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 94 | United States | 4.17 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 96 | Australia | 4.12 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 96 | Estonia | 4.12 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 4.03 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 98 | Tonga | 4.03 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 100 | Czechia | 3.98 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 101 | Armenia | 3.91 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia | 3.89 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 102 | Eswatini | 3.89 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 104 | Brazil | 3.87 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 105 | Jamaica | 3.85 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 105 | Vietnam | 3.85 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 107 | Slovakia | 3.83 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 108 | Barbados | 3.76 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 109 | Mauritania | 3.74 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 110 | Tunisia | 3.7 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 111 | Georgia | 3.64 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.64 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 113 | Senegal | 3.58 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 3.55 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 115 | New Zealand | 3.52 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 116 | Rwanda | 3.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 3.45 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 118 | Montenegro | 3.43 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 119 | Belgium | 3.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 119 | Paraguay | 3.4 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 121 | Jordan | 3.39 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 122 | Malawi | 3.33 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 124 | Argentina | 3.29 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 125 | Ecuador | 3.26 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 3.26 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 127 | Sweden | 3.24 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 3.22 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 3.21 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 130 | Chile | 3.19 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 131 | Gambia | 3.16 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 132 | Japan | 3.15 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 132 | Slovenia | 3.15 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 134 | Poland | 3.13 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 135 | Hungary | 3.12 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 136 | Angola | 3.1 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 136 | Palestine | 3.1 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 138 | Egypt | 3.06 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 139 | Morocco | 3.05 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 140 | Indonesia | 3.04 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 141 | Mexico | 3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 142 | Dominica | 2.95 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 2.94 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 2.94 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 143 | Uruguay | 2.94 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Aruba | 2.9 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 2.88 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 147 | Latvia | 2.88 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 149 | France | 2.83 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 150 | Maldives | 2.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 150 | Tuvalu | 2.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 2.78 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 153 | Croatia | 2.75 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 154 | Seychelles | 2.69 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 155 | Botswana | 2.68 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 2.67 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.63 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 158 | Lithuania | 2.59 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 159 | Greece | 2.58 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 2.58 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 161 | Austria | 2.55 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 162 | Spain | 2.53 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 162 | Netherlands | 2.53 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 2.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 165 | Germany | 2.47 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.43 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 2.42 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 167 | East Timor | 2.42 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 2.36 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 170 | Portugal | 2.31 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 171 | Israel | 2.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 171 | Italy | 2.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 171 | Peru | 2.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 174 | Turkey | 2.27 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 175 | Colombia | 2.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 2.17 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 177 | Fiji | 2.15 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 177 | Mauritius | 2.15 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 179 | Romania | 2.12 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 181 | Yemen | 2.07 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 182 | Albania | 2.06 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 182 | Guyana | 2.06 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 184 | United Kingdom | 2.04 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 185 | Djibouti | 2.03 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 1.93 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 186 | Cayman Islands | 1.93 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 188 | Costa Rica | 1.91 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 189 | Denmark | 1.83 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 190 | Andorra | 1.81 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 1.71 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 192 | Sri Lanka | 1.67 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 193 | Bermuda | 1.51 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 194 | Switzerland | 1.48 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 195 | Panama | 1.41 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 196 | Cuba | 1.35 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 197 | Malta | 1.18 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 198 | Hong Kong | 1.17 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2021 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 199 | Macao | 1.13 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 182.5% | falling |
| 200 | Ireland | 0.97 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 201 | Puerto Rico | 0.5 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Caribbean small states 9.53 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Low income 7.14 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Africa Eastern and Southern 6.55 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.14 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.14 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.14 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Pre-demographic dividend 5.92 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.83 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 5.8 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Late-demographic dividend 5.79 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- Africa Western and Central 5.72 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.69 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP
About this data
Energy intensity level of primary energy is the ratio between energy supply and gross domestic product measured at purchasing power parity. Energy intensity is an indication of how much energy is used to produce one unit of economic output. Lower ratio indicates that less energy is used to produce one unit of output.