Primary direct energy consumption by source, World

Energy consumption is shown as direct primary energy. This means this does not correct for fossil fuel
inefficiencies in conversion to useful energy estimates.

1965

2020

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Absolute annual change in primary energy consumption
Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita
Annual change in coal energy consumption
Annual change in fossil fuel consumption
Annual change in gas consumption
Annual change in hydropower generation
Annual change in low-carbon energy generation
Annual change in nuclear energy generation
Annual change in oil consumption
Annual change in primary energy consumption
Annual change in renewable energy generation
Annual change in solar energy generation
Annual change in wind energy generation
Annual percentage change in coal energy consumption
Annual percentage change in fossil fuel consumption
Annual percentage change in gas consumption
Annual percentage change in hydropower generation
Annual percentage change in low-carbon energy generation
Annual percentage change in nuclear energy generation
Annual percentage change in oil consumption
Annual percentage change in renewable energy generation
Annual percentage change in solar energy generation
Annual percentage change in wind energy generation
Coal production per capita
Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) energy use per person
Consumption-based energy intensity per dollar
Death rates from energy production per TWh
Death rates from low-carbon energy production
Direct primary energy consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Electricity Generation
Electricity access
Electricity consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Electricity generation from coal
Electricity generation from fossil fuels
Electricity generation from gas
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Electricity generation from oil
Electricity production by source
Electricity production by source
Electricity production from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Employment by economic sector
Energy consumption by source
Energy embedded in traded goods as a share of domestic energy
Energy imports and exports
Energy intensity
Energy intensity by sector
Energy intensity of economies
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita
Energy use per capita vs. share of population in extreme poverty
Energy use per person
Final to primary energy ratio (%)
Fossil fuel consumption
Fossil fuel consumption per capita
Fossil fuel consumption per capita
Fossil fuel consumption per capita
GDP per capita vs. Energy use
Gas consumption
Global direct primary energy consumption
Global primary energy consumption by source
Global primary energy consumption by source
Has country already reached SDG target on clean cooking fuels?
Hypothetical number of deaths from energy production
Installed global renewable energy capacity by technology
Installed renewable energy capacity
Investment in renewable energy, by technology
Levelized cost of energy by technology
Long-term energy transitions
Low-carbon electricity generation per capita
Low-carbon energy consumption
Modern renewable energy generation by source
Net energy embedded in traded goods
Number of people with access to electricity
Number of people with and without electricity access
Number of people without access to electricity
Number of people without access to electricity
Number of people without clean fuels for cooking
Oil production per capita
Per capita consumption of low-carbon energy
Per capita consumption of low-carbon energy vs. GDP per capita
Per capita electricity consumption
Per capita electricity from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Per capita electricity generation from fossil fuels
Per capita electricity generation from gas
Per capita electricity generation from hydropower
Per capita electricity generation from nuclear
Per capita electricity generation from oil
Per capita electricity generation from renewables
Per capita electricity generation from solar
Per capita electricity generation from wind
Per capita energy consumption from coal
Per capita energy consumption from hydropower
Per capita energy consumption from nuclear
Per capita energy consumption from renewables
Per capita energy consumption from solar
Per capita energy consumption from wind
Per capita energy from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Per capita fossil energy consumption vs. GDP per capita
Per capita gas consumption
Per capita generation of coal electricity
Per capita oil consumption
Per capita primary energy consumption by source
Power outages in firms in a typical month
Primary energy consumption
Primary energy consumption by source
Primary energy consumption by source
Primary energy consumption by source
Primary energy consumption by world region
Primary energy consumption from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Primary energy consumption from hydropower
Primary energy consumption from nuclear
Primary energy consumption from renewables
Primary energy consumption from solar
Primary energy consumption from wind
Primary energy mix in the United Kingdom
Production vs. consumption-based carbon intensity of energy
Production- vs. consumption-based energy use per person
Production-based vs. consumption-based energy use
Renewable Energy Investment
Renewable Energy Investment
Share of direct primary energy consumption by source
Share of electricity from low-carbon sources
Share of electricity production by source
Share of electricity production by source
Share of electricity production from coal
Share of electricity production from fossil fuels
Share of electricity production from gas
Share of electricity production from hydropower
Share of electricity production from nuclear
Share of electricity production from renewable sources
Share of electricity production from renewables
Share of electricity production from solar
Share of electricity production from wind
Share of energy consumption by source
Share of final energy consumption from renewable sources
Share of global primary energy consumption by source
Share of primary energy from coal
Share of primary energy from fossil fuels
Share of primary energy from gas
Share of primary energy from hydroelectric power
Share of primary energy from low-carbon sources
Share of primary energy from nuclear
Share of primary energy from oil
Share of primary energy from renewable sources
Share of primary energy from solar
Share of primary energy from wind
Share of primary energy that is low-carbon vs. GDP per capita
Share of rural vs. urban population with electricity access
Solar PV Cumulative Capacity
Solar PV module prices vs. cumulative capacity
The long-term energy transition in Europe
The share of nuclear and renewables in total electricity production
When will countries phase out coal power?
Which countries get more of their energy from low-carbon sources than the global average?
Year-to-year change in primary energy consumption by source
Year-to-year change in primary energy consumption from fossil fuels vs. low-carbon energy
Year-to-year percentage change in primary energy consumption