Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Central America

Primary energy consumption in Central America in 2024 — 9.113 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 119.8%.

2024 9.113 quad Btu +0.34% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.113 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 4.147 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Central America, 1980–20244681019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 4.147 quad Btu1981: 4.466 quad Btu1982: 4.711 quad Btu1983: 4.483 quad Btu1984: 4.476 quad Btu1985: 4.688 quad Btu1986: 4.66 quad Btu1987: 4.773 quad Btu1988: 4.845 quad Btu1989: 5.086 quad Btu1990: 4.993 quad Btu1991: 5.335 quad Btu1992: 5.388 quad Btu1993: 5.681 quad Btu1994: 6.107 quad Btu1995: 5.931 quad Btu1996: 6.011 quad Btu1997: 6.171 quad Btu1998: 6.655 quad Btu1999: 6.551 quad Btu2000: 6.888 quad Btu2001: 6.909 quad Btu2002: 6.919 quad Btu2003: 7.203 quad Btu2004: 7.44 quad Btu2005: 7.648 quad Btu2006: 7.997 quad Btu2007: 8.161 quad Btu2008: 8.21 quad Btu2009: 8.221 quad Btu2010: 8.227 quad Btu2011: 8.435 quad Btu2012: 8.423 quad Btu2013: 8.53 quad Btu2014: 8.368 quad Btu2015: 8.625 quad Btu2016: 8.763 quad Btu2017: 8.859 quad Btu2018: 8.888 quad Btu2019: 9.068 quad Btu2020: 8.228 quad Btu2021: 8.51 quad Btu2022: 8.908 quad Btu2023: 9.082 quad Btu2024: 9.113 quad Btu
Change over the period: +4.966 (+119.77%) Average annual rate: 1.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 9.113 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 9.113 +0.031 +0.34%
2023 9.082 +0.174 +1.95%
2022 8.908 +0.398 +4.67%
2021 8.51 +0.283 +3.43%
2020 8.228 −0.841 −9.27%
2019 9.068 +0.18 +2.03%
2018 8.888 +0.029 +0.32%
2017 8.859 +0.096 +1.1%
2016 8.763 +0.137 +1.59%
2015 8.625 +0.257 +3.08%
2014 8.368 −0.162 −1.9%
2013 8.53 +0.106 +1.26%
2012 8.423 −0.011 −0.13%
2011 8.435 +0.208 +2.53%
2010 8.227 +0.006 +0.07%
2009 8.221 +0.011 +0.13%
2008 8.21 +0.049 +0.6%
2007 8.161 +0.164 +2.05%
2006 7.997 +0.349 +4.56%
2005 7.648 +0.208 +2.8%
2004 7.44 +0.238 +3.3%
2003 7.203 +0.283 +4.1%
2002 6.919 +0.01 +0.15%
2001 6.909 +0.021 +0.3%
2000 6.888 +0.337 +5.15%
1999 6.551 −0.104 −1.56%
1998 6.655 +0.484 +7.84%
1997 6.171 +0.16 +2.66%
1996 6.011 +0.08 +1.35%
1995 5.931 −0.175 −2.87%
1994 6.107 +0.426 +7.5%
1993 5.681 +0.293 +5.44%
1992 5.388 +0.053 +0.99%
1991 5.335 +0.341 +6.84%
1990 4.993 −0.093 −1.82%
1989 5.086 +0.241 +4.98%
1988 4.845 +0.072 +1.5%
1987 4.773 +0.113 +2.43%
1986 4.66 −0.028 −0.6%
1985 4.688 +0.213 +4.75%
1984 4.476 −0.007 −0.16%
1983 4.483 −0.228 −4.85%
1982 4.711 +0.245 +5.49%
1981 4.466 +0.319 +7.7%
1980 4.147

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).