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Primary energy consumption — Malawi

Primary energy consumption in Malawi in 2024 — 0.029 quad Btu. Ranked 159 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 214.1%.

2024 0.029 quad Btu +7.18% vs 2023
World rank 159of 218
Period maximum 0.029 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 0.008 quad Btu1984

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Malawi, 1980–202400.010.020.0319801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.009 quad Btu1981: 0.01 quad Btu1982: 0.009 quad Btu1983: 0.008 quad Btu1984: 0.008 quad Btu1985: 0.009 quad Btu1986: 0.009 quad Btu1987: 0.009 quad Btu1988: 0.009 quad Btu1989: 0.01 quad Btu1990: 0.011 quad Btu1991: 0.013 quad Btu1992: 0.013 quad Btu1993: 0.013 quad Btu1994: 0.014 quad Btu1995: 0.014 quad Btu1996: 0.015 quad Btu1997: 0.015 quad Btu1998: 0.015 quad Btu1999: 0.015 quad Btu2000: 0.017 quad Btu2001: 0.016 quad Btu2002: 0.015 quad Btu2003: 0.016 quad Btu2004: 0.017 quad Btu2005: 0.016 quad Btu2006: 0.017 quad Btu2007: 0.017 quad Btu2008: 0.019 quad Btu2009: 0.018 quad Btu2010: 0.021 quad Btu2011: 0.021 quad Btu2012: 0.021 quad Btu2013: 0.022 quad Btu2014: 0.022 quad Btu2015: 0.021 quad Btu2016: 0.023 quad Btu2017: 0.025 quad Btu2018: 0.023 quad Btu2019: 0.027 quad Btu2020: 0.027 quad Btu2021: 0.027 quad Btu2022: 0.028 quad Btu2023: 0.028 quad Btu2024: 0.029 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.02 (+214.1%) Average annual rate: 2.64 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 0.029 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Eastern Africa computed 1.921 quad Btu
Low-income countries computed 2.93 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.029 +0.002 +7.18%
2023 0.028 −0 −0.12%
2022 0.028 +0.001 +2.86%
2021 0.027 −0 −0.15%
2020 0.027 −0 −1.57%
2019 0.027 +0.004 +16.92%
2018 0.023 −0.001 −5.94%
2017 0.025 +0.002 +7.45%
2016 0.023 +0.002 +9.35%
2015 0.021 −0.001 −4.33%
2014 0.022 +0 +2.21%
2013 0.022 +0 +2.07%
2012 0.021 −0 −0.32%
2011 0.021 −0 −0.38%
2010 0.021 +0.004 +21.54%
2009 0.018 −0.002 −8.67%
2008 0.019 +0.003 +15.51%
2007 0.017 −0 −1.25%
2006 0.017 +0.001 +4.3%
2005 0.016 −0.001 −6.52%
2004 0.017 +0.001 +5.39%
2003 0.016 +0.001 +6.4%
2002 0.015 −0.001 −3.25%
2001 0.016 −0.001 −4.33%
2000 0.017 +0.002 +11.05%
1999 0.015 −0 −0.55%
1998 0.015 +0 +2.67%
1997 0.015 +0 +0.62%
1996 0.015 +0 +1.21%
1995 0.014 +0.001 +4.79%
1994 0.014 +0.001 +6.49%
1993 0.013 −0 −3.08%
1992 0.013 +0 +1.22%
1991 0.013 +0.002 +17.44%
1990 0.011 +0.001 +8.4%
1989 0.01 +0.002 +17.16%
1988 0.009 +0 +0.63%
1987 0.009 +0 +2.31%
1986 0.009 −0 −4.13%
1985 0.009 +0.001 +14.13%
1984 0.008 −0 −2.28%
1983 0.008 −0.001 −12.26%
1982 0.009 −0.001 −8.74%
1981 0.01 +0.001 +6.42%
1980 0.009 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

KE Kenya 0.323 ET Ethiopia 0.309 TZ Tanzania 0.27 ZW Zimbabwe 0.23 MZ Mozambique 0.208 ZM Zambia 0.174 UG Uganda 0.109 MU Mauritius 0.082 MG Madagascar 0.056 MW Malawi 0.029 RW Rwanda 0.027 SS South Sudan 0.025 SO Somalia 0.023 SC Seychelles 0.014 BI Burundi 0.013 DJ Djibouti 0.012 ER Eritrea 0.011 KM Comoros 0.005 RE Réunion 0
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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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