Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — OECD

Primary energy consumption in the OECD in 2024 — 217.818 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 40.3%.

2024 217.818 quad Btu +0.5% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 236.8 quad Btu2007
Period minimum 146.514 quad Btu1983

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — OECD, 1980–202412515017520022525019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 155.246 quad Btu1981: 151.505 quad Btu1982: 147.307 quad Btu1983: 146.514 quad Btu1984: 152.512 quad Btu1985: 154.976 quad Btu1986: 157.163 quad Btu1987: 162.38 quad Btu1988: 168.862 quad Btu1989: 173.069 quad Btu1990: 173.781 quad Btu1991: 191.287 quad Btu1992: 194.703 quad Btu1993: 199.93 quad Btu1994: 203.996 quad Btu1995: 208.701 quad Btu1996: 215.464 quad Btu1997: 217.011 quad Btu1998: 217.809 quad Btu1999: 220.996 quad Btu2000: 225.064 quad Btu2001: 224.265 quad Btu2002: 225.998 quad Btu2003: 228.669 quad Btu2004: 233.46 quad Btu2005: 234.841 quad Btu2006: 235.402 quad Btu2007: 236.8 quad Btu2008: 232.972 quad Btu2009: 222.565 quad Btu2010: 231.166 quad Btu2011: 227.945 quad Btu2012: 225.21 quad Btu2013: 227.487 quad Btu2014: 225.7 quad Btu2015: 225.79 quad Btu2016: 226.77 quad Btu2017: 228.771 quad Btu2018: 231.9 quad Btu2019: 229.621 quad Btu2020: 211.367 quad Btu2021: 220.738 quad Btu2022: 220.512 quad Btu2023: 216.74 quad Btu2024: 217.818 quad Btu
Change over the period: +62.572 (+40.31%) Average annual rate: 0.77 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 217.818 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 217.818 +1.078 +0.5%
2023 216.74 −3.772 −1.71%
2022 220.512 −0.226 −0.1%
2021 220.738 +9.371 +4.43%
2020 211.367 −18.254 −7.95%
2019 229.621 −2.279 −0.98%
2018 231.9 +3.129 +1.37%
2017 228.771 +2.001 +0.88%
2016 226.77 +0.981 +0.43%
2015 225.79 +0.09 +0.04%
2014 225.7 −1.787 −0.79%
2013 227.487 +2.277 +1.01%
2012 225.21 −2.735 −1.2%
2011 227.945 −3.221 −1.39%
2010 231.166 +8.601 +3.86%
2009 222.565 −10.407 −4.47%
2008 232.972 −3.828 −1.62%
2007 236.8 +1.398 +0.59%
2006 235.402 +0.561 +0.24%
2005 234.841 +1.381 +0.59%
2004 233.46 +4.791 +2.1%
2003 228.669 +2.671 +1.18%
2002 225.998 +1.733 +0.77%
2001 224.265 −0.8 −0.36%
2000 225.064 +4.068 +1.84%
1999 220.996 +3.188 +1.46%
1998 217.809 +0.798 +0.37%
1997 217.011 +1.547 +0.72%
1996 215.464 +6.763 +3.24%
1995 208.701 +4.705 +2.31%
1994 203.996 +4.066 +2.03%
1993 199.93 +5.228 +2.68%
1992 194.703 +3.416 +1.79%
1991 191.287 +17.506 +10.07%
1990 173.781 +0.712 +0.41%
1989 173.069 +4.207 +2.49%
1988 168.862 +6.482 +3.99%
1987 162.38 +5.217 +3.32%
1986 157.163 +2.187 +1.41%
1985 154.976 +2.464 +1.62%
1984 152.512 +5.998 +4.09%
1983 146.514 −0.793 −0.54%
1982 147.307 −4.198 −2.77%
1981 151.505 −3.741 −2.41%
1980 155.246

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).