GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent) by country

GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2021 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

Countries reporting
166
Highest
48.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent
Ireland
Lowest
2.95 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
14.07 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,430

What the numbers show

GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 48.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent in Ireland; the lowest is 2.95 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.07 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent, and the mean is 15.55 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Curacao (up 178.4%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 39.9%).

GDP per unit of energy use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 48.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 100.6% volatile
2 Comoros 46.27 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
3 Malta 43.25 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 92.6% volatile
4 Hong Kong 42.42 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 33.5% rising
5 Panama 35.17 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 25.3% rising
6 Switzerland 34.3 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 33.1% rising
7 Gambia 34.08 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
8 Cape Verde 32.6 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
9 Guinea-Bissau 31.55 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
10 Bangladesh 28.64 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 28.7% rising
11 Denmark 28.39 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 33.6% rising
12 Luxembourg 28.22 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 49.1% rising
13 Sri Lanka 27.99 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 4.3% rising
14 Saint Lucia 26.95 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
15 Costa Rica 26.68 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 36.9% rising
16 Dominica 26.51 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
17 United Kingdom 25.81 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 43.6% rising
18 Romania 25.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 47.9% rising
19 Singapore 24.66 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 23.6% rising
20 Nigeria 24.52 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 0.5% rising
21 Italy 23.88 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 24.1% rising
22 Vanuatu 23.64 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
23 Portugal 23.26 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 34.9% rising
24 Albania 23.05 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 47.9% rising
25 Dominican Republic 23.02 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 9.3% rising
26 Bhutan 22.79 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
27 Mauritius 22.58 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 17.0% rising
28 Germany 22.18 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 42.2% rising
29 Cyprus 22 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 35.6% rising
30 Colombia 21.99 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 19.6% rising
31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.88 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
32 Belize 21.58 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
33 Kiribati 21.22 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 flat
34 Spain 21.04 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 25.1% rising
35 Netherlands 20.64 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 40.2% rising
36 Norway 19.85 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 26.4% rising
37 Austria 19.67 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 21.3% rising
38 Grenada 19.62 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
39 Samoa 19.57 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
40 Greece 19.5 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 33.0% rising
41 Angola 19.15 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 11.3% rising
42 Israel 19.13 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 18.6% rising
43 Maldives 18.93 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
44 Turkey 18.78 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 16.4% rising
45 Solomon Islands 18.64 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
46 Peru 18.63 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 7.4% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 18.6 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
48 Croatia 18.47 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 29.5% rising
49 Ghana 18.43 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 6.7% rising
50 Lithuania 18.23 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 27.5% rising
51 Sao Tome and Principe 18.12 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
52 Egypt 17.98 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 13.6% rising
53 Bahamas 17.84 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
54 Uruguay 17.56 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 13.9% falling
55 France 17.21 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 28.4% rising
56 Philippines 17.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 7.8% rising
57 Poland 17.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 39.1% rising
58 Fiji 16.57 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
59 Latvia 16.56 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 23.3% rising
60 Hungary 16.21 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 29.8% rising
61 North Macedonia 16.17 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 31.3% rising
62 Slovenia 16.08 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 38.2% rising
63 Barbados 15.99 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 flat
64 Montenegro 15.82 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 23.3% rising
65 Japan 15.8 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 24.4% rising
66 Belgium 15.53 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 28.0% rising
67 Argentina 15.42 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 4.5% rising
68 Estonia 15.2 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 79.9% rising
69 Paraguay 15.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 7.6% rising
70 Botswana 15.15 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 11.1% rising
71 Ecuador 15.09 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 0.5% rising
72 Morocco 15.07 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 5.1% rising
73 Armenia 14.92 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 17.4% rising
74 Chile 14.92 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 5.5% rising
75 Senegal 14.79 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 18.4% flat
76 Georgia 14.76 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 18.7% rising
77 Namibia 14.53 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 15.9% rising
78 Sweden 14.52 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 27.1% rising
79 Lebanon 14.52 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 9.7% rising
80 El Salvador 14.37 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 1.7% rising
81 Guyana 14.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 rising
82 Indonesia 14.14 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 2.0% rising
83 Mexico 14.09 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 5.9% rising
84 Czechia 14.04 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 39.3% rising
85 Tunisia 14.03 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 4.3% rising
86 Bolivia 13.71 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 7.7% falling
87 New Zealand 13.58 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 37.1% rising
88 Cote d'Ivoire 13.49 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 30.9% flat
89 Jordan 13.43 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 10.0% rising
90 Slovakia 13.39 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 26.5% rising
91 Vietnam 13.29 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 7.8% rising
92 Guatemala 13.24 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 5.0% falling
93 Cameroon 13.15 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 10.3% rising
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.13 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
95 Pakistan 13.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 24.9% rising
96 Myanmar 13.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 6.7% volatile
97 Brazil 13 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 3.2% flat
98 Chad 12.95 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 2.8% rising
99 Bulgaria 12.7 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 30.2% rising
100 Australia 12.7 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 23.7% rising
101 Moldova 12.32 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 31.8% rising
102 Azerbaijan 12.3 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 9.7% volatile
103 Jamaica 12.19 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 15.2% rising
104 Cambodia 12.07 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 7.8% rising
105 Equatorial Guinea 12.04 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 36.8% volatile
106 United States 11.9 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 30.6% rising
107 Nicaragua 11.85 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 5.2% rising
108 Syria 11.67 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2022 up 20.9% rising
109 India 11.62 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 20.5% rising
110 Thailand 11.48 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 22.3% falling
111 Tajikistan 11.38 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 16.0% rising
112 Suriname 11.22 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 21.9% falling
113 Kyrgyzstan 11.12 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 38.4% rising
114 Zimbabwe 11.05 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 1.6% rising
115 Nepal 10.98 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 32.7% rising
116 Malaysia 10.92 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 21.9% rising
117 Honduras 10.9 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 18.5% rising
118 Kenya 10.83 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 18.2% rising
119 Serbia 10.82 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 24.0% rising
120 Congo 10.71 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 39.9% falling
121 Niger 10.62 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 14.9% rising
122 Tonga 10.13 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 falling
123 South Korea 10.13 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 18.7% rising
124 Eswatini 10.11 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 15.5% rising
125 Algeria 10.08 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 13.1% falling
126 Finland 9.96 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 18.0% rising
127 Ukraine 9.86 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 38.8% rising
128 Belarus 9.73 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 6.8% rising
129 Seychelles 9.59 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2007 volatile
130 Laos 9.51 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 29.0% flat
131 Kazakhstan 9.51 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 46.3% rising
132 Benin 9.43 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 19.6% rising
133 Gabon 9.16 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 28.0% falling
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.12 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 24.1% rising
135 Haiti 9.07 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 12.2% falling
136 Saudi Arabia 9.02 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 15.1% falling
137 Brunei 8.85 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 24.4% falling
138 Iraq 8.77 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 24.8% rising
139 Tanzania 8.76 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 33.3% rising
140 Rwanda 8.52 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 45.2% volatile
141 Canada 8.03 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 12.2% rising
142 China 7.96 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 30.0% rising
143 Curacao 7.69 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 178.4% volatile
144 United Arab Emirates 7.69 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 10.4% falling
145 Burkina Faso 7.63 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 4.2% flat
146 Uzbekistan 7.54 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 47.3% volatile
148 Mongolia 7.45 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 0.1% rising
149 Russia 7.38 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 0.1% rising
150 Ethiopia 7.22 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 59.8% rising
151 Qatar 7.11 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 6.3% rising
152 South Africa 7.06 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 12.7% rising
153 Togo 6.62 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 22.4% flat
154 Oman 6.4 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 0.6% falling
155 Sudan 5.86 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 32.7% rising
156 Uganda 5.61 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 4.2% rising
157 Bahrain 5.5 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 11.4% rising
158 Madagascar 5.35 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 10.8% falling
159 Kuwait 5.34 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 16.4% falling
160 Iran 5.01 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 6.1% falling
161 Libya 4.69 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 22.2% falling
162 Zambia 4.57 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 down 13.2% rising
163 Iceland 4.27 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 27.2% falling
164 Mozambique 4.17 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 14.5% rising
165 Turkmenistan 3.88 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 33.1% rising
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.81 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 1.4% falling
167 Trinidad and Tobago 2.95 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2023 up 11.1% rising

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
GDP per unit of energy use (constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)
Unit
constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent
Source
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,430 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2021 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.