Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Middle East & North Africa

Primary energy consumption in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 52.179 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 554.4%.

2024 52.179 quad Btu +1.38% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 52.179 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 7.974 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Middle East & North Africa, 1980–2024020406019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 7.974 quad Btu1981: 8.201 quad Btu1982: 8.845 quad Btu1983: 9.931 quad Btu1984: 10.702 quad Btu1985: 11.568 quad Btu1986: 12.201 quad Btu1987: 12.901 quad Btu1988: 13.625 quad Btu1989: 14.214 quad Btu1990: 14.54 quad Btu1991: 14.892 quad Btu1992: 15.886 quad Btu1993: 16.488 quad Btu1994: 17.313 quad Btu1995: 17.708 quad Btu1996: 18.451 quad Btu1997: 19.717 quad Btu1998: 20.491 quad Btu1999: 20.93 quad Btu2000: 22.334 quad Btu2001: 23.331 quad Btu2002: 24.377 quad Btu2003: 25.059 quad Btu2004: 26.748 quad Btu2005: 29.176 quad Btu2006: 30.377 quad Btu2007: 31.931 quad Btu2008: 34.06 quad Btu2009: 35.525 quad Btu2010: 37.94 quad Btu2011: 39.391 quad Btu2012: 40.873 quad Btu2013: 41.858 quad Btu2014: 43.299 quad Btu2015: 42.465 quad Btu2016: 45.321 quad Btu2017: 44.53 quad Btu2018: 44.984 quad Btu2019: 47.002 quad Btu2020: 45.697 quad Btu2021: 47.985 quad Btu2022: 49.803 quad Btu2023: 51.468 quad Btu2024: 52.179 quad Btu
Change over the period: +44.205 (+554.39%) Average annual rate: 4.36 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 52.179 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 52.179 +0.71 +1.38%
2023 51.468 +1.665 +3.34%
2022 49.803 +1.819 +3.79%
2021 47.985 +2.288 +5.01%
2020 45.697 −1.305 −2.78%
2019 47.002 +2.018 +4.49%
2018 44.984 +0.454 +1.02%
2017 44.53 −0.791 −1.74%
2016 45.321 +2.856 +6.73%
2015 42.465 −0.834 −1.93%
2014 43.299 +1.441 +3.44%
2013 41.858 +0.985 +2.41%
2012 40.873 +1.482 +3.76%
2011 39.391 +1.451 +3.83%
2010 37.94 +2.415 +6.8%
2009 35.525 +1.465 +4.3%
2008 34.06 +2.129 +6.67%
2007 31.931 +1.554 +5.12%
2006 30.377 +1.201 +4.12%
2005 29.176 +2.428 +9.08%
2004 26.748 +1.69 +6.74%
2003 25.059 +0.682 +2.8%
2002 24.377 +1.046 +4.48%
2001 23.331 +0.998 +4.47%
2000 22.334 +1.404 +6.71%
1999 20.93 +0.438 +2.14%
1998 20.491 +0.774 +3.93%
1997 19.717 +1.266 +6.86%
1996 18.451 +0.744 +4.2%
1995 17.708 +0.395 +2.28%
1994 17.313 +0.825 +5%
1993 16.488 +0.602 +3.79%
1992 15.886 +0.994 +6.68%
1991 14.892 +0.352 +2.42%
1990 14.54 +0.326 +2.3%
1989 14.214 +0.589 +4.32%
1988 13.625 +0.724 +5.61%
1987 12.901 +0.7 +5.73%
1986 12.201 +0.634 +5.48%
1985 11.568 +0.866 +8.09%
1984 10.702 +0.771 +7.77%
1983 9.931 +1.086 +12.28%
1982 8.845 +0.644 +7.86%
1981 8.201 +0.227 +2.85%
1980 7.974

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).