List of countries with the highest energy consumption

The list of countries with the highest energy consumption shows tables and graphics with information on the topic of energy consumption .

overview

According to the "BP Statistical Review of World Energy", the worldwide primary energy consumption in 2016 was 13,276.3 million tonnes of oil equivalent (OE). In 2015 it was 13,105.0 and in 2006 11,266.7 million tons of OE. This corresponds to an increase of 17.8 percent within 10 years. The five countries of the People's Republic of China, the USA, India, Russia and Japan consumed more than half of the energy. In Europe, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Spain were the largest consumers. In the European Union , primary energy consumption fell by 10.28 percent between 2006 and 2016. While a total of 1,830.2 million tons of OE were consumed in 2006, it was around 1,642.0 million tons of OE in 2016. The share of global consumption was 12.37 percent. In 2016, Germany ranked 7th worldwide with 322.5 million tons of OE (2006 = 341.3 million tons of OE). This corresponds to a decrease of 5.51 percent compared to 2006. The share of world consumption was 2.4 percent.

Fossil fuels ( crude oil , natural gas , coal ), renewable energies ( bioenergy , geothermal energy , solar energy , hydropower , wind energy ) and nuclear energy are recorded under primary energy in the “BP Statistical Review of World Energy” . It does not include fuels such as wood, peat and animal waste. The energy sources that are not listed have a high priority in some countries, but no reliable statistical information is available on their consumption. The data on global primary energy consumption are therefore too low. Self-collected fuels such as wood and cow dung alone account for around 10 percent of global consumption. For more than 2.5 billion people, burning biomass is sometimes the only source of energy for boiling and heating water.

The energy supply in 2016 was based primarily on the fossil fuels crude oil, coal and natural gas. They had a share of 85.52 (2006: 89.90) percent of the world's primary energy consumption. The share of nuclear energy was 4.46 (2006: 5.64) percent. The use of hydropower has been of great importance for centuries. It had a share of 6.86 (2006: 6.10) percent of the global primary energy consumption. Since the 1990s, the use of wind, solar energy and biomass in particular has increased sharply around the world (hence new renewable energies). Their share in primary energy consumption was 3.16 (2006: 0.83) percent.

Comparison of primary energy consumption

Countries by total consumption

The table compares the countries with the highest primary energy consumption , their share of world consumption in percent and the cumulative total. All figures relate to the states within their current borders. The data are in millions of tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe), with 1 Mtoe = 11.63 TWh = 41.88 1 PJ (Petajoule), 1 OE = 10,000 kcal = 11.63 kWh.

Primary energy consumption in millions of tons of oil equivalent 1970–2000, 2010–2016:

Rank (2016)	country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Percentage ownership %
1.	People's Republic of China	202.1	416.4	664.6	980.3	2339.6	2544.8	2731.1	2852.4	2970.6	3005.9	3053.0	23.0
2.	United States	1627.7	1812.6	1968.4	2313.7	2284.9	2265.4	2208.0	2265.8	2296.5	2275.9	2272.7	17.1
3.	India	64.8	102.5	180.7	295.8	510.2	534.6	573.3	595.0	663.6	685.1	723.9	5.5
4th	Russia	483.0	714.1	863.8	619.4	674.1	695.9	699.3	699.0	689.2	681.7	673.9	5.1
5.	Japan	279.9	355.6	434.1	518.0	506.8	481.2	478.0	474.0	452.3	445.8	445.3	3.4
6th	Canada	156.4	218.0	251.5	303.0	315.6	328.1	326.9	332.9	334.3	327.7	329.7	2.5
7th	Germany	309.6	355.9	349.6	333.0	322.5	307.5	317.1	325.0	312.1	317.8	322.5	2.4
8th.	Brazil	36.8	91.5	125.0	185.8	257.4	269.3	276.0	284.0	304.9	302.6	297.8	2.2
9.	South Korea	14.3	38.6	90.0	193.9	254.6	267.8	270.9	271.3	274.9	280.2	286.2	2.2
10.	Iran	14.3	34.9	76.2	128.4	227.4	237.6	238.8	243.9	261.9	262.8	270.7	2.0
11.	Saudi Arabia	21.9	38.7	84.3	117.9	203.1	208.1	220.6	227.7	252.1	260.8	266.5	2.0
12.	France	155.8	191.1	219.7	258.7	253.3	245.0	245.3	248.4	237.6	239.4	235.9	1.8
13.	United Kingdom	216.7	201.4	211.2	223.9	209.2	196.3	201.6	200.0	188.6	190.9	188.1	1.4
14th	Mexico	33.3	76.5	106.4	142.0	177.9	186.2	188.5	188.0	190.4	188.8	186.5	1.4
15th	Indonesia	8.9	25.8	52.4	98.1	150.0	159.8	161.0	168.7	162.9	164.8	175.0	1.3
16.	Italy	121.1	144.6	154.7	176.1	173.2	169.5	163.2	158.8	146.9	149.9	151.3	1.1
17th	Australia	46.4	69.4	87.5	107.1	122.8	124.1	118.0	116.0	132.6	138.5	138.0	1.0
18th	Turkey	13.1	24.2	46.2	73.6	110.4	117.6	122.7	122.8	122.6	131.9	137.9	1.0
19th	Spain	44.5	75.3	88.6	129.4	144.7	142.4	141.1	133.7	132.2	134.4	135.0	1.0
20th	Thailand	5.7	12.3	30.5	62.7	102.7	107.1	115.3	115.6	119.1	121.8	123.8	0.9
21st	South Africa	35.9	55.1	86.4	101.2	125.1	123.0	122.6	122.4	125.2	120.1	122.3	0.9
22nd	United Arab Emirates	0.9	9.5	30.6	47.9	84.9	89.2	93.3	97.1	99.5	108.6	113.8	0.9
23.	Taiwan	9.3	26.4	50.2	86.7	109.7	109.5	109.2	110.9	112.1	111.11	112.1	0.8
24.	Malaysia	3.5	9.6	23.8	48.3	77.5	76.6	80.2	81.1	91.5	93.8	99.5	0.7
25th	Poland	84.7	128.4	105.8	88.5	99.5	99.8	98.7	99.9	92.4	93.4	96.7	0.7
26th	Egypt	7.6	18.0	34.2	49.7	81.6	83.0	87.6	86.8	85.4	86.7	91.0	0.7
27.	Argentina	28.8	39.4	44.7	60.2	78.1	79.8	82.2	84.5	86.7	88.7	88.9	0.7
28.	Ukraine	138.1	204.2	269.9	135.1	120.9	125.8	122.7	117.5	101.2	83.9	87.0	0.7
29	Netherlands	56.6	74.1	77.3	87.2	96.1	91.5	88.4	86.8	80.9	82.1	84.5	0.6
30th	Singapore	7.5	9.5	23.4	37.6	70.6	73.7	74.1	75.7	76.2	81.0	84.1	0.6
31.	Pakistan	9.3	14.3	27.8	44.3	68.0	68.1	69.1	69.6	73.5	77.1	83.2	0.6
32.	Venezuela	18.3	36.7	48.2	63.3	75.8	77.7	79.9	82.9	78.1	78.8	74.6	0.6
33.	Vietnam	11.0	9.7	11.1	17.7	44.2	48.9	52.5	54.4	59.8	63.7	64.8	0.5
34.	Kazakhstan	40.1	59.3	74.3	37.6	50.8	56.7	60.9	62.0	66.4	62.7	63.0	0.5
35.	Belgium	46.0	47.9	52.5	63.4	66.8	63.8	60.3	61.7	55.8	56.9	61.7	0.5
36.	Algeria	3.2	15.8	28.1	26.8	38.6	40.7	44.8	46.6	51.6	55.1	55.1	0.4
37.	Uzbekistan	26.2	38.8	47.9	50.6	48.0	51.1	48.9	47.8	50.5	51.7	52.7	0.4
38.	Sweden	40.2	46.0	52.6	50.2	51.8	50.9	54.0	51.0	51.4	52.9	52.2	0.4
39.	Norway	22.2	30.1	39.6	46.3	42.1	43.2	47.9	45.0	46.4	47.2	48.6	0.4
40.	Philippines	...	...	...	...	28.8	29.5	30.5	32.5	34.4	37.7	42.1	0.3
41.	Kuwait	...	...	...	...	34.0	35.4	41.0	39.5	35.7	41.5	41.7	0.3
42.	Colombia	...	...	...	...	34.2	35.7	38.4	38.2	40.3	41.0	41.1	0.3
43.	Czech Republic	45.2	53.9	50.0	40.1	43.8	43.2	42.4	41.9	40.2	40.2	39.9	0.3
44.	Chile	...	...	...	...	30.4	33.4	34.1	34.4	35.4	35.9	36.8	0.3
45.	Austria	...	...	...	...	35.9	33.8	35.4	35.1	33.8	33.9	35.1	0.3
46.	Romania	...	...	...	...	33.8	34.7	34.0	31.5	32.5	32.6	33.1	0.3
47.	Turkmenistan	...	...	...	...	22.7	25.9	27.0	29.7	26.8	29.5	33.1	0.3
48.	Bangladesh	...	...	...	...	22.9	24.3	26.5	27.0	28.2	31.3	32.4	0.2
49.	Hong Kong	...	...	...	...	27.5	28.1	27.0	27.8	27.1	27.9	28.6	0.2
50.	Switzerland	...	...	...	...	28.7	27.2	28.8	29.7	28.5	27.9	26.4	0.2

Countries by energy source

The table compares the primary energy consumption of individual countries according to energy sources. Oil consumption is given in millions of tons, other energy sources in millions of tons of oil equivalent.

Primary energy consumption in million tons of oil equivalent (2016)

rank	country	oil	natural gas	coal	Nuclear energy	water power	Others¹	total
1.	People's Republic of China	578.7	189.3	1887.6	48.2	263.1	86.1	3053.0
2.	United States	863.1	716.3	358.4	191.8	59.2	83.8	2272.7
3.	India	212.7	45.1	411.9	8.6	29.1	16.5	723.9
4th	Russia	148.0	351.8	87.3	44.5	42.2	0.2	673.9
5.	Japan	184.3	100.1	119.9	4.0	18.1	18.8	445.3
6th	Canada	109.9	89.9	18.7	23.2	87.8	9.2	329.7
7th	Germany	113.0	72.4	75.3	19.1	4.8	37.9	322.5
8th.	Brazil	138.8	32.9	16.5	3.6	86.9	19.0	297.8
9.	South Korea	122.1	40.9	81.6	36.7	0.6	4.3	286.2
10.	Iran	83.8	180.7	1.7	1.4	2.9	0.1	270.7
11.	Saudi Arabia	167.9	98.4	0.1	-	-	0	266.5
12.	France	76.4	38.3	8.3	91.2	13.5	8.2	235.9
13.	United Kingdom	73.1	69.0	11.0	16.2	1.2	17.5	188.1
14th	Mexico	82.8	80.6	9.8	2.4	6.8	4.1	186.5
15th	Indonesia	72.6	33.9	62.7	-	3.3	2.6	175.0
16.	Italy	58.1	58.1	10.9	-	9.3	15.0	151.3
17th	Australia	47.8	37.0	43.8	-	4.0	5.4	138.0
18th	Turkey	41.2	37.9	38.4	-	15.2	5.2	137.9
19th	Spain	62.5	25.2	10.4	13.3	8.1	15.5	135.0
20th	Thailand	59.0	43.5	17.7	-	0.8	2.8	123.8
21st	South Africa	26.9	4.6	85.1	3.6	0.2	1.8	122.3
22nd	United Arab Emirates	43.5	69.0	1.3	-	-	0.1	113.8
23.	Taiwan	46.7	17.2	38.6	7.2	1.5	1.0	112.1
24.	Malaysia	36.3	38.7	19.9	-	4.2	0.3	99.5
25th	Poland	27.2	15.6	48.8	-	0.5	4.6	96.7
26th	Egypt	40.6	46.1	0.4	-	3.2	0.6	91.0
27.	Argentina	31.9	44.6	1.1	1.9	8.7	0.7	88.9
28.	Ukraine	9.1	26.1	31.5	18.3	1.6	0.3	87.0
29	Netherlands	39.9	30.2	10.3	0.9	-	3.1	84.5
30th	Singapore	72.2	11.3	0.4	-	-	0.2	84.1
31.	Pakistan	27.5	40.9	5.4	1.3	7.7	0.4	83.2
32.	Venezuela	28.7	32.0	0.1	-	13.9	0	74.6
33.	Vietnam	20.1	9.6	21.3	-	13.7	0.1	64.8
34.	Kazakhstan	13.2	12.0	35.6	-	2.1	0.1	63.0
35.	Belgium	31.8	13.9	3.0	9.8	0.1	3.2	61.7
36.	Algeria	18.9	36.0	0.1	-	0	0.1	55.1
37.	Uzbekistan	2.8	46.2	1.0	-	2.7	0	52.7
38.	Sweden	14.7	0.8	2.2	14.2	14.1	6.1	52.2
39.	Norway	10.4	4.4	0.8	-	32.4	0.5	48.6
40.	Czech Republic	8.4	7.0	16.9	5.5	0.5	1.7	39.9

¹ Bioenergy, geothermal energy, solar energy, wind energy

World according to energy sources

The table compares the worldwide primary energy consumption by energy source. Oil consumption is given in millions of tons, other energy sources in millions of tons of oil equivalent.

Primary energy consumption in millions of tons of oil equivalent

Energy source	Consumption (2015)	Share in% (2015)	Consumption (2016)	Share in% (2016)
oil	4,341.0	33.1	4,418.2	33.3
natural gas	3,146.7	24.0	3,204.1	24.1
coal	3,784.7	28.9	3,732.0	28.1
Nuclear energy	528.7	4.0	592.1	4.5
Hydropower	883.2	6.7	910.3	6.9
Others¹	336.7	2.6	419.6	3.2
total	13,105.0	100.0	13,276.3	100.0

¹ Bioenergy, geothermal energy, solar energy, wind energy

World according to total consumption

Worldwide energy consumption

Worldwide primary energy consumption in million tons of oil equivalent 1965–2013:, 2014–2016:

year amount 1965 3,750.0 1966 3,968.5 1967 4,118.5 1968 4,365.6 1969 4,655.5 1970 4,944.0 1971 5,136.8 1972 5,412.0 1973 5,716.8 1974 5,740.3

year amount 1975 5,766.3 1976 6,082.3 1977 6,298.2 1978 6,493.9 1979 6,710.4 1980 6,631.1 1981 6,582.6 1982 6,557.8 1983 6,646.8 1984 6,968.8

year amount 1985 7,161.3 1986 7,326.3 1987 7,575.5 1988 7,853.4 1989 8,021.4 1990 8,104.9 1991 8,146.0 1992 8,189.3 1993 8,246.0 1994 8,352.2

year amount 1995 8,564.1 1996 8,792.3 1997 8,902.6 1998 8,968.1 1999 9,127.4 2000 9,355.6 2001 9,434.0 2002 9,613.9 2003 9,950.2 2004 10,449.6

year amount 2005 10,714.4 2006 11,020.8 2007 11,319.5 2008 11,466.2 2009 11,325.9 2010 11,955.6 2011 12,231.5 2012 12,483.2 2013 12,730.4 2014 12,988.8

year amount 2015 13,105.0 2016 13,276.3 2017 14,981.6 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

See also

• List of the countries with the highest energy consumption per capita: see world energy demand

Web links

• BP Statistical Review of World Energy
• BP2014 Statistical Review of World Energy
• US Energy Information Administration: Total Primary Energy Consumption

Individual evidence

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