Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Mauritius

Primary energy consumption in Mauritius in 2024 — 0.082 quad Btu. Ranked 142 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 528.8%.

2024 0.082 quad Btu +6.12% vs 2023
World rank 142of 218
Period maximum 0.091 quad Btu2017
Period minimum 0.011 quad Btu1982

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Mauritius, 1980–202400.0250.050.0750.119801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.013 quad Btu1981: 0.012 quad Btu1982: 0.011 quad Btu1983: 0.012 quad Btu1984: 0.013 quad Btu1985: 0.014 quad Btu1986: 0.017 quad Btu1987: 0.015 quad Btu1988: 0.02 quad Btu1989: 0.023 quad Btu1990: 0.027 quad Btu1991: 0.027 quad Btu1992: 0.032 quad Btu1993: 0.032 quad Btu1994: 0.032 quad Btu1995: 0.034 quad Btu1996: 0.035 quad Btu1997: 0.035 quad Btu1998: 0.036 quad Btu1999: 0.04 quad Btu2000: 0.054 quad Btu2001: 0.056 quad Btu2002: 0.055 quad Btu2003: 0.056 quad Btu2004: 0.057 quad Btu2005: 0.062 quad Btu2006: 0.065 quad Btu2007: 0.067 quad Btu2008: 0.068 quad Btu2009: 0.066 quad Btu2010: 0.071 quad Btu2011: 0.073 quad Btu2012: 0.074 quad Btu2013: 0.075 quad Btu2014: 0.077 quad Btu2015: 0.08 quad Btu2016: 0.083 quad Btu2017: 0.091 quad Btu2018: 0.086 quad Btu2019: 0.088 quad Btu2020: 0.075 quad Btu2021: 0.074 quad Btu2022: 0.073 quad Btu2023: 0.077 quad Btu2024: 0.082 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.069 (+528.82%) Average annual rate: 4.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 0.082 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Eastern Africa computed 1.921 quad Btu
Upper-middle-income countries computed 247.367 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.082 +0.005 +6.12%
2023 0.077 +0.004 +4.99%
2022 0.073 −0 −0.39%
2021 0.074 −0.001 −1.32%
2020 0.075 −0.014 −15.61%
2019 0.088 +0.003 +3.14%
2018 0.086 −0.005 −5.77%
2017 0.091 +0.008 +9.85%
2016 0.083 +0.003 +4.04%
2015 0.08 +0.003 +3.53%
2014 0.077 +0.002 +2.95%
2013 0.075 +0.001 +1.21%
2012 0.074 +0.001 +0.68%
2011 0.073 +0.002 +2.92%
2010 0.071 +0.005 +8.02%
2009 0.066 −0.003 −3.69%
2008 0.068 +0.002 +2.28%
2007 0.067 +0.002 +3.77%
2006 0.065 +0.003 +4.88%
2005 0.062 +0.004 +7.39%
2004 0.057 +0.002 +3.08%
2003 0.056 +0.001 +1.74%
2002 0.055 −0.001 −2.05%
2001 0.056 +0.001 +2.51%
2000 0.054 +0.014 +34.99%
1999 0.04 +0.004 +11.89%
1998 0.036 +0.001 +2.6%
1997 0.035 +0 +1.3%
1996 0.035 +0 +0.83%
1995 0.034 +0.002 +5.95%
1994 0.032 +0 +0.25%
1993 0.032 +0 +0.97%
1992 0.032 +0.005 +18.96%
1991 0.027 +0 +1.57%
1990 0.027 +0.003 +13.23%
1989 0.023 +0.003 +15.15%
1988 0.02 +0.006 +37.81%
1987 0.015 −0.002 −13.36%
1986 0.017 +0.004 +25.94%
1985 0.014 +0.001 +4.46%
1984 0.013 +0.001 +6.4%
1983 0.012 +0.001 +7.6%
1982 0.011 −0 −2.64%
1981 0.012 −0.001 −10.63%
1980 0.013

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).