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Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) by country

Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

Countries reporting
174
Highest
16,343 kg of oil equivalent per capita
Qatar
Lowest
65.47 kg of oil equivalent per capita
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1,284 kg of oil equivalent per capita
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,675

What the numbers show

Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 16,343 kg of oil equivalent per capita in Qatar; the lowest is 65.47 kg of oil equivalent per capita in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,284 kg of oil equivalent per capita, and the mean is 2,032 kg of oil equivalent per capita.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 250.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 97.4%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 68.8%).

Energy use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 16,343 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 20.8% flat
2 Iceland 15,997 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 10.9% rising
3 Trinidad and Tobago 10,590 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 26.1% rising
4 Bahrain 10,512 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 6.3% falling
5 United Arab Emirates 9,140 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 5.6% falling
6 Kuwait 8,952 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 8.5% rising
7 Brunei 8,658 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 17.0% rising
8 Canada 7,161 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 8.0% flat
9 Saudi Arabia 7,149 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 3.4% rising
10 United States 6,361 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 8.0% falling
11 Oman 5,908 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 6.9% rising
12 Finland 5,614 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 10.1% flat
13 Russia 5,498 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 11.8% rising
14 South Korea 5,439 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 5.9% rising
15 Singapore 5,283 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 0.2% rising
16 Norway 4,775 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 13.6% flat
17 Australia 4,751 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 12.1% flat
18 Turkmenistan 4,559 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 15.3% rising
19 Luxembourg 4,552 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 33.8% falling
20 Sweden 4,308 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 13.8% falling
21 Belgium 4,078 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 13.3% falling
22 Kazakhstan 3,651 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 21.4% rising
23 Curacao 3,589 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 68.8% falling
24 New Zealand 3,557 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 20.5% flat
25 Czechia 3,416 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 14.3% falling
26 Netherlands 3,416 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 19.0% falling
27 Iran 3,399 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 23.2% rising
28 Austria 3,242 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 13.5% rising
29 Gibraltar 3,214 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 20.6% falling
30 France 3,185 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 15.2% falling
31 Slovenia 3,025 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 6.5% rising
32 Slovakia 3,011 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 0.1% falling
33 Malaysia 3,009 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 4.8% rising
34 Japan 3,006 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 12.8% falling
35 Belarus 2,856 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 0.5% falling
36 China 2,851 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 33.4% rising
37 Germany 2,825 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 25.6% falling
38 Estonia 2,709 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 35.9% falling
39 Libya 2,662 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 3.1% flat
40 Poland 2,647 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 7.0% rising
41 Bulgaria 2,604 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 10.7% rising
42 Lithuania 2,603 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 9.5% falling
43 Hungary 2,514 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 3.7% rising
44 Denmark 2,502 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 13.1% falling
45 Switzerland 2,492 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 17.8% falling
46 Israel 2,477 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 2.0% falling
47 Ireland 2,468 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 9.5% falling
48 Seychelles 2,411 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
49 Serbia 2,378 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 14.2% rising
50 Spain 2,304 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 6.3% falling
51 Latvia 2,271 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 4.3% rising
52 Croatia 2,237 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 12.4% rising
53 Italy 2,231 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 8.3% falling
54 Mongolia 2,176 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 22.9% rising
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,171 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 21.5% rising
56 United Kingdom 2,069 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 25.2% falling
57 Gabon 2,042 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 26.3% rising
58 Chile 2,029 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 4.3% rising
59 Bahamas 2,007 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — falling
60 South Africa 1,939 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 17.2% flat
61 Turkey 1,925 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 24.7% rising
62 Greece 1,921 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 9.7% falling
63 Thailand 1,851 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 4.8% rising
64 Portugal 1,815 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 10.8% flat
65 Antigua and Barbuda 1,787 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
66 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,777 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
67 Uruguay 1,772 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 28.5% rising
68 Argentina 1,737 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 9.2% rising
69 Azerbaijan 1,732 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 15.6% falling
70 Montenegro 1,722 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 9.4% falling
71 Suriname 1,695 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 1.1% rising
72 Cyprus 1,673 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 1.6% falling
73 Romania 1,601 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 0.7% falling
74 Mexico 1,559 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 1.5% flat
75 Georgia 1,530 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 36.8% flat
76 Hong Kong 1,518 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 20.4% flat
77 Brazil 1,512 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 0.7% rising
78 Ukraine 1,508 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 40.1% falling
79 Iraq 1,506 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 28.1% falling
80 Algeria 1,503 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 18.0% rising
81 Barbados 1,478 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
82 North Macedonia 1,450 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 0.6% rising
83 Malta 1,398 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 23.3% falling
84 Uzbekistan 1,394 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 3.0% falling
85 Venezuela 1,331 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 47.4% falling
86 Armenia 1,300 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 35.5% rising
87 Moldova 1,297 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 9.5% falling
88 Equatorial Guinea 1,271 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 26.4% volatile
89 Botswana 1,250 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 4.1% rising
91 Mauritius 1,172 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 8.0% rising
92 Paraguay 1,044 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 25.0% rising
93 Costa Rica 1,024 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 3.7% rising
94 Panama 1,020 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 1.8% rising
95 Vietnam 1,018 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 50.9% rising
96 Dominican Republic 1,012 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 32.7% rising
97 Eswatini 1,007 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 1.5% flat
98 Indonesia 982.41 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 40.1% rising
99 Ecuador 949.27 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 4.1% rising
100 Guatemala 934.93 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 26.5% rising
101 Jamaica 934.89 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 0.5% falling
102 Egypt 928.39 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 12.5% rising
103 Maldives 921.48 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
104 Tunisia 901.54 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 3.7% rising
105 Albania 889.36 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 7.7% rising
106 Laos 880.6 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 97.4% rising
107 Bolivia 847.31 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 21.2% rising
108 Colombia 840.64 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 down 6.3% rising
109 Peru 823.37 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 17.9% rising
110 Zambia 804.22 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 19.7% rising
111 El Salvador 793.54 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 20.2% rising
112 Lebanon 780.33 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 37.0% rising
113 Cuba 775.83 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 15.6% falling
114 Jordan 767.63 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 20.6% falling
115 India 763.2 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 32.2% rising
116 Saint Lucia 763 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
117 Grenada 732.89 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
118 Namibia 696.98 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 3.9% rising
119 North Korea 664.87 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 51.2% falling
120 Guyana 660.62 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
121 Nicaragua 632.81 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 9.8% rising
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 627.63 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
123 Dominica 624.57 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
124 Belize 601.15 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — flat
125 Morocco 600.64 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 8.4% rising
126 Honduras 593.63 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 3.3% rising
127 Kyrgyzstan 591.21 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 12.3% falling
128 Fiji 583.63 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
129 Philippines 580.14 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 30.9% rising
130 Congo 576.05 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 16.7% rising
131 Cambodia 554.9 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 64.3% rising
132 Tonga 543.45 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
133 Kenya 539.3 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 8.4% rising
134 Uganda 497.39 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 10.7% rising
135 Togo 485.55 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 8.7% rising
136 Cote d'Ivoire 483.5 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 8.3% rising
137 Zimbabwe 472.23 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 2.0% falling
138 Sri Lanka 466.72 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 2.2% rising
139 Angola 448.87 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 16.6% flat
140 Nepal 442.65 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 6.9% rising
141 Pakistan 414.95 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 1.6% rising
142 Myanmar 410.86 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 23.2% rising
143 Democratic Republic of Congo 409.43 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 14.5% rising
144 Tanzania 400.8 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 7.3% rising
145 Syria 395.89 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 25.6% falling
146 Benin 394.57 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 7.6% rising
147 Tajikistan 393.06 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 36.3% falling
148 Ethiopia 382.18 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 1.7% rising
149 Sudan 372.31 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 21.5% falling
150 Rwanda 371.94 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 3.5% falling
151 Cameroon 370.72 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 1.2% falling
152 Ghana 369.33 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 14.1% flat
153 Mozambique 362.82 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 4.7% falling
154 Bhutan 359.54 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
155 Burkina Faso 325.94 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 26.2% rising
156 Haiti 323.97 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 22.0% rising
157 Nigeria 319.9 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 9.0% rising
158 Samoa 307.28 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
159 Madagascar 304.43 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 13.4% rising
160 Eritrea 292.34 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 12.0% falling
161 Senegal 291.05 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 7.4% rising
162 Bangladesh 287.75 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 32.8% rising
163 Sao Tome and Principe 259.28 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
164 Cape Verde 207.58 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
165 Chad 187.87 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 17.3% falling
166 Djibouti 163.52 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — falling
167 Niger 161.26 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 4.2% falling
168 Vanuatu 158.17 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — falling
169 Yemen 155 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 down 45.0% falling
170 Solomon Islands 127.96 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — falling
171 Kiribati 107.77 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — flat
172 Gambia 75.32 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
173 South Sudan 68.66 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2023 up 13.4% rising
174 Comoros 66.46 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — rising
175 Guinea-Bissau 65.47 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2007 — falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Unit
kg of oil equivalent per capita
Source
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,675 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.