Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Western Europe

Primary energy consumption in Western Europe in 2024 — 26.107 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 68.3%.

2024 26.107 quad Btu −0.06% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 34.908 quad Btu2006
Period minimum 14.093 quad Btu1983

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Western Europe, 1980–20241020304019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 15.513 quad Btu1981: 14.657 quad Btu1982: 14.101 quad Btu1983: 14.093 quad Btu1984: 14.438 quad Btu1985: 14.934 quad Btu1986: 15.288 quad Btu1987: 15.486 quad Btu1988: 15.684 quad Btu1989: 16.105 quad Btu1990: 16.533 quad Btu1991: 32.316 quad Btu1992: 31.97 quad Btu1993: 31.875 quad Btu1994: 31.762 quad Btu1995: 32.556 quad Btu1996: 33.6 quad Btu1997: 33.285 quad Btu1998: 33.512 quad Btu1999: 33.228 quad Btu2000: 33.528 quad Btu2001: 34.17 quad Btu2002: 33.996 quad Btu2003: 34.322 quad Btu2004: 34.699 quad Btu2005: 34.686 quad Btu2006: 34.908 quad Btu2007: 33.986 quad Btu2008: 34.365 quad Btu2009: 32.432 quad Btu2010: 33.798 quad Btu2011: 32.552 quad Btu2012: 32.298 quad Btu2013: 32.56 quad Btu2014: 31.169 quad Btu2015: 31.318 quad Btu2016: 31.484 quad Btu2017: 31.918 quad Btu2018: 31.384 quad Btu2019: 30.785 quad Btu2020: 27.751 quad Btu2021: 29.421 quad Btu2022: 27.454 quad Btu2023: 26.124 quad Btu2024: 26.107 quad Btu
Change over the period: +10.595 (+68.3%) Average annual rate: 1.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 26.107 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 26.107 −0.017 −0.06%
2023 26.124 −1.33 −4.84%
2022 27.454 −1.967 −6.69%
2021 29.421 +1.67 +6.02%
2020 27.751 −3.033 −9.85%
2019 30.785 −0.599 −1.91%
2018 31.384 −0.535 −1.68%
2017 31.918 +0.435 +1.38%
2016 31.484 +0.166 +0.53%
2015 31.318 +0.149 +0.48%
2014 31.169 −1.392 −4.27%
2013 32.56 +0.263 +0.81%
2012 32.298 −0.254 −0.78%
2011 32.552 −1.246 −3.69%
2010 33.798 +1.366 +4.21%
2009 32.432 −1.933 −5.62%
2008 34.365 +0.379 +1.11%
2007 33.986 −0.921 −2.64%
2006 34.908 +0.221 +0.64%
2005 34.686 −0.012 −0.04%
2004 34.699 +0.377 +1.1%
2003 34.322 +0.326 +0.96%
2002 33.996 −0.174 −0.51%
2001 34.17 +0.642 +1.91%
2000 33.528 +0.3 +0.9%
1999 33.228 −0.284 −0.85%
1998 33.512 +0.227 +0.68%
1997 33.285 −0.314 −0.94%
1996 33.6 +1.044 +3.21%
1995 32.556 +0.794 +2.5%
1994 31.762 −0.114 −0.36%
1993 31.875 −0.095 −0.3%
1992 31.97 −0.346 −1.07%
1991 32.316 +15.782 +95.46%
1990 16.533 +0.428 +2.66%
1989 16.105 +0.421 +2.69%
1988 15.684 +0.198 +1.28%
1987 15.486 +0.198 +1.29%
1986 15.288 +0.354 +2.37%
1985 14.934 +0.496 +3.43%
1984 14.438 +0.345 +2.45%
1983 14.093 −0.008 −0.06%
1982 14.101 −0.555 −3.79%
1981 14.657 −0.856 −5.52%
1980 15.513

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).