Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Bulgaria

Primary energy consumption in Bulgaria in 2024 — 0.65 quad Btu. Ranked 69 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 50.5%.

2024 0.65 quad Btu −2.67% vs 2023
World rank 69of 218
Period maximum 1.423 quad Btu1985
Period minimum 0.65 quad Btu2024

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Bulgaria, 1980–20240.60.811.21.41.619801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1.313 quad Btu1981: 1.299 quad Btu1982: 1.35 quad Btu1983: 1.379 quad Btu1984: 1.382 quad Btu1985: 1.423 quad Btu1986: 1.407 quad Btu1987: 1.396 quad Btu1988: 1.418 quad Btu1989: 1.3 quad Btu1990: 1.188 quad Btu1991: 0.931 quad Btu1992: 0.904 quad Btu1993: 0.873 quad Btu1994: 0.895 quad Btu1995: 0.981 quad Btu1996: 0.979 quad Btu1997: 0.893 quad Btu1998: 0.802 quad Btu1999: 0.737 quad Btu2000: 0.738 quad Btu2001: 0.746 quad Btu2002: 0.754 quad Btu2003: 0.76 quad Btu2004: 0.752 quad Btu2005: 0.78 quad Btu2006: 0.801 quad Btu2007: 0.772 quad Btu2008: 0.758 quad Btu2009: 0.681 quad Btu2010: 0.684 quad Btu2011: 0.748 quad Btu2012: 0.718 quad Btu2013: 0.665 quad Btu2014: 0.705 quad Btu2015: 0.736 quad Btu2016: 0.713 quad Btu2017: 0.725 quad Btu2018: 0.714 quad Btu2019: 0.709 quad Btu2020: 0.662 quad Btu2021: 0.725 quad Btu2022: 0.743 quad Btu2023: 0.668 quad Btu2024: 0.65 quad Btu
Change over the period: −0.664 (−50.52%) Average annual rate: -1.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 0.65 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Europe & Central Asia computed 114.383 quad Btu
Eastern Europe computed 46.279 quad Btu
Upper-middle-income countries computed 247.367 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.65 −0.018 −2.67%
2023 0.668 −0.076 −10.19%
2022 0.743 +0.019 +2.6%
2021 0.725 +0.062 +9.36%
2020 0.662 −0.047 −6.58%
2019 0.709 −0.005 −0.68%
2018 0.714 −0.011 −1.58%
2017 0.725 +0.012 +1.7%
2016 0.713 −0.023 −3.08%
2015 0.736 +0.031 +4.39%
2014 0.705 +0.04 +6.05%
2013 0.665 −0.054 −7.46%
2012 0.718 −0.03 −4%
2011 0.748 +0.065 +9.49%
2010 0.684 +0.003 +0.39%
2009 0.681 −0.077 −10.13%
2008 0.758 −0.014 −1.81%
2007 0.772 −0.029 −3.64%
2006 0.801 +0.021 +2.65%
2005 0.78 +0.028 +3.78%
2004 0.752 −0.009 −1.14%
2003 0.76 +0.006 +0.82%
2002 0.754 +0.008 +1.08%
2001 0.746 +0.008 +1.09%
2000 0.738 +0.001 +0.09%
1999 0.737 −0.065 −8.08%
1998 0.802 −0.091 −10.2%
1997 0.893 −0.085 −8.72%
1996 0.979 −0.002 −0.24%
1995 0.981 +0.086 +9.58%
1994 0.895 +0.022 +2.55%
1993 0.873 −0.031 −3.46%
1992 0.904 −0.026 −2.84%
1991 0.931 −0.257 −21.63%
1990 1.188 −0.112 −8.64%
1989 1.3 −0.118 −8.3%
1988 1.418 +0.022 +1.6%
1987 1.396 −0.011 −0.79%
1986 1.407 −0.016 −1.13%
1985 1.423 +0.041 +2.98%
1984 1.382 +0.003 +0.21%
1983 1.379 +0.028 +2.1%
1982 1.35 +0.051 +3.96%
1981 1.299 −0.014 −1.09%
1980 1.313

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).