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Primary energy consumption from fossil fuels

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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  1. 1China38,907.3
  2. 2United States21,166.6
  3. 3India10,111.4
  4. 4Russian Federation7,940.7
  5. 5Japan3,950.9
  6. 6Iran, Islamic Rep.3,517
  7. 7Saudi Arabia3,265
  8. 8Korea, Rep.2,969.1
  9. 9Indonesia2,663
  10. 10Canada2,575.7
  11. 11Germany2,400.5
  12. 12Mexico2,081.6
  13. 13Brazil1,889.2
  14. 14Turkiye1,667.2
  15. 15Australia1,413.4
  16. 16United Kingdom1,409.7
  17. 17United Arab Emirates1,380.6
  18. 18Italy1,329.9
  19. 19Thailand1,312.6
  20. 20South Africa1,291.9
  21. 21Malaysia1,262.2
  22. 22France1,144.7
  23. 23Viet Nam1,143.4
  24. 24Taiwan1,140.8
  25. 25Egypt, Arab Rep.1,057.1
  26. 26Spain1,051.9
  27. 27Singapore1,047.9
  28. 28Poland972.7
  29. 29Kazakhstan815.4
  30. 30Argentina805.2
  31. 31Algeria758.2
  32. 32Netherlands742.6
  33. 33Iraq732.2
  34. 34Pakistan715
  35. 35Uzbekistan661.9
  36. 36Qatar648.3
  37. 37Philippines572.5
  38. 38Kuwait524.6
  39. 39Bangladesh522.9
  40. 40Venezuela, RB510
  41. 41Belgium489.9
  42. 42Colombia448.7
  43. 43Oman441.6
  44. 44Ukraine417.1
  45. 45Turkmenistan371.1
  46. 46Chile345.4
  47. 47Czechia279.6
  48. 48Belarus271.5
  49. 49Peru270.5
  50. 50Hong Kong SAR, China270
  51. 51Romania257.5
  52. 52Morocco251
  53. 53Greece250.5
  54. 54Israel249.1
  55. 55Austria228.1
  56. 56Azerbaijan198.7
  57. 57Hungary186.6
  58. 58Ecuador169.6
  59. 59Sweden164.2
  60. 60Trinidad and Tobago159.8
  61. 61Portugal159.5
  62. 62Norway150.1
  63. 63Switzerland142.7
  64. 64Ireland139.9
  65. 65New Zealand134.8
  66. 66Finland120.3
  67. 67Bulgaria120
  68. 68Slovak Republic114.6
  69. 69Denmark112
  70. 70Sri Lanka84.3
  71. 71Croatia73.3
  72. 72Lithuania55.5
  73. 73Estonia45.4
  74. 74Slovenia44.3
  75. 75Luxembourg33.9
  76. 76Cyprus29.6
  77. 77Latvia26.8
  78. 78North Macedonia24.6
  79. 79Iceland12.6

Primary energy consumption from fossil fuels