Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Lebanon

Primary energy consumption in Lebanon in 2024 — 0.243 quad Btu. Ranked 98 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 149.9%.

2024 0.243 quad Btu +1.53% vs 2023
World rank 98of 218
Period maximum 0.378 quad Btu2017
Period minimum 0.069 quad Btu1990

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Lebanon, 1980–202400.10.20.30.419801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.097 quad Btu1981: 0.091 quad Btu1982: 0.088 quad Btu1983: 0.092 quad Btu1984: 0.088 quad Btu1985: 0.103 quad Btu1986: 0.098 quad Btu1987: 0.103 quad Btu1988: 0.093 quad Btu1989: 0.074 quad Btu1990: 0.069 quad Btu1991: 0.114 quad Btu1992: 0.116 quad Btu1993: 0.146 quad Btu1994: 0.164 quad Btu1995: 0.177 quad Btu1996: 0.188 quad Btu1997: 0.215 quad Btu1998: 0.218 quad Btu1999: 0.227 quad Btu2000: 0.204 quad Btu2001: 0.218 quad Btu2002: 0.216 quad Btu2003: 0.214 quad Btu2004: 0.216 quad Btu2005: 0.207 quad Btu2006: 0.193 quad Btu2007: 0.171 quad Btu2008: 0.224 quad Btu2009: 0.276 quad Btu2010: 0.265 quad Btu2011: 0.268 quad Btu2012: 0.299 quad Btu2013: 0.297 quad Btu2014: 0.313 quad Btu2015: 0.343 quad Btu2016: 0.354 quad Btu2017: 0.378 quad Btu2018: 0.355 quad Btu2019: 0.359 quad Btu2020: 0.34 quad Btu2021: 0.282 quad Btu2022: 0.227 quad Btu2023: 0.24 quad Btu2024: 0.243 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.146 (+149.94%) Average annual rate: 2.1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 0.243 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.179 quad Btu
Western Asia computed 36.375 quad Btu
Lower-middle-income countries computed 81.187 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.243 +0.004 +1.53%
2023 0.24 +0.013 +5.83%
2022 0.227 −0.056 −19.7%
2021 0.282 −0.058 −16.97%
2020 0.34 −0.019 −5.2%
2019 0.359 +0.003 +0.89%
2018 0.355 −0.022 −5.88%
2017 0.378 +0.024 +6.72%
2016 0.354 +0.01 +3.03%
2015 0.343 +0.031 +9.85%
2014 0.313 +0.016 +5.32%
2013 0.297 −0.003 −0.85%
2012 0.299 +0.031 +11.75%
2011 0.268 +0.003 +1.11%
2010 0.265 −0.011 −3.93%
2009 0.276 +0.052 +23.23%
2008 0.224 +0.052 +30.54%
2007 0.171 −0.022 −11.38%
2006 0.193 −0.013 −6.4%
2005 0.207 −0.009 −4.31%
2004 0.216 +0.002 +1.16%
2003 0.214 −0.002 −1.14%
2002 0.216 −0.002 −1.07%
2001 0.218 +0.015 +7.15%
2000 0.204 −0.023 −10.04%
1999 0.227 +0.009 +3.96%
1998 0.218 +0.003 +1.3%
1997 0.215 +0.027 +14.61%
1996 0.188 +0.01 +5.89%
1995 0.177 +0.013 +8.04%
1994 0.164 +0.018 +12.57%
1993 0.146 +0.029 +25.31%
1992 0.116 +0.002 +2.14%
1991 0.114 +0.045 +64.58%
1990 0.069 −0.004 −5.9%
1989 0.074 −0.019 −20.64%
1988 0.093 −0.01 −10.01%
1987 0.103 +0.005 +4.84%
1986 0.098 −0.004 −4.38%
1985 0.103 +0.015 +16.75%
1984 0.088 −0.004 −4.5%
1983 0.092 +0.004 +4.13%
1982 0.088 −0.002 −2.73%
1981 0.091 −0.006 −6.67%
1980 0.097

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).