Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Southern Asia

Primary energy consumption in Southern Asia in 2024 — 56.981 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 886%.

2024 56.981 quad Btu +1.23% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 56.981 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 5.779 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Southern Asia, 1980–2024020406019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 5.779 quad Btu1981: 6.163 quad Btu1982: 6.663 quad Btu1983: 7.268 quad Btu1984: 7.822 quad Btu1985: 8.332 quad Btu1986: 8.821 quad Btu1987: 9.365 quad Btu1988: 10.23 quad Btu1989: 10.88 quad Btu1990: 11.385 quad Btu1991: 11.963 quad Btu1992: 12.563 quad Btu1993: 13.123 quad Btu1994: 14.019 quad Btu1995: 14.863 quad Btu1996: 15.545 quad Btu1997: 16.601 quad Btu1998: 16.908 quad Btu1999: 17.779 quad Btu2000: 19.331 quad Btu2001: 19.912 quad Btu2002: 20.923 quad Btu2003: 21.544 quad Btu2004: 23.088 quad Btu2005: 24.902 quad Btu2006: 26.83 quad Btu2007: 28.546 quad Btu2008: 29.913 quad Btu2009: 32.679 quad Btu2010: 34.145 quad Btu2011: 35.21 quad Btu2012: 36.972 quad Btu2013: 37.858 quad Btu2014: 40.383 quad Btu2015: 42.483 quad Btu2016: 44.104 quad Btu2017: 45.423 quad Btu2018: 47.831 quad Btu2019: 47.835 quad Btu2020: 48.131 quad Btu2021: 49.761 quad Btu2022: 52.297 quad Btu2023: 56.286 quad Btu2024: 56.981 quad Btu
Change over the period: +51.202 (+885.98%) Average annual rate: 5.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 56.981 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 56.981 +0.695 +1.23%
2023 56.286 +3.99 +7.63%
2022 52.297 +2.535 +5.09%
2021 49.761 +1.63 +3.39%
2020 48.131 +0.296 +0.62%
2019 47.835 +0.004 +0.01%
2018 47.831 +2.409 +5.3%
2017 45.423 +1.319 +2.99%
2016 44.104 +1.622 +3.82%
2015 42.483 +2.1 +5.2%
2014 40.383 +2.525 +6.67%
2013 37.858 +0.885 +2.39%
2012 36.972 +1.762 +5%
2011 35.21 +1.065 +3.12%
2010 34.145 +1.466 +4.49%
2009 32.679 +2.766 +9.25%
2008 29.913 +1.367 +4.79%
2007 28.546 +1.716 +6.4%
2006 26.83 +1.928 +7.74%
2005 24.902 +1.814 +7.86%
2004 23.088 +1.544 +7.17%
2003 21.544 +0.62 +2.97%
2002 20.923 +1.011 +5.08%
2001 19.912 +0.581 +3%
2000 19.331 +1.552 +8.73%
1999 17.779 +0.872 +5.16%
1998 16.908 +0.307 +1.85%
1997 16.601 +1.056 +6.79%
1996 15.545 +0.683 +4.59%
1995 14.863 +0.843 +6.02%
1994 14.019 +0.896 +6.83%
1993 13.123 +0.56 +4.46%
1992 12.563 +0.601 +5.02%
1991 11.963 +0.578 +5.08%
1990 11.385 +0.504 +4.63%
1989 10.88 +0.65 +6.35%
1988 10.23 +0.865 +9.24%
1987 9.365 +0.544 +6.16%
1986 8.821 +0.49 +5.88%
1985 8.332 +0.509 +6.51%
1984 7.822 +0.554 +7.63%
1983 7.268 +0.606 +9.09%
1982 6.663 +0.499 +8.1%
1981 6.163 +0.384 +6.65%
1980 5.779

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).