Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Syria

Primary energy consumption in Syria in 2024 — 0.398 quad Btu. Ranked 78 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 54.4%.

2024 0.398 quad Btu +0.76% vs 2023
World rank 78of 218
Period maximum 1.04 quad Btu2008
Period minimum 0.258 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Syria, 1980–202400.511.519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.258 quad Btu1981: 0.271 quad Btu1982: 0.274 quad Btu1983: 0.311 quad Btu1984: 0.346 quad Btu1985: 0.362 quad Btu1986: 0.366 quad Btu1987: 0.411 quad Btu1988: 0.433 quad Btu1989: 0.464 quad Btu1990: 0.541 quad Btu1991: 0.5 quad Btu1992: 0.517 quad Btu1993: 0.576 quad Btu1994: 0.613 quad Btu1995: 0.59 quad Btu1996: 0.637 quad Btu1997: 0.678 quad Btu1998: 0.73 quad Btu1999: 0.752 quad Btu2000: 0.721 quad Btu2001: 0.711 quad Btu2002: 0.778 quad Btu2003: 0.754 quad Btu2004: 0.831 quad Btu2005: 0.942 quad Btu2006: 0.986 quad Btu2007: 1.021 quad Btu2008: 1.04 quad Btu2009: 0.979 quad Btu2010: 1.009 quad Btu2011: 0.907 quad Btu2012: 0.697 quad Btu2013: 0.508 quad Btu2014: 0.454 quad Btu2015: 0.414 quad Btu2016: 0.4 quad Btu2017: 0.404 quad Btu2018: 0.448 quad Btu2019: 0.404 quad Btu2020: 0.369 quad Btu2021: 0.399 quad Btu2022: 0.372 quad Btu2023: 0.395 quad Btu2024: 0.398 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.14 (+54.44%) Average annual rate: 0.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 0.398 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Middle East & North Africa computed 52.179 quad Btu
Western Asia computed 36.375 quad Btu
Low-income countries computed 2.93 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.398 +0.003 +0.76%
2023 0.395 +0.023 +6.29%
2022 0.372 −0.027 −6.78%
2021 0.399 +0.03 +8.1%
2020 0.369 −0.035 −8.75%
2019 0.404 −0.044 −9.89%
2018 0.448 +0.045 +11.05%
2017 0.404 +0.004 +0.88%
2016 0.4 −0.014 −3.3%
2015 0.414 −0.04 −8.74%
2014 0.454 −0.055 −10.78%
2013 0.508 −0.188 −27.05%
2012 0.697 −0.21 −23.15%
2011 0.907 −0.102 −10.14%
2010 1.009 +0.03 +3.07%
2009 0.979 −0.061 −5.9%
2008 1.04 +0.02 +1.92%
2007 1.021 +0.035 +3.57%
2006 0.986 +0.044 +4.64%
2005 0.942 +0.111 +13.29%
2004 0.831 +0.078 +10.34%
2003 0.754 −0.025 −3.2%
2002 0.778 +0.067 +9.48%
2001 0.711 −0.01 −1.44%
2000 0.721 −0.031 −4.08%
1999 0.752 +0.022 +2.98%
1998 0.73 +0.053 +7.75%
1997 0.678 +0.041 +6.44%
1996 0.637 +0.047 +8%
1995 0.59 −0.024 −3.85%
1994 0.613 +0.038 +6.53%
1993 0.576 +0.059 +11.41%
1992 0.517 +0.016 +3.26%
1991 0.5 −0.04 −7.48%
1990 0.541 +0.077 +16.57%
1989 0.464 +0.031 +7.19%
1988 0.433 +0.022 +5.24%
1987 0.411 +0.046 +12.45%
1986 0.366 +0.004 +1.02%
1985 0.362 +0.016 +4.67%
1984 0.346 +0.035 +11.18%
1983 0.311 +0.037 +13.66%
1982 0.274 +0.003 +1.14%
1981 0.271 +0.013 +5.04%
1980 0.258

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).