Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — North Korea

Primary energy consumption in North Korea in 2024 — 0.66 quad Btu. Ranked 67 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 29.7%.

2024 0.66 quad Btu +4.56% vs 2023
World rank 67of 218
Period maximum 1.15 quad Btu1999
Period minimum 0.416 quad Btu2015

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — North Korea, 1980–20240.40.60.811.219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.939 quad Btu1981: 0.976 quad Btu1982: 1.022 quad Btu1983: 1.07 quad Btu1984: 1.101 quad Btu1985: 0.915 quad Btu1986: 0.919 quad Btu1987: 0.898 quad Btu1988: 1.065 quad Btu1989: 0.862 quad Btu1990: 0.873 quad Btu1991: 0.872 quad Btu1992: 0.889 quad Btu1993: 0.966 quad Btu1994: 0.935 quad Btu1995: 1.08 quad Btu1996: 1.039 quad Btu1997: 1.016 quad Btu1998: 0.899 quad Btu1999: 1.15 quad Btu2000: 1.038 quad Btu2001: 1.011 quad Btu2002: 0.984 quad Btu2003: 0.976 quad Btu2004: 1.014 quad Btu2005: 1.001 quad Btu2006: 0.959 quad Btu2007: 0.855 quad Btu2008: 0.927 quad Btu2009: 0.796 quad Btu2010: 0.752 quad Btu2011: 0.537 quad Btu2012: 0.511 quad Btu2013: 0.477 quad Btu2014: 0.468 quad Btu2015: 0.416 quad Btu2016: 0.423 quad Btu2017: 0.778 quad Btu2018: 0.708 quad Btu2019: 0.781 quad Btu2020: 0.743 quad Btu2021: 0.63 quad Btu2022: 0.621 quad Btu2023: 0.631 quad Btu2024: 0.66 quad Btu
Change over the period: −0.278 (−29.66%) Average annual rate: -0.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North Korea 0.66 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
East Asia & Pacific computed 244.529 quad Btu
Eastern Asia computed 205.179 quad Btu
Low-income countries computed 2.93 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.66 +0.029 +4.56%
2023 0.631 +0.011 +1.71%
2022 0.621 −0.009 −1.49%
2021 0.63 −0.113 −15.21%
2020 0.743 −0.038 −4.83%
2019 0.781 +0.073 +10.26%
2018 0.708 −0.07 −9%
2017 0.778 +0.355 +83.99%
2016 0.423 +0.007 +1.67%
2015 0.416 −0.052 −11.11%
2014 0.468 −0.009 −1.8%
2013 0.477 −0.034 −6.68%
2012 0.511 −0.026 −4.9%
2011 0.537 −0.215 −28.56%
2010 0.752 −0.045 −5.63%
2009 0.796 −0.131 −14.1%
2008 0.927 +0.072 +8.46%
2007 0.855 −0.105 −10.9%
2006 0.959 −0.042 −4.17%
2005 1.001 −0.013 −1.27%
2004 1.014 +0.038 +3.94%
2003 0.976 −0.008 −0.85%
2002 0.984 −0.027 −2.65%
2001 1.011 −0.028 −2.66%
2000 1.038 −0.112 −9.7%
1999 1.15 +0.251 +27.97%
1998 0.899 −0.118 −11.57%
1997 1.016 −0.022 −2.16%
1996 1.039 −0.042 −3.85%
1995 1.08 +0.145 +15.53%
1994 0.935 −0.031 −3.21%
1993 0.966 +0.077 +8.7%
1992 0.889 +0.016 +1.87%
1991 0.872 −0.001 −0.1%
1990 0.873 +0.011 +1.33%
1989 0.862 −0.203 −19.1%
1988 1.065 +0.167 +18.57%
1987 0.898 −0.02 −2.19%
1986 0.919 +0.004 +0.41%
1985 0.915 −0.186 −16.89%
1984 1.101 +0.031 +2.89%
1983 1.07 +0.048 +4.68%
1982 1.022 +0.045 +4.65%
1981 0.976 +0.038 +4.04%
1980 0.939

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

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).