Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Afghanistan

Primary energy consumption in Afghanistan in 2024 — 0.135 quad Btu. Ranked 119 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 522.6%.

2024 0.135 quad Btu −2.06% vs 2023
World rank 119of 218
Period maximum 0.162 quad Btu2021
Period minimum 0.011 quad Btu2002

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Afghanistan, 1980–202400.050.10.150.219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.022 quad Btu1981: 0.025 quad Btu1982: 0.027 quad Btu1983: 0.034 quad Btu1984: 0.034 quad Btu1985: 0.033 quad Btu1986: 0.034 quad Btu1987: 0.058 quad Btu1988: 0.106 quad Btu1989: 0.104 quad Btu1990: 0.103 quad Btu1991: 0.043 quad Btu1992: 0.028 quad Btu1993: 0.028 quad Btu1994: 0.027 quad Btu1995: 0.023 quad Btu1996: 0.022 quad Btu1997: 0.021 quad Btu1998: 0.021 quad Btu1999: 0.021 quad Btu2000: 0.018 quad Btu2001: 0.012 quad Btu2002: 0.011 quad Btu2003: 0.014 quad Btu2004: 0.013 quad Btu2005: 0.017 quad Btu2006: 0.022 quad Btu2007: 0.026 quad Btu2008: 0.051 quad Btu2009: 0.086 quad Btu2010: 0.11 quad Btu2011: 0.141 quad Btu2012: 0.133 quad Btu2013: 0.109 quad Btu2014: 0.091 quad Btu2015: 0.106 quad Btu2016: 0.096 quad Btu2017: 0.125 quad Btu2018: 0.159 quad Btu2019: 0.161 quad Btu2020: 0.16 quad Btu2021: 0.162 quad Btu2022: 0.154 quad Btu2023: 0.137 quad Btu2024: 0.135 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.113 (+522.56%) Average annual rate: 4.24 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 0.135 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
South Asia computed 43.021 quad Btu
Southern Asia computed 56.981 quad Btu
Low-income countries computed 2.93 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.135 −0.003 −2.06%
2023 0.137 −0.016 −10.7%
2022 0.154 −0.008 −5.18%
2021 0.162 +0.002 +1.4%
2020 0.16 −0.001 −0.42%
2019 0.161 +0.002 +1.33%
2018 0.159 +0.034 +27.32%
2017 0.125 +0.029 +30.07%
2016 0.096 −0.01 −9.3%
2015 0.106 +0.015 +16.23%
2014 0.091 −0.018 −16.44%
2013 0.109 −0.024 −18.33%
2012 0.133 −0.008 −5.73%
2011 0.141 +0.031 +28.37%
2010 0.11 +0.024 +27.66%
2009 0.086 +0.035 +67.94%
2008 0.051 +0.025 +93.86%
2007 0.026 +0.004 +18.8%
2006 0.022 +0.005 +30.24%
2005 0.017 +0.004 +34.91%
2004 0.013 −0.001 −6.33%
2003 0.014 +0.002 +19.22%
2002 0.011 −0.001 −8.78%
2001 0.012 −0.006 −30.99%
2000 0.018 −0.003 −14.01%
1999 0.021 −0 −0.1%
1998 0.021 −0 −2.23%
1997 0.021 −0.001 −3.92%
1996 0.022 −0 −0.65%
1995 0.023 −0.004 −16.2%
1994 0.027 −0.001 −3.49%
1993 0.028 −0 −0.63%
1992 0.028 −0.015 −34.33%
1991 0.043 −0.06 −58.62%
1990 0.103 −0.001 −1.02%
1989 0.104 −0.002 −1.87%
1988 0.106 +0.048 +83.63%
1987 0.058 +0.024 +69.43%
1986 0.034 +0.001 +3.77%
1985 0.033 −0.001 −3.02%
1984 0.034 +0 +0.48%
1983 0.034 +0.007 +25.26%
1982 0.027 +0.002 +8.23%
1981 0.025 +0.003 +15.03%
1980 0.022

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Primary energy consumption is all the energy a country used over the year: coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable energy brought to a common unit. “Primary” means energy in the form in which it is taken from nature, before losses in conversion and transmission; electricity enters it not as a separate line but through the fuel it was generated from. The unit is the quadrillion British thermal units, customary in American statistics: one such unit is roughly equal to 25 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

Important: The figure is broader than electricity: electricity is only part of the final use of this energy, and transport and heating are included in it as well. This is the series that serves as the weight when the energy intensity aggregates are computed.

Source: International Energy Statistics (EIA), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).