Countries by primary energy production

China had the highest primary energy production of 217 countries in 2015, at 106.943 quadrillion Btu. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 quadrillion Btu. The median was 0.044 quadrillion Btu. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest106.943China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median0.044217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2015

quadrillion Btu. Source: EIA, International Energy Statistics: total energy production, quadrillion Btu (series INTL.44-1-QBTU.A) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 quadrillion Btu	Change on 2014
1	China	106.943	-0.9%
2	United States	85.35	+0.7%
3	Russia	56.687	+1.6%
4	Saudi Arabia	28.149	+3.6%
5	Canada	18.508	+1.1%
6	Australia	15.479	+4%
7	India	14.566	+3%
8	Iran	14.49	+3.7%
9	Indonesia	14.159	-0.1%
10	Qatar	9.783	+0.4%
11	United Arab Emirates	9.725	+5.4%
12	Brazil	8.94	+5.2%
13	Iraq	8.786	+20.1%
14	Norway	8.709	+5.1%
15	Kazakhstan	7.492	-0.3%
16	Mexico	7.438	-8%
17	Kuwait	7.117	+6.5%
18	Venezuela	6.975	+0.2%
19	Algeria	6.695	+2.1%
20	Nigeria	6.488	-4.9%
21	South Africa	5.816	-2.1%
22	Colombia	5.081	-0.4%
23	United Kingdom	4.855	+9.2%
24	France	4.84	+0.2%
25	Germany	4.165	-1.3%
26	Angola	3.921	+3.9%
27	Malaysia	3.912	+1.1%
28	Turkmenistan	3.534	+5.3%
29	Egypt	3.235	-3.9%
30	Oman	3.186	+1.5%
31	Argentina	2.957	+1%
32	Poland	2.618	+0.4%
33	Thailand	2.591	-2.6%
34	Ukraine	2.51	-12.2%
35	Azerbaijan	2.494	+0.9%
36	Vietnam	2.403	+4.3%
37	Uzbekistan	2.209	-6.3%
38	Netherlands	1.968	-20.5%
39	Trinidad and Tobago	1.672	-6.3%
40	South Korea	1.67	+5.3%
41	Pakistan	1.66	+0.8%
42	Libya	1.455	-12%
43	Ecuador	1.262	-1.9%
44	Czechia	1.082	-3.5%
45	Spain	1.027	-6%
46	Bangladesh	1.027	+11.4%
47	Bahrain	1.024	-0%
48	Italy	0.996	-6.3%
49	Romania	0.982	+0.6%
50	Sweden	0.979	-2.3%
51	Türkiye	0.942	+6.8%
52	Peru	0.918	-5.5%
53	Bolivia	0.899	-2.9%
54	Japan	0.874	+10.9%
55	North Korea	0.81	-1.8%
56	Equatorial Guinea	0.756	-2.3%
57	Myanmar	0.721	+12.2%
58	Brunei	0.708	+5.6%
59	Mongolia	0.624	+29%
60	Denmark	0.603	-2.6%
61	Republic of the Congo	0.574	+1.7%
62	Papua New Guinea	0.485	+72.2%
63	Gabon	0.476	-3.2%
64	New Zealand	0.475	-5%
65	Mozambique	0.464	+3.2%
66	Bulgaria	0.443	+6.5%
67	Taiwan	0.431	-11.7%
68	Finland	0.42	+2.3%
69	Serbia	0.401	+18.5%
70	Philippines	0.394	-7.3%
71	Switzerland	0.378	-10.5%
72	Timor-Leste	0.374	+16.2%
73	Belgium	0.365	-16%
74	Hungary	0.353	+0.1%
75	Israel	0.314	+7.8%
76	Greece	0.297	-6.9%
77	Austria	0.29	-3.1%
78	Chad	0.28	+1.7%
79	Ghana	0.268	+4%
80	Chile	0.253	+6.2%
81	Cameroon	0.253	+29.3%
82	Sudan	0.231	-4.9%
83	Slovakia	0.229	-2.6%
84	Syria	0.215	-16%
85	Paraguay	0.198	+1.4%
86	Yemen	0.17	-73.4%
87	Cuba	0.168	-3.4%
88	Côte d’Ivoire	0.142	-9.7%
89	Tunisia	0.142	-18.1%
90	Zimbabwe	0.125	-22.7%
91	Laos	0.117	+63.3%
92	Portugal	0.116	-16.7%
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.108	-2.7%
94	Slovenia	0.106	-10.6%
95	Croatia	0.105	-9.6%
96	Tajikistan	0.082	+9.9%
97	Albania	0.075	+2.6%
98	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.073	+0.4%
99	Kyrgyzstan	0.069	-9.4%
100	Iceland	0.063	+4.2%
101	Belarus	0.06	-12.2%
102	Guatemala	0.06	-1.3%
103	Uruguay	0.059	+6.6%
104	Tanzania	0.058	+48.1%
105	Singapore	0.052	+6.6%
106	Afghanistan	0.05	-10.1%
107	Zambia	0.049	-6.3%
108	Botswana	0.047	+21.8%
109	North Macedonia	0.044	-4.4%
110	Costa Rica	0.039	+15.7%
111	Suriname	0.039	+5.7%
112	Armenia	0.038	+12.9%
113	Ireland	0.036	+12.3%
114	Ethiopia	0.036	+9.8%
115	Georgia	0.036	+0.9%
116	Niger	0.035	-27.8%
117	Kenya	0.034	+21.6%
118	Bhutan	0.028	+7.9%
119	Panama	0.023	+25.1%
120	Sri Lanka	0.023	+30.9%
121	Montenegro	0.021	+0.9%
122	Morocco	0.02	+16%
123	Lithuania	0.018	+6.1%
124	Honduras	0.017	+20.8%
125	El Salvador	0.015	-1.1%
126	Uganda	0.014	+14.2%
127	Mauritania	0.012	-9.5%
128	Nepal	0.012	-8.9%
129	Estonia	0.011	+7.6%
130	Nicaragua	0.011	-7%
131	Malawi	0.009	-1.3%
132	Latvia	0.009	-6.1%
133	Cambodia	0.007	+11%
134	Eswatini	0.007	-5.5%
135	Mauritius	0.006	+6.9%
136	Dominican Republic	0.006	-15.7%
137	Jordan	0.005	+16.1%
138	Namibia	0.005	+1.8%
139	Belize	0.005	+1.4%
140	Mali	0.004	-15.3%
141	Senegal	0.004	+4.1%
142	Madagascar	0.003	+5.8%
143	Guinea	0.003	+111.2%
144	Barbados	0.003	+5.2%
145	Luxembourg	0.003	+9.2%
146	Jamaica	0.002	+7.3%
147	Macao	0.002	-26%
148	Lesotho	0.002	+2.3%
149	Fiji	0.002	+1.4%
150	Lebanon	0.002	+143.6%
151	Cyprus	0.002	+22.3%
152	Greenland	0.001	+7.6%
153	New Caledonia	0.001	+16.5%
154	Puerto Rico	0.001	+12.4%
155	Moldova	0.001	-12.7%
156	Rwanda	0.001	+41%
157	Hong Kong	0.001	-81.7%
158	French Polynesia	0.001	+2.3%
159	Faroe Islands	0.001	+20.5%
160	Aruba	0.001	+10.1%
161	Central African Republic	0.001	0%
162	Burundi	0.001	-2.1%
163	Sierra Leone	0	+17.3%
164	Malta	0	+24.7%
165	Guyana	0	+1.2%
166	Burkina Faso	0	+5%
167	Cape Verde	0	-5.6%
168	Haiti	0	-6.3%
169	Togo	0	-46.9%
170	Samoa	0	+21.7%
171	Guam	0	+1,088.5%
172	Dominica	0	-19.1%
173	Vanuatu	0	+25.1%
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	+45.5%
175	Bermuda	0	-2%
176	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	+84.7%
177	Solomon Islands	0	-1.8%
178	Maldives	0	+12.5%
178	Palestine	0	+200%
178	Seychelles	0	+12.5%
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0%
182	Eritrea	0	+16.7%
182	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	-12.5%
184	Falkland Islands	0	-8.6%
185	Benin	0	+200%
186	Antigua and Barbuda	0	+800%
187	Somalia	0	+26.8%
188	Tonga	0	+25%
189	Kiribati	0	+200%
190	Cook Islands	0	+150%
191	Gambia	0	0%
192	American Samoa	0	0%
192	Bahamas	0	0%
192	Comoros	0	0%
195	British Virgin Islands	0	+14.3%
196	Grenada	0	-40%
197	Saint Lucia	0	+500%
198	Antarctica	0	+100%
198	Guinea-Bissau	0	+233.3%
200	Djibouti	0	0%
201	Cayman Islands	0	n/a
201	French Guiana	0	n/a
201	Gibraltar	0	n/a
201	Guadeloupe	0	n/a
201	Liberia	0	n/a
201	Martinique	0	n/a
201	Micronesia	0	n/a
201	Montserrat	0	n/a
201	Nauru	0	n/a
201	Niue	0	n/a
201	Northern Mariana Islands	0	n/a
201	Réunion	0	n/a
201	Saint Helena	0	n/a
201	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	n/a
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	n/a
201	Tuvalu	0	n/a
201	Western Sahara	0	n/a

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About this ranking

Total primary energy produced in the country in the year (coal, natural gas, crude oil 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. Production above consumption marks a net energy exporter, such as Saudi Arabia or Canada. Countries without domestic energy sources show 0.

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.

How to cite

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: total energy production, quadrillion Btu (series INTL.44-1-QBTU.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest primary energy production?

China, with 106.943 quadrillion Btu in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest primary energy production?

Western Sahara, with 0 quadrillion Btu in 2015.

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 production, quadrillion Btu (series INTL.44-1-QBTU.A). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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