Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Upper-middle-income countries

Primary energy consumption in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 247.367 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 553.7%.

2024 247.367 quad Btu +4.2% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 247.367 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 37.839 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Upper-middle-income countries, 1980–2024010020030019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 37.839 quad Btu1981: 37.884 quad Btu1982: 39.869 quad Btu1983: 41.38 quad Btu1984: 44.091 quad Btu1985: 46.171 quad Btu1986: 47.742 quad Btu1987: 49.778 quad Btu1988: 52.389 quad Btu1989: 53.365 quad Btu1990: 54.457 quad Btu1991: 54.958 quad Btu1992: 65.116 quad Btu1993: 67.274 quad Btu1994: 70.243 quad Btu1995: 73.69 quad Btu1996: 76.958 quad Btu1997: 76.027 quad Btu1998: 77.37 quad Btu1999: 78.777 quad Btu2000: 83.794 quad Btu2001: 85.165 quad Btu2002: 89.673 quad Btu2003: 98.523 quad Btu2004: 111.49 quad Btu2005: 121.345 quad Btu2006: 131.394 quad Btu2007: 139.836 quad Btu2008: 144.956 quad Btu2009: 152.326 quad Btu2010: 166.244 quad Btu2011: 178.575 quad Btu2012: 188.539 quad Btu2013: 193.776 quad Btu2014: 195.685 quad Btu2015: 195.188 quad Btu2016: 195.759 quad Btu2017: 199.504 quad Btu2018: 205.274 quad Btu2019: 214.22 quad Btu2020: 211.627 quad Btu2021: 222.531 quad Btu2022: 226.48 quad Btu2023: 237.396 quad Btu2024: 247.367 quad Btu
Change over the period: +209.528 (+553.74%) Average annual rate: 4.36 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 247.367 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 247.367 +9.971 +4.2%
2023 237.396 +10.916 +4.82%
2022 226.48 +3.949 +1.77%
2021 222.531 +10.903 +5.15%
2020 211.627 −2.593 −1.21%
2019 214.22 +8.946 +4.36%
2018 205.274 +5.77 +2.89%
2017 199.504 +3.745 +1.91%
2016 195.759 +0.57 +0.29%
2015 195.188 −0.497 −0.25%
2014 195.685 +1.91 +0.99%
2013 193.776 +5.237 +2.78%
2012 188.539 +9.964 +5.58%
2011 178.575 +12.331 +7.42%
2010 166.244 +13.918 +9.14%
2009 152.326 +7.37 +5.08%
2008 144.956 +5.12 +3.66%
2007 139.836 +8.442 +6.42%
2006 131.394 +10.05 +8.28%
2005 121.345 +9.855 +8.84%
2004 111.49 +12.966 +13.16%
2003 98.523 +8.85 +9.87%
2002 89.673 +4.508 +5.29%
2001 85.165 +1.371 +1.64%
2000 83.794 +5.018 +6.37%
1999 78.777 +1.407 +1.82%
1998 77.37 +1.343 +1.77%
1997 76.027 −0.93 −1.21%
1996 76.958 +3.268 +4.43%
1995 73.69 +3.447 +4.91%
1994 70.243 +2.969 +4.41%
1993 67.274 +2.157 +3.31%
1992 65.116 +10.158 +18.48%
1991 54.958 +0.501 +0.92%
1990 54.457 +1.092 +2.05%
1989 53.365 +0.976 +1.86%
1988 52.389 +2.611 +5.25%
1987 49.778 +2.036 +4.26%
1986 47.742 +1.571 +3.4%
1985 46.171 +2.08 +4.72%
1984 44.091 +2.711 +6.55%
1983 41.38 +1.511 +3.79%
1982 39.869 +1.985 +5.24%
1981 37.884 +0.046 +0.12%
1980 37.839

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).