Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Low-income countries

Primary energy consumption in low-income countries in 2024 — 2.93 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 74.8%.

2024 2.93 quad Btu +2.18% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.088 quad Btu2008
Period minimum 1.677 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Low-income countries, 1980–20241.522.533.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 1.677 quad Btu1981: 1.695 quad Btu1982: 1.772 quad Btu1983: 1.869 quad Btu1984: 1.939 quad Btu1985: 1.804 quad Btu1986: 1.791 quad Btu1987: 1.843 quad Btu1988: 2.119 quad Btu1989: 1.945 quad Btu1990: 2.019 quad Btu1991: 1.939 quad Btu1992: 1.974 quad Btu1993: 2.068 quad Btu1994: 2.049 quad Btu1995: 2.194 quad Btu1996: 2.2 quad Btu1997: 2.236 quad Btu1998: 2.198 quad Btu1999: 2.456 quad Btu2000: 2.412 quad Btu2001: 2.408 quad Btu2002: 2.47 quad Btu2003: 2.514 quad Btu2004: 2.681 quad Btu2005: 2.846 quad Btu2006: 2.908 quad Btu2007: 2.926 quad Btu2008: 3.088 quad Btu2009: 2.999 quad Btu2010: 3.057 quad Btu2011: 2.772 quad Btu2012: 2.573 quad Btu2013: 2.518 quad Btu2014: 2.508 quad Btu2015: 2.313 quad Btu2016: 2.382 quad Btu2017: 2.848 quad Btu2018: 2.896 quad Btu2019: 3.023 quad Btu2020: 2.836 quad Btu2021: 2.888 quad Btu2022: 2.923 quad Btu2023: 2.868 quad Btu2024: 2.93 quad Btu
Change over the period: +1.254 (+74.77%) Average annual rate: 1.28 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 2.93 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 2.93 +0.063 +2.18%
2023 2.868 −0.055 −1.88%
2022 2.923 +0.034 +1.19%
2021 2.888 +0.052 +1.85%
2020 2.836 −0.187 −6.19%
2019 3.023 +0.128 +4.41%
2018 2.896 +0.047 +1.65%
2017 2.848 +0.467 +19.58%
2016 2.382 +0.069 +2.99%
2015 2.313 −0.196 −7.8%
2014 2.508 −0.009 −0.36%
2013 2.518 −0.055 −2.14%
2012 2.573 −0.199 −7.19%
2011 2.772 −0.285 −9.33%
2010 3.057 +0.058 +1.94%
2009 2.999 −0.089 −2.89%
2008 3.088 +0.162 +5.55%
2007 2.926 +0.018 +0.6%
2006 2.908 +0.062 +2.18%
2005 2.846 +0.166 +6.18%
2004 2.681 +0.167 +6.65%
2003 2.514 +0.044 +1.77%
2002 2.47 +0.061 +2.55%
2001 2.408 −0.003 −0.14%
2000 2.412 −0.045 −1.81%
1999 2.456 +0.258 +11.76%
1998 2.198 −0.038 −1.72%
1997 2.236 +0.036 +1.62%
1996 2.2 +0.006 +0.3%
1995 2.194 +0.145 +7.08%
1994 2.049 −0.019 −0.9%
1993 2.068 +0.094 +4.74%
1992 1.974 +0.035 +1.82%
1991 1.939 −0.08 −3.98%
1990 2.019 +0.074 +3.82%
1989 1.945 −0.175 −8.25%
1988 2.119 +0.277 +15.01%
1987 1.843 +0.052 +2.89%
1986 1.791 −0.013 −0.7%
1985 1.804 −0.136 −7%
1984 1.939 +0.071 +3.79%
1983 1.869 +0.096 +5.43%
1982 1.772 +0.077 +4.55%
1981 1.695 +0.018 +1.1%
1980 1.677

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).