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Primary energy consumption — Lesotho

Primary energy consumption in Lesotho in 2024 — 0.013 quad Btu. Ranked 174 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 557.4%.

2024 0.013 quad Btu −7.77% vs 2023
World rank 174of 218
Period maximum 0.016 quad Btu2022
Period minimum 0.002 quad Btu1988

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Lesotho, 1980–202400.0050.010.0150.0219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.002 quad Btu1981: 0.002 quad Btu1982: 0.002 quad Btu1983: 0.002 quad Btu1984: 0.002 quad Btu1985: 0.002 quad Btu1986: 0.002 quad Btu1987: 0.002 quad Btu1988: 0.002 quad Btu1989: 0.002 quad Btu1990: 0.003 quad Btu1991: 0.003 quad Btu1992: 0.003 quad Btu1993: 0.003 quad Btu1994: 0.004 quad Btu1995: 0.004 quad Btu1996: 0.004 quad Btu1997: 0.004 quad Btu1998: 0.003 quad Btu1999: 0.003 quad Btu2000: 0.006 quad Btu2001: 0.007 quad Btu2002: 0.007 quad Btu2003: 0.007 quad Btu2004: 0.007 quad Btu2005: 0.008 quad Btu2006: 0.008 quad Btu2007: 0.01 quad Btu2008: 0.009 quad Btu2009: 0.01 quad Btu2010: 0.011 quad Btu2011: 0.01 quad Btu2012: 0.011 quad Btu2013: 0.011 quad Btu2014: 0.012 quad Btu2015: 0.011 quad Btu2016: 0.013 quad Btu2017: 0.014 quad Btu2018: 0.013 quad Btu2019: 0.014 quad Btu2020: 0.012 quad Btu2021: 0.014 quad Btu2022: 0.016 quad Btu2023: 0.015 quad Btu2024: 0.013 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.011 (+557.42%) Average annual rate: 4.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 0.013 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Southern Africa computed 5.581 quad Btu
Lower-middle-income countries computed 81.187 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.013 −0.001 −7.77%
2023 0.015 −0.002 −11.58%
2022 0.016 +0.003 +21.38%
2021 0.014 +0.001 +10.1%
2020 0.012 −0.001 −10.36%
2019 0.014 +0.001 +4.02%
2018 0.013 −0 −2.67%
2017 0.014 +0.001 +7.39%
2016 0.013 +0.001 +11.48%
2015 0.011 −0 −2.78%
2014 0.012 +0 +3.09%
2013 0.011 +0 +0.88%
2012 0.011 +0.001 +8.26%
2011 0.01 −0 −2.46%
2010 0.011 +0.001 +6.82%
2009 0.01 +0.001 +16.47%
2008 0.009 −0.001 −14.44%
2007 0.01 +0.002 +27.79%
2006 0.008 +0 +3.57%
2005 0.008 +0.001 +7.63%
2004 0.007 +0 +3.75%
2003 0.007 +0 +1.39%
2002 0.007 +0 +1.34%
2001 0.007 +0 +1.44%
2000 0.006 +0.003 +93.87%
1999 0.003 +0 +4.38%
1998 0.003 −0 −13%
1997 0.004 −0 −1.74%
1996 0.004 +0 +1.21%
1995 0.004 +0 +1.31%
1994 0.004 +0 +11.17%
1993 0.003 +0 +3.33%
1992 0.003 +0 +4.12%
1991 0.003 +0 +1.59%
1990 0.003 +0.001 +27.91%
1989 0.002 +0.001 +48.6%
1988 0.002 −0.001 −32.7%
1987 0.002 +0 +0%
1986 0.002 +0 +4.89%
1985 0.002 +0 +9.7%
1984 0.002 +0 +0.27%
1983 0.002 +0 +0%
1982 0.002 +0 +0%
1981 0.002 −0 −0.27%
1980 0.002 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

ZA South Africa 5.394 BW Botswana 0.084 NA Namibia 0.065 SZ Eswatini 0.024 LS Lesotho 0.013
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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).

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