Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Paraguay

Primary energy consumption in Paraguay in 2024 — 0.187 quad Btu. Ranked 109 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 712.6%.

2024 0.187 quad Btu +20.76% vs 2023
World rank 109of 218
Period maximum 0.187 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 0.022 quad Btu1982

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Paraguay, 1980–202400.050.10.150.219801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.023 quad Btu1981: 0.022 quad Btu1982: 0.022 quad Btu1983: 0.023 quad Btu1984: 0.025 quad Btu1985: 0.028 quad Btu1986: 0.029 quad Btu1987: 0.038 quad Btu1988: 0.037 quad Btu1989: 0.047 quad Btu1990: 0.041 quad Btu1991: 0.039 quad Btu1992: 0.043 quad Btu1993: 0.046 quad Btu1994: 0.052 quad Btu1995: 0.06 quad Btu1996: 0.053 quad Btu1997: 0.058 quad Btu1998: 0.066 quad Btu1999: 0.076 quad Btu2000: 0.068 quad Btu2001: 0.069 quad Btu2002: 0.073 quad Btu2003: 0.076 quad Btu2004: 0.077 quad Btu2005: 0.075 quad Btu2006: 0.081 quad Btu2007: 0.085 quad Btu2008: 0.089 quad Btu2009: 0.093 quad Btu2010: 0.104 quad Btu2011: 0.108 quad Btu2012: 0.116 quad Btu2013: 0.118 quad Btu2014: 0.124 quad Btu2015: 0.144 quad Btu2016: 0.163 quad Btu2017: 0.167 quad Btu2018: 0.177 quad Btu2019: 0.176 quad Btu2020: 0.17 quad Btu2021: 0.186 quad Btu2022: 0.178 quad Btu2023: 0.155 quad Btu2024: 0.187 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.164 (+712.59%) Average annual rate: 4.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 0.187 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Latin America & Caribbean computed 32.8 quad Btu
South America computed 21.666 quad Btu
Upper-middle-income countries computed 247.367 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.187 +0.032 +20.76%
2023 0.155 −0.024 −13.2%
2022 0.178 −0.008 −4.2%
2021 0.186 +0.016 +9.3%
2020 0.17 −0.005 −2.97%
2019 0.176 −0.001 −0.72%
2018 0.177 +0.009 +5.58%
2017 0.167 +0.004 +2.56%
2016 0.163 +0.02 +13.63%
2015 0.144 +0.019 +15.67%
2014 0.124 +0.007 +5.68%
2013 0.118 +0.002 +1.49%
2012 0.116 +0.008 +7.41%
2011 0.108 +0.004 +3.57%
2010 0.104 +0.011 +11.56%
2009 0.093 +0.004 +4.87%
2008 0.089 +0.004 +4.7%
2007 0.085 +0.004 +5.04%
2006 0.081 +0.006 +8.49%
2005 0.075 −0.003 −3.31%
2004 0.077 +0.001 +1.95%
2003 0.076 +0.002 +3.39%
2002 0.073 +0.004 +5.46%
2001 0.069 +0.002 +2.4%
2000 0.068 −0.008 −11.04%
1999 0.076 +0.01 +15.33%
1998 0.066 +0.008 +13.96%
1997 0.058 +0.005 +9.77%
1996 0.053 −0.007 −11.56%
1995 0.06 +0.007 +14.07%
1994 0.052 +0.006 +13.3%
1993 0.046 +0.003 +8.06%
1992 0.043 +0.004 +10.73%
1991 0.039 −0.002 −5.56%
1990 0.041 −0.006 −12.68%
1989 0.047 +0.01 +26.79%
1988 0.037 −0.001 −3.45%
1987 0.038 +0.009 +30.93%
1986 0.029 +0.001 +4.85%
1985 0.028 +0.003 +13.48%
1984 0.025 +0.002 +6.65%
1983 0.023 +0.001 +5.76%
1982 0.022 −0 −0.28%
1981 0.022 −0.001 −5.12%
1980 0.023

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).