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Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP)

Name: Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP) by country, 2022
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Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP) league table
#	Country	MJ/$	Region	Income
1	Palau	13.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	Liberia	13.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	New Caledonia	13.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Iceland	11.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Marshall Islands	11	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Uganda	9.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Bhutan	9	South Asia	Lower middle income
8	Lesotho	9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Madagascar	9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Central African Republic	8.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Burundi	7.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	Guinea-Bissau	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Kiribati	6.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Naoero	6.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	6.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
17	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
18	Papua New Guinea	6.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
19	Canada	6.4	North America	High income
20	Mali	6.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	Turks and Caicos Islands	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Equatorial Guinea	5.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Burkina Faso	5.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Samoa	5.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
26	Sierra Leone	5.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Solomon Islands	5.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
28	Korea, Rep.	5.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
29	Vanuatu	5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
30	Serbia	5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Guinea	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Finland	4.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Bulgaria	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Kyrgyz Republic	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
35	Moldova	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
36	Lao PDR	4.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
37	Antigua and Barbuda	4.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
38	Azerbaijan	4.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Comoros	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
40	Belize	4.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Chad	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	United States	4.2	North America	High income
43	Estonia	4.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Australia	4.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
45	Tonga	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
46	Czechia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Eswatini	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Brazil	3.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Slovak Republic	3.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Barbados	3.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
51	Mauritania	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Tunisia	3.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
53	Sao Tome and Principe	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Georgia	3.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	New Zealand	3.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
56	Rwanda	3.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Montenegro	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Belgium	3.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Malawi	3.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Argentina	3.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Sweden	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	North Macedonia	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	Norway	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Chile	3.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Gambia, The	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Japan	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
67	Slovenia	3.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Poland	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Hungary	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
70	West Bank and Gaza	3.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
71	Morocco	3.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Mexico	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Dominica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	St. Lucia	2.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Aruba	2.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Latvia	2.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	France	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Tuvalu	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Maldives	2.8	South Asia	Upper middle income
80	Croatia	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Seychelles	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
82	Grenada	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	St. Kitts and Nevis	2.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
84	Lithuania	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
85	Greece	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	French Polynesia	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Austria	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Netherlands	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Spain	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Germany	2.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
91	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Timor-Leste	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
93	Bahamas, The	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
94	Cyprus	2.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
95	Portugal	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Israel	2.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
97	Italy	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Turkiye	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Colombia	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Cabo Verde	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
101	Fiji	2.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Romania	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Guyana	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
104	Albania	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	United Kingdom	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Djibouti	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
107	Costa Rica	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
108	Denmark	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Andorra	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Luxembourg	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Bermuda	1.5	North America	High income
112	Switzerland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Malta	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
114	Macao SAR, China	1.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
115	Ireland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Puerto Rico (US)	0.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income

Energy intensity level of primary energy (MJ/$2021 PPP GDP)