Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Lower-middle-income countries

Primary energy consumption in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 81.187 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 813.4%.

2024 81.187 quad Btu +1.64% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 81.187 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 8.888 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Lower-middle-income countries, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 8.888 quad Btu1981: 9.477 quad Btu1982: 10.087 quad Btu1983: 10.841 quad Btu1984: 11.49 quad Btu1985: 12.173 quad Btu1986: 12.766 quad Btu1987: 13.489 quad Btu1988: 14.448 quad Btu1989: 15.379 quad Btu1990: 15.976 quad Btu1991: 16.69 quad Btu1992: 28.684 quad Btu1993: 29.45 quad Btu1994: 28.867 quad Btu1995: 29.609 quad Btu1996: 30.041 quad Btu1997: 31.21 quad Btu1998: 31.443 quad Btu1999: 32.741 quad Btu2000: 34.364 quad Btu2001: 35.337 quad Btu2002: 36.826 quad Btu2003: 38.412 quad Btu2004: 40.204 quad Btu2005: 42.291 quad Btu2006: 44.707 quad Btu2007: 47.093 quad Btu2008: 48.966 quad Btu2009: 49.775 quad Btu2010: 52.391 quad Btu2011: 54.984 quad Btu2012: 56.938 quad Btu2013: 57.928 quad Btu2014: 60.827 quad Btu2015: 63.071 quad Btu2016: 64.949 quad Btu2017: 67.006 quad Btu2018: 70.057 quad Btu2019: 70.513 quad Btu2020: 69.986 quad Btu2021: 72.762 quad Btu2022: 74.955 quad Btu2023: 79.877 quad Btu2024: 81.187 quad Btu
Change over the period: +72.298 (+813.41%) Average annual rate: 5.16 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 81.187 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 81.187 +1.31 +1.64%
2023 79.877 +4.922 +6.57%
2022 74.955 +2.193 +3.01%
2021 72.762 +2.776 +3.97%
2020 69.986 −0.527 −0.75%
2019 70.513 +0.456 +0.65%
2018 70.057 +3.051 +4.55%
2017 67.006 +2.057 +3.17%
2016 64.949 +1.878 +2.98%
2015 63.071 +2.244 +3.69%
2014 60.827 +2.898 +5%
2013 57.928 +0.99 +1.74%
2012 56.938 +1.955 +3.56%
2011 54.984 +2.593 +4.95%
2010 52.391 +2.616 +5.26%
2009 49.775 +0.809 +1.65%
2008 48.966 +1.873 +3.98%
2007 47.093 +2.385 +5.34%
2006 44.707 +2.416 +5.71%
2005 42.291 +2.087 +5.19%
2004 40.204 +1.792 +4.67%
2003 38.412 +1.586 +4.31%
2002 36.826 +1.489 +4.21%
2001 35.337 +0.974 +2.83%
2000 34.364 +1.623 +4.96%
1999 32.741 +1.298 +4.13%
1998 31.443 +0.234 +0.75%
1997 31.21 +1.169 +3.89%
1996 30.041 +0.431 +1.46%
1995 29.609 +0.742 +2.57%
1994 28.867 −0.583 −1.98%
1993 29.45 +0.767 +2.67%
1992 28.684 +11.994 +71.86%
1991 16.69 +0.714 +4.47%
1990 15.976 +0.596 +3.88%
1989 15.379 +0.932 +6.45%
1988 14.448 +0.958 +7.1%
1987 13.489 +0.724 +5.67%
1986 12.766 +0.593 +4.87%
1985 12.173 +0.683 +5.94%
1984 11.49 +0.649 +5.99%
1983 10.841 +0.754 +7.47%
1982 10.087 +0.61 +6.43%
1981 9.477 +0.589 +6.63%
1980 8.888

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).