Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Cameroon

Primary energy consumption in Cameroon in 2024 — 0.12 quad Btu. Ranked 123 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 217.3%.

2024 0.12 quad Btu +3.79% vs 2023
World rank 123of 218
Period maximum 0.129 quad Btu2020
Period minimum 0.038 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Cameroon, 1980–202400.050.10.1519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.038 quad Btu1981: 0.039 quad Btu1982: 0.046 quad Btu1983: 0.046 quad Btu1984: 0.046 quad Btu1985: 0.049 quad Btu1986: 0.054 quad Btu1987: 0.05 quad Btu1988: 0.049 quad Btu1989: 0.059 quad Btu1990: 0.059 quad Btu1991: 0.06 quad Btu1992: 0.061 quad Btu1993: 0.052 quad Btu1994: 0.056 quad Btu1995: 0.057 quad Btu1996: 0.056 quad Btu1997: 0.059 quad Btu1998: 0.059 quad Btu1999: 0.056 quad Btu2000: 0.058 quad Btu2001: 0.057 quad Btu2002: 0.058 quad Btu2003: 0.062 quad Btu2004: 0.063 quad Btu2005: 0.061 quad Btu2006: 0.079 quad Btu2007: 0.079 quad Btu2008: 0.078 quad Btu2009: 0.087 quad Btu2010: 0.102 quad Btu2011: 0.108 quad Btu2012: 0.109 quad Btu2013: 0.092 quad Btu2014: 0.122 quad Btu2015: 0.123 quad Btu2016: 0.12 quad Btu2017: 0.118 quad Btu2018: 0.128 quad Btu2019: 0.124 quad Btu2020: 0.129 quad Btu2021: 0.122 quad Btu2022: 0.123 quad Btu2023: 0.115 quad Btu2024: 0.12 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.082 (+217.33%) Average annual rate: 2.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 0.12 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Middle Africa computed 0.863 quad Btu
Lower-middle-income countries computed 81.187 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.12 +0.004 +3.79%
2023 0.115 −0.008 −6.72%
2022 0.123 +0.001 +0.84%
2021 0.122 −0.007 −5.21%
2020 0.129 +0.005 +4.06%
2019 0.124 −0.004 −3.04%
2018 0.128 +0.01 +8.54%
2017 0.118 −0.002 −1.45%
2016 0.12 −0.003 −2.74%
2015 0.123 +0.001 +0.94%
2014 0.122 +0.03 +32.28%
2013 0.092 −0.017 −15.69%
2012 0.109 +0.001 +1.32%
2011 0.108 +0.006 +6.03%
2010 0.102 +0.015 +16.63%
2009 0.087 +0.009 +11.97%
2008 0.078 −0.001 −1%
2007 0.079 +0 +0.1%
2006 0.079 +0.017 +28.29%
2005 0.061 −0.002 −3.27%
2004 0.063 +0.001 +2.33%
2003 0.062 +0.004 +6.04%
2002 0.058 +0.001 +2.3%
2001 0.057 −0.001 −1.59%
2000 0.058 +0.002 +4.29%
1999 0.056 −0.003 −5.36%
1998 0.059 −0 −0.18%
1997 0.059 +0.003 +4.76%
1996 0.056 −0.001 −2.06%
1995 0.057 +0.001 +2.42%
1994 0.056 +0.004 +8.62%
1993 0.052 −0.009 −14.87%
1992 0.061 +0.001 +1.2%
1991 0.06 +0 +0.65%
1990 0.059 +0.001 +1.23%
1989 0.059 +0.01 +19.53%
1988 0.049 −0.001 −2%
1987 0.05 −0.004 −6.55%
1986 0.054 +0.005 +9.44%
1985 0.049 +0.003 +5.59%
1984 0.046 +0 +1%
1983 0.046 −0 −0.19%
1982 0.046 +0.007 +17.9%
1981 0.039 +0.001 +3.75%
1980 0.038

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).