Countries by primary energy consumption
China had the highest primary energy consumption of 217 countries in 2018, at 136.442 quadrillion Btu. Tuvalu had the lowest, at 0 quadrillion Btu. The median was 0.16 quadrillion Btu. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Top 40 countries, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 136.442 | +4% |
| 2 | United States | 97.396 | +3.7% |
| 3 | Russia | 31.103 | +3.3% |
| 4 | India | 30.655 | +6.7% |
| 5 | Japan | 18.546 | -1.1% |
| 6 | Canada | 12.855 | +2% |
| 7 | Germany | 12.839 | -3.1% |
| 8 | South Korea | 12.177 | +1% |
| 9 | Iran | 11.843 | +4.9% |
| 10 | Brazil | 9.976 | -1.7% |
| 11 | France | 9.808 | -0.5% |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 9.601 | -0.9% |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 7.844 | -0.5% |
| 14 | Mexico | 7.695 | +0.2% |
| 15 | Indonesia | 7.597 | +8.3% |
| 16 | Italy | 6.284 | -0.1% |
| 17 | Türkiye | 5.846 | -2.1% |
| 18 | Australia | 5.799 | +2.2% |
| 19 | South Africa | 5.46 | -3.8% |
| 20 | Thailand | 5.416 | +1.3% |
| 21 | Spain | 5.317 | +0.2% |
| 22 | Taiwan | 4.882 | +5.6% |
| 23 | Poland | 4.297 | -0.7% |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 4.101 | -6.7% |
| 25 | Egypt | 3.816 | -2.6% |
| 26 | Malaysia | 3.751 | +11.6% |
| 27 | Netherlands | 3.742 | -2.4% |
| 28 | Ukraine | 3.682 | +1.5% |
| 29 | Singapore | 3.666 | +0.1% |
| 30 | Argentina | 3.4 | -3.3% |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 3.202 | -2.3% |
| 32 | Vietnam | 3.188 | +11.1% |
| 33 | Pakistan | 3.101 | -3% |
| 34 | Belgium | 2.618 | +0.6% |
| 35 | Algeria | 2.502 | +5.9% |
| 36 | Iraq | 2.488 | -3.5% |
| 37 | Venezuela | 2.282 | -9.6% |
| 38 | Qatar | 2.134 | +4.1% |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 1.828 | +1.6% |
| 40 | Philippines | 1.808 | +2.6% |
| 41 | Kuwait | 1.789 | +7.8% |
| 42 | Sweden | 1.75 | -2.4% |
| 43 | Czechia | 1.736 | -0.9% |
| 44 | Turkmenistan | 1.707 | -1.7% |
| 45 | Nigeria | 1.667 | +6.8% |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 1.569 | -1.6% |
| 47 | Colombia | 1.44 | +2.7% |
| 48 | Chile | 1.377 | +2.7% |
| 49 | Hong Kong | 1.36 | +1.7% |
| 50 | Oman | 1.331 | +9.6% |
| 51 | Romania | 1.269 | -0.7% |
| 52 | Norway | 1.234 | +0.3% |
| 53 | Austria | 1.213 | -1.8% |
| 54 | Finland | 1.11 | +1.5% |
| 55 | Greece | 1.077 | -1.1% |
| 56 | Hungary | 1.05 | +1.7% |
| 57 | Israel | 1.04 | -1.9% |
| 58 | Belarus | 0.989 | +5.5% |
| 59 | Switzerland | 0.975 | +1.6% |
| 60 | Peru | 0.921 | +0.1% |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.917 | -4.2% |
| 62 | Libya | 0.91 | -3.8% |
| 63 | Morocco | 0.824 | +0.4% |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.724 | -1.9% |
| 65 | Bahrain | 0.722 | +1.6% |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.714 | -1.6% |
| 67 | North Korea | 0.708 | -9% |
| 68 | New Zealand | 0.707 | -1.8% |
| 69 | Slovakia | 0.705 | -0.2% |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.654 | +0.9% |
| 71 | Serbia | 0.618 | -0.2% |
| 72 | Ireland | 0.609 | +5.2% |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.605 | +4.5% |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 0.597 | +0.3% |
| 75 | Myanmar | 0.53 | +4.3% |
| 76 | Syria | 0.448 | +11% |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.409 | +2% |
| 78 | Jordan | 0.388 | -3.6% |
| 79 | Panama | 0.381 | -2.5% |
| 80 | Cuba | 0.377 | +4.4% |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 0.371 | +10.8% |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0.355 | -5.9% |
| 83 | Bolivia | 0.327 | +2.3% |
| 84 | Sudan | 0.326 | +2.5% |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 0.321 | -3% |
| 86 | Angola | 0.321 | +12.1% |
| 87 | Croatia | 0.314 | +1.5% |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | 0.292 | +1% |
| 89 | Guatemala | 0.288 | +2.9% |
| 90 | Kenya | 0.282 | -2.8% |
| 91 | Lithuania | 0.271 | +1.8% |
| 92 | Slovenia | 0.266 | +1% |
| 93 | Ghana | 0.251 | -0.2% |
| 94 | Laos | 0.244 | +3.2% |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 0.236 | +8.6% |
| 96 | Yemen | 0.215 | +17% |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.214 | -4.9% |
| 98 | Mongolia | 0.194 | +9.4% |
| 99 | Georgia | 0.193 | +0.9% |
| 100 | Tanzania | 0.192 | +16.9% |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 0.189 | +4.1% |
| 102 | Gibraltar | 0.185 | -2.3% |
| 103 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.184 | +0.4% |
| 104 | Brunei | 0.182 | +3.8% |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.177 | +11.2% |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.177 | +5.6% |
| 107 | Cambodia | 0.168 | +17.6% |
| 108 | Mozambique | 0.161 | -23.7% |
| 109 | Uruguay | 0.16 | +2.1% |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 0.16 | +4.2% |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 0.159 | +27.3% |
| 112 | Honduras | 0.148 | +1.5% |
| 113 | Latvia | 0.146 | +4.8% |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 0.146 | +11.4% |
| 115 | Nepal | 0.143 | +12.4% |
| 116 | Moldova | 0.139 | +6.8% |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 0.139 | +7.7% |
| 118 | Senegal | 0.135 | +6.5% |
| 119 | Armenia | 0.133 | -1.9% |
| 120 | Malta | 0.131 | +4.2% |
| 121 | Cameroon | 0.128 | +8.5% |
| 122 | Jamaica | 0.127 | +13.2% |
| 123 | Zambia | 0.127 | +8.9% |
| 124 | El Salvador | 0.123 | +9.4% |
| 125 | Iceland | 0.12 | +6.1% |
| 126 | Cyprus | 0.116 | +1.2% |
| 127 | Benin | 0.111 | +10% |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 0.104 | +16.7% |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0.098 | -3.4% |
| 130 | Albania | 0.096 | -4.4% |
| 131 | Uganda | 0.095 | +7.7% |
| 132 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.092 | -27.6% |
| 133 | Estonia | 0.091 | +5.2% |
| 134 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.086 | +21.2% |
| 135 | Mauritius | 0.086 | -5.8% |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 0.081 | -5.7% |
| 137 | Botswana | 0.08 | -0.9% |
| 138 | Mali | 0.076 | +3.8% |
| 139 | New Caledonia | 0.075 | +11.5% |
| 140 | Namibia | 0.071 | +0.7% |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 0.066 | +12.4% |
| 142 | Republic of the Congo | 0.063 | -3.9% |
| 143 | Palestine | 0.063 | -4% |
| 144 | Mauritania | 0.059 | +10.1% |
| 145 | Gabon | 0.057 | -16.5% |
| 146 | Guinea | 0.055 | +19.7% |
| 147 | Haiti | 0.049 | +4.8% |
| 148 | Macao | 0.047 | -15.1% |
| 149 | Madagascar | 0.043 | -14.1% |
| 150 | Bahamas | 0.041 | -17.6% |
| 151 | Montenegro | 0.038 | +5.6% |
| 152 | Guyana | 0.035 | +8.5% |
| 153 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0.034 | +0.1% |
| 154 | Togo | 0.034 | +21.2% |
| 155 | Fiji | 0.03 | +9.5% |
| 156 | Suriname | 0.029 | -17.5% |
| 157 | Niger | 0.029 | -9.8% |
| 158 | Barbados | 0.025 | +11.4% |
| 159 | Chad | 0.023 | +7.1% |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.023 | -5.9% |
| 161 | Eswatini | 0.022 | +4.8% |
| 162 | Bhutan | 0.021 | +14.2% |
| 163 | Maldives | 0.019 | -21.3% |
| 164 | Somalia | 0.017 | +40.3% |
| 165 | Aruba | 0.017 | -5.4% |
| 166 | Rwanda | 0.017 | -0.8% |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.016 | +9.8% |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0.014 | -19.4% |
| 169 | Guam | 0.014 | +0.4% |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 0.013 | -8.1% |
| 171 | Lesotho | 0.013 | -2.7% |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 0.012 | +3% |
| 173 | Belize | 0.012 | -0.5% |
| 174 | Cape Verde | 0.012 | -17.4% |
| 175 | Burundi | 0.011 | +29.3% |
| 176 | Djibouti | 0.011 | -1.6% |
| 177 | Cayman Islands | 0.011 | +5% |
| 178 | Bermuda | 0.011 | -2% |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 | -0.3% |
| 180 | Greenland | 0.009 | -9.6% |
| 181 | Eritrea | 0.009 | -0.5% |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 0.009 | +26.2% |
| 183 | Timor-Leste | 0.008 | +5.3% |
| 184 | Liberia | 0.007 | -54.8% |
| 185 | Gambia | 0.007 | -18.5% |
| 186 | American Samoa | 0.006 | 0% |
| 187 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.006 | +95.2% |
| 188 | Grenada | 0.005 | +6.4% |
| 189 | Samoa | 0.005 | +2.3% |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 0.005 | +2.4% |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 0.005 | +6% |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.004 | +2% |
| 193 | Western Sahara | 0.004 | 0% |
| 194 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.004 | -4% |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 0.003 | +27.8% |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.003 | -31.7% |
| 197 | Tonga | 0.003 | -13.8% |
| 198 | Comoros | 0.003 | -27.4% |
| 199 | Dominica | 0.002 | -2.7% |
| 200 | Micronesia | 0.002 | -10.2% |
| 201 | British Virgin Islands | 0.002 | -5.6% |
| 202 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.002 | -4.8% |
| 203 | Cook Islands | 0.002 | +2% |
| 204 | Nauru | 0.001 | +13.1% |
| 205 | Kiribati | 0.001 | +1.2% |
| 206 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.001 | -28.3% |
| 207 | Falkland Islands | 0.001 | -20.5% |
| 208 | Montserrat | 0 | +2.4% |
| 209 | Antarctica | 0 | 0% |
| 210 | Saint Helena | 0 | +20.5% |
| 211 | Niue | 0 | +3.2% |
| 212 | French Guiana | 0 | |
| 212 | Guadeloupe | 0 | |
| 212 | Martinique | 0 | |
| 212 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | |
| 212 | Réunion | 0 | |
| 212 | Tuvalu | 0 |
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About this ranking
Total primary energy consumed in the country in the year (coal, natural gas, petroleum and other liquids, nuclear, and renewable and other sources), in quadrillion British thermal units, as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
Countries only. One quadrillion Btu is about 1.055 exajoules. EIA converts electricity from nuclear, hydro, wind and solar to primary energy with its own conventions, so totals can differ from IEA or Energy Institute figures. Some small economies show 0 in years EIA has no estimate.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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Which country has the highest primary energy consumption?
China, with 136.442 quadrillion Btu in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Which country has the lowest primary energy consumption?
Tuvalu, with 0 quadrillion Btu in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: total energy consumption, quadrillion Btu (series INTL.44-2-QBTU.A). Retrieved 2026-10-11.