Countries by primary energy production

China had the highest primary energy production of 217 countries in 2016, at 100.047 quadrillion Btu. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 quadrillion Btu. The median was 0.043 quadrillion Btu. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest100.047China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median0.043217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2016

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	2016 quadrillion Btu	Change on 2015
1	China	100.047	-6.4%
2	United States	81.052	-5%
3	Russia	57.833	+2%
4	Saudi Arabia	29.163	+3.6%
5	Canada	18.707	+1.1%
6	Iran	17.027	+17.5%
7	Australia	15.897	+2.7%
8	India	15.347	+5.4%
9	Indonesia	14.078	-0.6%
10	United Arab Emirates	9.975	+2.6%
11	Qatar	9.845	+0.6%
12	Iraq	9.678	+10.1%
13	Brazil	9.216	+3.1%
14	Norway	8.797	+1%
15	Kuwait	7.371	+3.6%
16	Kazakhstan	7.292	-2.7%
17	Mexico	7.086	-4.7%
18	Algeria	6.909	+3.2%
19	Venezuela	6.46	-7.4%
20	South Africa	5.82	+0.1%
21	Nigeria	5.744	-11.5%
22	Colombia	4.947	-2.6%
23	United Kingdom	4.91	+1.1%
24	France	4.521	-6.6%
25	Germany	3.974	-4.6%
26	Malaysia	3.957	+1.2%
27	Angola	3.903	-0.5%
28	Turkmenistan	3.364	-4.8%
29	Oman	3.261	+2.4%
30	Egypt	3.098	-4.2%
31	Argentina	3.063	+3.6%
32	Thailand	2.713	+4.7%
33	Poland	2.547	-2.7%
34	Azerbaijan	2.449	-1.8%
35	Ukraine	2.391	-4.7%
36	Vietnam	2.288	-4.8%
37	Uzbekistan	2.061	-6.7%
38	Netherlands	1.879	-4.5%
39	South Korea	1.672	+0.1%
40	Pakistan	1.645	-0.9%
41	Trinidad and Tobago	1.529	-8.5%
42	Libya	1.362	-6.4%
43	Ecuador	1.289	+2.2%
44	Bangladesh	1.134	+10.5%
45	Türkiye	1.084	+15%
46	Japan	1.078	+23.3%
47	Spain	1.046	+1.9%
48	Bahrain	1.018	-0.6%
49	Czechia	1.009	-6.8%
50	Sweden	1.003	+2.4%
51	Peru	0.948	+3.3%
52	Romania	0.905	-7.9%
53	North Korea	0.891	+10.1%
54	Mongolia	0.891	+42.7%
55	Italy	0.89	-10.7%
56	Bolivia	0.857	-4.6%
57	Myanmar	0.775	+7.4%
58	Equatorial Guinea	0.695	-8%
59	Brunei	0.681	-3.8%
60	Denmark	0.568	-5.7%
61	Belgium	0.535	+46.4%
62	Papua New Guinea	0.526	+8.5%
63	Philippines	0.496	+25.9%
64	Republic of the Congo	0.486	-15.3%
65	Mozambique	0.48	+3.5%
66	Gabon	0.471	-0.9%
67	New Zealand	0.457	-3.8%
68	Bulgaria	0.411	-7.2%
69	Finland	0.406	-3.3%
70	Serbia	0.402	+0.1%
71	Taiwan	0.39	-9.6%
72	Hungary	0.361	+2.1%
73	Israel	0.353	+12.4%
74	Switzerland	0.35	-7.5%
75	Timor-Leste	0.294	-21.6%
76	Austria	0.293	+1.2%
77	Chad	0.26	-7.1%
78	Ghana	0.256	-4.4%
79	Chile	0.252	-0.6%
80	Laos	0.249	+112.5%
81	Cameroon	0.242	-4.3%
82	Greece	0.233	-21.5%
83	Slovakia	0.226	-1.3%
84	Paraguay	0.226	+13.8%
85	Sudan	0.225	-2.8%
86	Syria	0.193	-10%
87	Côte d’Ivoire	0.176	+23.7%
88	Cuba	0.159	-5.6%
89	Portugal	0.142	+22.1%
90	Ireland	0.141	+291.9%
91	Tunisia	0.139	-2.3%
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.113	+5.1%
93	Slovenia	0.113	+6%
94	Croatia	0.103	-1.3%
95	Tajikistan	0.089	+7.3%
96	Zimbabwe	0.08	-36.2%
97	Tanzania	0.075	+28.1%
98	Belarus	0.074	+23.7%
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.074	+1%
100	Albania	0.072	-3.2%
101	Kyrgyzstan	0.071	+1.9%
102	Iceland	0.062	-2.1%
103	Guatemala	0.062	+3.9%
104	Uruguay	0.062	+3.8%
105	Yemen	0.057	-66.2%
106	Afghanistan	0.056	+10.2%
107	Singapore	0.05	-4.1%
108	Zambia	0.046	-5.7%
109	Ethiopia	0.043	+20%
110	Botswana	0.042	-9.9%
111	Suriname	0.04	+3%
112	Costa Rica	0.04	+0.6%
113	North Macedonia	0.038	-12.3%
114	Georgia	0.038	+5.1%
115	Armenia	0.034	-10.4%
116	Niger	0.034	-4.7%
117	Kenya	0.034	-1.1%
118	Bhutan	0.029	+3.8%
119	Panama	0.026	+8.7%
120	Morocco	0.021	+3.4%
121	Honduras	0.02	+17.4%
122	Montenegro	0.019	-10.5%
123	Lithuania	0.019	+6.7%
124	Sri Lanka	0.017	-24.8%
125	El Salvador	0.016	+3.3%
126	Uganda	0.015	+5.8%
127	Nepal	0.015	+20.5%
128	Estonia	0.012	+6.6%
129	Nicaragua	0.012	+9.3%
130	Mauritania	0.011	-7.6%
131	Latvia	0.011	+17.1%
132	Cambodia	0.009	+30.1%
133	Malawi	0.009	-3.6%
134	Dominican Republic	0.008	+37.6%
135	Eswatini	0.007	+4.6%
136	Jordan	0.007	+27.6%
137	Mauritius	0.006	-3%
138	Mali	0.006	+27.3%
139	Belize	0.005	+2.6%
140	Jamaica	0.005	+111.6%
141	Namibia	0.005	-8.1%
142	Guinea	0.004	+22.5%
143	Senegal	0.004	-1.8%
144	Madagascar	0.003	-3.4%
145	Luxembourg	0.003	+6.5%
146	Barbados	0.003	+0.6%
147	Fiji	0.002	+8.2%
148	Macao	0.002	+0.8%
149	Lesotho	0.002	-1.9%
150	Cyprus	0.002	+4.6%
151	Hong Kong	0.001	+74%
152	Lebanon	0.001	-15.3%
153	Greenland	0.001	-5.2%
154	Puerto Rico	0.001	+2.7%
155	Moldova	0.001	+20.5%
156	Rwanda	0.001	+8.6%
157	New Caledonia	0.001	-29.5%
158	Togo	0.001	+206.1%
159	French Polynesia	0.001	+9%
160	Central African Republic	0.001	+0.6%
161	Burundi	0.001	+5.4%
162	Burkina Faso	0.001	+51.3%
163	Malta	0.001	+26.5%
164	Aruba	0.001	-9.9%
165	Faroe Islands	0.001	-16.5%
166	Sierra Leone	0	+1.6%
167	Guyana	0	-15.9%
168	Cape Verde	0	-2.4%
169	Haiti	0	-14.1%
170	Guam	0	+114.6%
171	Samoa	0	+19.1%
172	Palestine	0	+377.8%
173	Dominica	0	+47.2%
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	-6.1%
175	Bermuda	0	-0.9%
176	Vanuatu	0	-31%
177	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0%
178	Maldives	0	+44.4%
179	Solomon Islands	0	+4%
180	Somalia	0	+130.8%
181	Benin	0	+66.7%
182	Seychelles	0	0%
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0%
184	Falkland Islands	0	+14.1%
185	Eritrea	0	0%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	-14.3%
187	Antigua and Barbuda	0	-7.4%
187	Tonga	0	0%
189	Kiribati	0	+23.1%
190	Cook Islands	0	+34.3%
191	Gambia	0	0%
192	American Samoa	0	+50%
193	Grenada	0	+66.7%
194	Bahamas	0	0%
194	Cayman Islands	0	n/a
194	Comoros	0	0%
197	British Virgin Islands	0	0%
198	Saint Lucia	0	+8.3%
199	Antarctica	0	0%
199	Guinea-Bissau	0	0%
201	Djibouti	0	0%
202	French Guiana	0	n/a
202	Gibraltar	0	n/a
202	Guadeloupe	0	n/a
202	Liberia	0	n/a
202	Martinique	0	n/a
202	Micronesia	0	n/a
202	Montserrat	0	n/a
202	Nauru	0	n/a
202	Niue	0	n/a
202	Northern Mariana Islands	0	n/a
202	Réunion	0	n/a
202	Saint Helena	0	n/a
202	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	n/a
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	n/a
202	Tuvalu	0	n/a
202	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 100.047 quadrillion Btu in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest primary energy production?

Western Sahara, with 0 quadrillion Btu in 2016.

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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