Countries by primary energy production

China had the highest primary energy production of 217 countries in 2020, at 117.216 quadrillion Btu. Western Sahara had the lowest, at 0 quadrillion Btu. The median was 0.042 quadrillion Btu. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest117.216China

Lowest0Western Sahara

Median0.042217 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

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	2020 quadrillion Btu	Change on 2019
1	China	117.216	+2%
2	United States	91.888	-5.9%
3	Russia	60.207	-6.5%
4	Saudi Arabia	27.032	-4.4%
5	Canada	20.174	-3.6%
6	Australia	18.404	-1.4%
7	India	16.529	-2.4%
8	Indonesia	15.861	-5.9%
9	Iran	15.652	-2.2%
10	Brazil	10.556	+2.4%
11	United Arab Emirates	9.787	-6.5%
12	Qatar	9.674	+0.2%
13	Iraq	9.116	-13.7%
14	Norway	8.872	+6.2%
15	Kazakhstan	7.442	-4.2%
16	Kuwait	6.422	-8.9%
17	Algeria	5.985	-7.5%
18	Nigeria	5.742	-5.4%
19	Mexico	5.735	+1.8%
20	South Africa	5.616	-4.2%
21	United Kingdom	4.859	-3.3%
22	France	4.085	-9.7%
23	Malaysia	3.9	-8.7%
24	Egypt	3.773	-5.9%
25	Colombia	3.727	-23.2%
26	Turkmenistan	3.4	-5.5%
27	Oman	3.332	-1.8%
28	Germany	3.122	-9.4%
29	Argentina	3.04	-6.4%
30	Angola	3.034	-11.4%
31	Azerbaijan	2.41	-3.9%
32	Thailand	2.4	-9.6%
33	Ukraine	2.222	-2.9%
34	Vietnam	2.213	-4.8%
35	Venezuela	2.166	-27.1%
36	Poland	2.07	-8.4%
37	Uzbekistan	1.813	-16.8%
38	South Korea	1.691	+8.5%
39	Pakistan	1.557	+2.6%
40	Japan	1.535	-9.4%
41	Trinidad and Tobago	1.295	-12.6%
42	Libya	1.275	-58.2%
43	Türkiye	1.274	-7.7%
44	Ecuador	1.16	-8.8%
45	Netherlands	1.123	-15.2%
46	Spain	1.059	+3.8%
47	Bahrain	1.051	-4.2%
48	Bangladesh	0.954	-4.7%
49	Sweden	0.944	-13%
50	Italy	0.931	+3.8%
51	Mongolia	0.918	-18.3%
52	Peru	0.878	-10.3%
53	Czechia	0.832	-14.2%
54	Romania	0.792	-9.6%
55	Myanmar	0.716	-3.4%
56	North Korea	0.7	-4.8%
57	Brunei	0.694	-4.6%
58	Bolivia	0.664	-3.5%
59	Republic of the Congo	0.659	-12.3%
60	Israel	0.565	+46.2%
61	Ghana	0.554	+7.8%
62	Philippines	0.528	-10.5%
63	Equatorial Guinea	0.526	-4.4%
64	Papua New Guinea	0.524	+4.3%
65	Belgium	0.474	-13.8%
66	Mozambique	0.452	-16.7%
67	Finland	0.43	-1%
68	Switzerland	0.406	-2.8%
69	Gabon	0.398	-12.7%
70	Serbia	0.396	+0.8%
71	Taiwan	0.395	-2.8%
72	New Zealand	0.384	-3.8%
73	Bulgaria	0.374	-9.7%
74	Hungary	0.345	-3.1%
75	Denmark	0.339	-27%
76	Laos	0.31	+7.6%
77	Austria	0.286	-2.5%
78	Chad	0.28	-3.8%
79	Timor-Leste	0.277	+10.8%
80	Cameroon	0.263	+3%
81	Chile	0.241	-7.3%
82	Slovakia	0.223	-1.4%
83	Syria	0.223	+3.6%
84	Côte d’Ivoire	0.175	-1.7%
85	Paraguay	0.173	-5.2%
86	Sudan	0.157	-5.2%
87	Greece	0.143	-31.5%
88	Portugal	0.137	+7.7%
89	Ireland	0.13	-9.8%
90	Yemen	0.124	-6.4%
91	Cuba	0.123	-4%
92	Slovenia	0.119	+6.6%
93	Tunisia	0.119	-2.1%
94	Tajikistan	0.11	-2.1%
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.11	-7.8%
96	Kyrgyzstan	0.101	+3.4%
97	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.092	+0.4%
98	Croatia	0.088	-8.7%
99	Belarus	0.088	+7.6%
100	Zimbabwe	0.081	-1.4%
101	Tanzania	0.077	-6.1%
102	Zambia	0.072	+6.8%
103	Guatemala	0.067	+0.2%
104	Iceland	0.064	-2.4%
105	Singapore	0.063	-1.8%
106	Uruguay	0.061	-11.4%
107	Albania	0.061	-3.1%
108	Ethiopia	0.053	+2%
109	Afghanistan	0.042	-39.6%
110	Botswana	0.042	-11.1%
111	Bhutan	0.041	+27.1%
112	Costa Rica	0.041	+3.3%
113	Suriname	0.04	-2.2%
114	Kenya	0.038	+7.6%
115	Niger	0.038	-4.1%
116	Armenia	0.036	+13.9%
117	North Macedonia	0.036	-5.8%
118	Georgia	0.031	-3.2%
119	Morocco	0.03	-6.2%
120	Panama	0.028	+34.5%
121	Honduras	0.023	-7.3%
122	El Salvador	0.023	+17.5%
123	Nepal	0.022	+0.6%
124	Montenegro	0.021	-0%
125	Lithuania	0.021	+6.2%
126	Estonia	0.021	+34.8%
127	Sri Lanka	0.021	+4%
128	Latvia	0.02	+5.9%
129	Jordan	0.019	+37.5%
130	Uganda	0.017	+0.3%
131	Cambodia	0.015	-1.7%
132	Nicaragua	0.013	-3.9%
133	Dominican Republic	0.012	+14.9%
134	Malawi	0.007	-0.3%
135	Namibia	0.007	+45.1%
136	Senegal	0.006	+13.8%
137	Luxembourg	0.006	+20.6%
138	Mali	0.006	+10.1%
139	Belize	0.006	+27%
140	Eswatini	0.005	+2%
141	Guinea	0.005	+15.6%
142	Mauritius	0.005	-7.8%
143	Lebanon	0.004	+9.2%
144	Rwanda	0.004	+10.4%
145	Madagascar	0.003	-7.1%
146	Fiji	0.003	+4.8%
147	Barbados	0.003	-14%
148	Puerto Rico	0.003	+4.3%
149	Cyprus	0.002	+13.8%
150	Jamaica	0.002	-1.6%
151	New Caledonia	0.002	+9.9%
152	Macao	0.002	-14.1%
153	Mauritania	0.002	+1.3%
154	Burkina Faso	0.002	+28.7%
155	Greenland	0.001	+5%
156	Lesotho	0.001	+8.7%
157	Hong Kong	0.001	-5.4%
158	Moldova	0.001	-4.7%
159	Burundi	0.001	+2.2%
160	Malta	0.001	+18.8%
161	French Polynesia	0.001	+1.5%
162	Sierra Leone	0.001	-0.1%
163	Palestine	0.001	+44.4%
164	Aruba	0.001	0%
165	Faroe Islands	0.001	+2.9%
166	Central African Republic	0.001	0%
167	Haiti	0.001	-16.8%
168	Liberia	0	-0%
169	Togo	0	-32.7%
170	Samoa	0	+21.5%
171	Guam	0	+3.8%
172	Cape Verde	0	-12%
173	Guyana	0	-2.3%
174	Seychelles	0	+38.3%
175	Eritrea	0	0%
176	Maldives	0	+27.3%
177	Somalia	0	+75.6%
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	+8.3%
179	Vanuatu	0	+4.7%
180	Dominica	0	-4.7%
181	Cayman Islands	0	+11.1%
182	Antigua and Barbuda	0	+23.1%
183	Bermuda	0	-9.1%
184	Solomon Islands	0	-1.1%
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0%
186	Cook Islands	0	-13.3%
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	+22.2%
187	Tonga	0	+22.2%
189	Saint Lucia	0	0%
190	Benin	0	-12.3%
191	Bahamas	0	+16.7%
192	Kiribati	0	0%
192	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0%
194	American Samoa	0	0%
194	Gambia	0	0%
196	Grenada	0	0%
197	British Virgin Islands	0	0%
197	Falkland Islands	0	-20%
199	Guinea-Bissau	0	0%
199	Nauru	0	+50%
201	Djibouti	0	0%
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0%
203	Antarctica	0	n/a
203	Comoros	0	-100%
203	French Guiana	0	n/a
203	Gibraltar	0	n/a
203	Guadeloupe	0	n/a
203	Martinique	0	n/a
203	Micronesia	0	n/a
203	Montserrat	0	n/a
203	Niue	0	n/a
203	Northern Mariana Islands	0	n/a
203	Réunion	0	n/a
203	Saint Helena	0	n/a
203	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	n/a
203	Tuvalu	0	n/a
203	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 117.216 quadrillion Btu in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which country has the lowest primary energy production?

Western Sahara, with 0 quadrillion Btu in 2020.

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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