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34882 | Energy Production and Consumption | energy-production-consumption | page | publish | <!-- wp:html --> <!-- formatting-options subnavId:energy subnavCurrentId:production-consumption --> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The availability of energy has transformed the course of humanity over the last few centuries. Not only have new sources of energy been unlocked – first fossil fuels, followed by a diversification to nuclear, hydropower and now other renewable technologies – but also in the quantity we can produce and consume.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This article focuses on the <em>quantity</em> of energy we consume – looking at total energy and electricity consumption; how countries compare when we look at this per person; and how energy consumption is changing over time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In our pages on the <em><a href="http://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix">Energy Mix</a></em> and <em><a href="http://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix">Electricity Mix</a></em> we look in more detail at what sources provide this energy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the energy domain, there are many different units thrown around – joules, exajoules, million tonnes of oil equivalents, barrel equivalents, British thermal units, terawatt-hours, to name a few. This can be confusing, and make comparisons difficult. So at <em>Our World in Data </em>we try to maintain consistency by converting all energy data to watt-hours. We do this to compare energy data across different metrics and sources.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Global energy consumption</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>How much energy does the world consume?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-energy-substitution" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related content:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Global primary energy consumption by the \u003cem\u003edirect\u003c/em\u003e method","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How does the global energy breakdown look if we use the <em>direct</em> method, which does not correct for the inefficiencies in fossil fuel combustion?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Energy mix","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What sources does our energy come from? How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon energy? Explore our work on the <em>Energy Mix</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The energy system has transformed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. We see this transformation of the global energy supply in the interactive chart shown here. It graphs global energy consumption from 1800 onwards. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It is based on historical estimates of primary energy consumption from Vaclav Smil, combined with updated figures from BP's <a href="https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html">Statistical Review of World Energy</a>.{ref}Vaclav Smil (2017). <a href="http://vaclavsmil.com/2016/12/14/energy-transitions-global-and-national-perspectives-second-expanded-and-updated-edition/">Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives</a>.{/ref}</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Note that this data presents primary energy consumption via the 'substitution method'. The 'substitution method' – in comparison to the 'direct method' – attempts to correct for the inefficiencies (energy wasted as heat during combustion) in fossil fuel and biomass conversion. It does this by correcting nuclear and modern renewable technologies to their 'primary input equivalents' if the same quantity of energy were to be produced from fossil fuels. We look at these two methodologies, how they differ, and what effect this has on energy statistics in detail <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy-substitution-method" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. You also find the same data presented in its 'direct primary equivalents' in the related chart underneath.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>How is <strong>global</strong> energy consumption changing year-to-year?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Absolute change in primary energy consumption","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption?tab=chart\u0026country=~OWID_WRL","mediaId":35108,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/07/abs-change-energy-consumption-1.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How is global primary energy consumption changing year-to-year in <em>absolute</em> terms?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Demand for energy is growing across many countries in the world, as people get richer and populations increase. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If this increased demand is not offset by improvements in energy efficiency elsewhere, then our global energy consumption will continue to grow year-on-year. Growing energy consumption makes the challenge of transitioning our energy systems away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon sources of energy more difficult: new low-carbon energy has to meet this additional demand <em>and</em> try to displace existing fossil fuels in the energy mix.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This interactive chart shows how global energy consumption has been changing from year-to-year. The change is given as a percentage of consumption in the previous year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We see that global energy consumption has increased nearly every year for more than half a century. The exceptions to this are in the early 1980s, and 2009 following the financial crisis. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Global energy consumption continues to grow, but it does seem to be slowing – averaging around 1% to 2% per year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Primary energy <strong>consumption</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Total energy consumption</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-cons" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5} --> <h5>Related charts:</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Primary energy production","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-production","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How much primary energy does each country <em>produce</em>? This measures energy generation before trade. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How much energy do countries across the world consume?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This interactive chart shows primary energy consumption country-by-country. It is the sum of total energy consumption, including electricity, transport and heating. We look at electricity consumption individually later in this article.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Note, again, that this is based on primary energy via the 'substitution method': this means nuclear and renewable energy technologies have been converted into their 'primary input equivalents' if they had the same levels of inefficiency as fossil fuel conversion.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To maintain consistency with all of the other energy data we present, we have converted primary energy into terawatt-hours (rather than million tonnes of oil equivalents, or alternative energy units).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:owid/help --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>Three tips on how to interact with this map</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li>By clicking on any country on the map you see the change over time in this country.</li><li>By moving the time slider (below the map) you can see how the global situation has changed over time.</li><li>You can focus on a particular world region using the dropdown menu to the top-right of the map.</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Enter help content..."} --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/help --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Per capita: where do people consume the most <strong>energy</strong>?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-use-per-capita" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>When we look at total energy consumption, differences across countries often reflect differences in population size: countries with lots of people inevitably consume more energy than tiny countries.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do countries compare when we look at energy consumption <em>per person</em>?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This interactive chart shows per capita energy consumption. We see vast differences across the world. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The largest energy consumers include Iceland, Norway, Canada, the United States, and wealthy nations in the Middle East such as Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The average person in these countries consumes as much as 100 times more than the average person in some of the poorest countries.{ref}Per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh, for example, is in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 kilowatt-hours. In Oman, it's over 200,000 kilowatt-hours.{/ref}</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In fact, the true differences between the richest and poorest might be even greater. We do not have high-quality data on energy consumption for many of the world's poorest countries. This is because they often use very little commercially-traded energy sources (such as coal, oil, gas, or grid electricity) and instead rely on traditional biomass – crop residues, wood and other organic matter that is difficult to quantify. This means we often lack good data on energy consumption for the world's poorest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Where is energy consumption growing or falling?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4>Year-on-year change in primary energy consumption</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=map" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Absolute annual change in primary energy consumption","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption","mediaId":35107,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/07/abs-change-energy-consumption.svg","mediaAlt":"","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What is the absolute change in primary energy consumption each year?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Globally, primary energy consumption has increased nearly every year for at least half a century. But this is not the case everywhere in the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Energy consumption is rising in many countries where incomes are rising quickly and the population is growing. But in many countries – particularly richer countries trying to improve energy efficiency – energy consumption is actually falling.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This interactive chart shows the annual growth rate of energy consumption. Positive values indicate a country's energy consumption was higher than the previous year. Negative values indicate its energy consumption was lower than the previous year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2><strong>Electricity</strong> generation</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Total electricity generation: how much electricity does each country generate?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We previously looked at total energy consumption. This is the sum of energy used for electricity, transport and heating.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Although the terms 'electricity and 'energy' are often used interchangeably, it's important to understand that electricity is just one component of total energy consumption.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Let's take a look at <em>electricity</em> data. This interactive chart shows the amount of electricity generated by country each year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>Per capita: which countries generate the most <strong>electricity</strong>?</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:html --> <iframe src="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-generation" loading="lazy" style="width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;"></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Just as with total energy, comparisons on levels of electricity generation often reflect population size. It tells us nothing about how electricity the average person in a given country consumes relative to another.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This interactive chart shows <em>per capita</em> electricity generation per person. Again we see vast difference in electricity per person across the world. The largest producers – Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Canada – generate 100s of times as much electricity as the smallest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In many of the poorest countries in the world, people consume very little electricity, which estimates lower than 100 kilowatt-hours per person in some places.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Energy production and consumption by source</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:columns {"className":"is-style-sticky-left"} --> <div class="wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left"><!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Energy mix","linkUrl":"ourworldindata.org/energy-mix","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --> <!-- wp:owid/prominent-link {"title":"Electricity mix","linkUrl":"ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix","className":"is-style-thin"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/prominent-link --></div> <!-- /wp:column --> <!-- wp:column --> <div class="wp-block-column"><!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This page focuses on total energy and electricity consumption, without digging into the details on where this energy comes from, and how sources are changing over time.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In our pages on the <em>Energy Mix</em> and <em>Electricity Mix</em>, we look at full breakdowns of the energy system; how much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon sources; and whether we're making progress on decarbonization.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></div> <!-- /wp:column --></div> <!-- /wp:columns --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Explore more of our work on Energy</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp-block-tombstone 41045 --> <!-- wp:owid/grid --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/energy","mediaId":39373,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured.png","mediaAlt":"COVID-19 data explorer"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Explore all the metrics – energy production, electricity consumption, and breakdown of fossil fuels, renewable and nuclear energy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/energy#country-profiles","mediaId":39372,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured.png","mediaAlt":"COVID-19 country profiles"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Get an overview of energy for any country on a single page.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://github.com/owid/energy-data","mediaId":39375,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured.png","mediaAlt":"download complete COVID-19 dataset"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Download our complete dataset of energy metrics on GitHub. It's open-access and free for anyone to use.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"title":"","linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-access","mediaId":41041,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>See how access to electricity and clean cooking fuels vary across the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption","mediaId":41039,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Explore long-term changes in energy production and consumption across the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://owid.cloud/energy-mix","mediaId":41040,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear energy? See the breakdown of the energy mix.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://owid.cloud/electricity-mix","mediaId":41042,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Explore the breakdown of the electricity mix and how this is changing.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://owid.cloud/fossil-fuels","mediaId":41037,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>See the long-term changes in coal, oil and gas production and consumption.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://owid.cloud/renewable-energy","mediaId":41035,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How quickly are countries scaling up the production of renewable technologies? Explore the data.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"https://owid.cloud/nuclear-energy","mediaId":41036,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Nuclear-Energy.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Explore the long-term changes in nuclear energy production across the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- wp:owid/card {"linkUrl":"ourworldindata.org/transport","mediaId":45158,"mediaUrl":"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/09/transport-thumbnail.png","mediaAlt":""} --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Explore trends in transport technologies and emissions across the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:owid/card --> <!-- /wp:owid/grid --> | { "id": "wp-34882", "slug": "energy-production-consumption", "content": { "toc": [], "body": [ { "type": "text", "value": [ { "text": "The availability of energy has transformed the course of humanity over the last few centuries. 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The availability of energy has transformed the course of humanity over the last few centuries. Not only have new sources of energy been unlocked – first fossil fuels, followed by a diversification to nuclear, hydropower and now other renewable technologies – but also in the quantity we can produce and consume. This article focuses on the _quantity_ of energy we consume – looking at total energy and electricity consumption; how countries compare when we look at this per person; and how energy consumption is changing over time. In our pages on the _[Energy Mix](http://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix)_ and _[Electricity Mix](http://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix)_ we look in more detail at what sources provide this energy. In the energy domain, there are many different units thrown around – joules, exajoules, million tonnes of oil equivalents, barrel equivalents, British thermal units, terawatt-hours, to name a few. This can be confusing, and make comparisons difficult. So at _Our World in Data _we try to maintain consistency by converting all energy data to watt-hours. We do this to compare energy data across different metrics and sources. ## Global energy consumption ### How much energy does the world consume? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-energy-substitution"/> ##### Related content: ### Global primary energy consumption by the <em>direct</em> method How does the global energy breakdown look if we use the direct method, which does not correct for the inefficiencies in fossil fuel combustion? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy ### Energy mix What sources does our energy come from? How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon energy? Explore our work on the Energy Mix. https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix The energy system has transformed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. We see this transformation of the global energy supply in the interactive chart shown here. It graphs global energy consumption from 1800 onwards. It is based on historical estimates of primary energy consumption from Vaclav Smil, combined with updated figures from BP's [Statistical Review of World Energy](https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html).{ref}Vaclav Smil (2017). [Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives](http://vaclavsmil.com/2016/12/14/energy-transitions-global-and-national-perspectives-second-expanded-and-updated-edition/).{/ref} Note that this data presents primary energy consumption via the 'substitution method'. The 'substitution method' – in comparison to the 'direct method' – attempts to correct for the inefficiencies (energy wasted as heat during combustion) in fossil fuel and biomass conversion. It does this by correcting nuclear and modern renewable technologies to their 'primary input equivalents' if the same quantity of energy were to be produced from fossil fuels. We look at these two methodologies, how they differ, and what effect this has on energy statistics in detail [here](https://ourworldindata.org/energy-substitution-method). You also find the same data presented in its 'direct primary equivalents' in the related chart underneath. ### How is **global** energy consumption changing year-to-year? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL"/> ### Absolute change in primary energy consumption How is global primary energy consumption changing year-to-year in absolute terms? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL Demand for energy is growing across many countries in the world, as people get richer and populations increase. If this increased demand is not offset by improvements in energy efficiency elsewhere, then our global energy consumption will continue to grow year-on-year. Growing energy consumption makes the challenge of transitioning our energy systems away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon sources of energy more difficult: new low-carbon energy has to meet this additional demand _and_ try to displace existing fossil fuels in the energy mix. This interactive chart shows how global energy consumption has been changing from year-to-year. The change is given as a percentage of consumption in the previous year. We see that global energy consumption has increased nearly every year for more than half a century. The exceptions to this are in the early 1980s, and 2009 following the financial crisis. Global energy consumption continues to grow, but it does seem to be slowing – averaging around 1% to 2% per year. ## Primary energy **consumption** ### Total energy consumption <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-cons"/> ##### Related charts: ### Primary energy production How much primary energy does each country produce? This measures energy generation before trade. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-production How much energy do countries across the world consume? This interactive chart shows primary energy consumption country-by-country. It is the sum of total energy consumption, including electricity, transport and heating. We look at electricity consumption individually later in this article. Note, again, that this is based on primary energy via the 'substitution method': this means nuclear and renewable energy technologies have been converted into their 'primary input equivalents' if they had the same levels of inefficiency as fossil fuel conversion. To maintain consistency with all of the other energy data we present, we have converted primary energy into terawatt-hours (rather than million tonnes of oil equivalents, or alternative energy units). #### Three tips on how to interact with this map * By clicking on any country on the map you see the change over time in this country. * By moving the time slider (below the map) you can see how the global situation has changed over time. * You can focus on a particular world region using the dropdown menu to the top-right of the map. ### Per capita: where do people consume the most **energy**? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-use-per-capita"/> When we look at total energy consumption, differences across countries often reflect differences in population size: countries with lots of people inevitably consume more energy than tiny countries. How do countries compare when we look at energy consumption _per person_? This interactive chart shows per capita energy consumption. We see vast differences across the world. The largest energy consumers include Iceland, Norway, Canada, the United States, and wealthy nations in the Middle East such as Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The average person in these countries consumes as much as 100 times more than the average person in some of the poorest countries.{ref}Per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh, for example, is in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 kilowatt-hours. In Oman, it's over 200,000 kilowatt-hours.{/ref} In fact, the true differences between the richest and poorest might be even greater. We do not have high-quality data on energy consumption for many of the world's poorest countries. This is because they often use very little commercially-traded energy sources (such as coal, oil, gas, or grid electricity) and instead rely on traditional biomass – crop residues, wood and other organic matter that is difficult to quantify. This means we often lack good data on energy consumption for the world's poorest. ### Where is energy consumption growing or falling? #### Year-on-year change in primary energy consumption <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=map"/> ### Absolute annual change in primary energy consumption What is the absolute change in primary energy consumption each year? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption Globally, primary energy consumption has increased nearly every year for at least half a century. But this is not the case everywhere in the world. Energy consumption is rising in many countries where incomes are rising quickly and the population is growing. But in many countries – particularly richer countries trying to improve energy efficiency – energy consumption is actually falling. This interactive chart shows the annual growth rate of energy consumption. Positive values indicate a country's energy consumption was higher than the previous year. Negative values indicate its energy consumption was lower than the previous year. ## **Electricity** generation ### Total electricity generation: how much electricity does each country generate? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation"/> We previously looked at total energy consumption. This is the sum of energy used for electricity, transport and heating. Although the terms 'electricity and 'energy' are often used interchangeably, it's important to understand that electricity is just one component of total energy consumption. Let's take a look at _electricity_ data. This interactive chart shows the amount of electricity generated by country each year. ### Per capita: which countries generate the most **electricity**? <Chart url="https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-generation"/> Just as with total energy, comparisons on levels of electricity generation often reflect population size. It tells us nothing about how electricity the average person in a given country consumes relative to another. This interactive chart shows _per capita_ electricity generation per person. Again we see vast difference in electricity per person across the world. The largest producers – Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Canada – generate 100s of times as much electricity as the smallest. In many of the poorest countries in the world, people consume very little electricity, which estimates lower than 100 kilowatt-hours per person in some places. ## Energy production and consumption by source ### Energy mix ourworldindata.org/energy-mix ### Electricity mix ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix This page focuses on total energy and electricity consumption, without digging into the details on where this energy comes from, and how sources are changing over time. In our pages on the _Energy Mix_ and _Electricity Mix_, we look at full breakdowns of the energy system; how much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon sources; and whether we're making progress on decarbonization. ## Explore more of our work on Energy Explore all the metrics – energy production, electricity consumption, and breakdown of fossil fuels, renewable and nuclear energy. Get an overview of energy for any country on a single page. Download our complete dataset of energy metrics on GitHub. It's open-access and free for anyone to use. See how access to electricity and clean cooking fuels vary across the world. Explore long-term changes in energy production and consumption across the world. How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear energy? See the breakdown of the energy mix. Explore the breakdown of the electricity mix and how this is changing. See the long-term changes in coal, oil and gas production and consumption. How quickly are countries scaling up the production of renewable technologies? Explore the data. Explore the long-term changes in nuclear energy production across the world. Explore trends in transport technologies and emissions across the world. | { "id": 34882, "date": "2020-07-10T06:31:08", "guid": { "rendered": "https://owid.cloud/?page_id=34882" }, "link": "https://owid.cloud/energy-production-consumption", "meta": { "owid_publication_context_meta_field": [], "owid_key_performance_indicators_meta_field": [] }, "slug": "energy-production-consumption", "tags": [], "type": "page", "title": { "rendered": "Energy Production and Consumption" }, "_links": { "self": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/34882" } ], "about": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/types/page" } ], "author": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/users/17", "embeddable": true } ], "curies": [ { "href": "https://api.w.org/{rel}", "name": "wp", "templated": true } ], "replies": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=34882", "embeddable": true } ], "wp:term": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=34882", "taxonomy": "category", "embeddable": true }, { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=34882", "taxonomy": "post_tag", "embeddable": true } ], "collection": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/pages" } ], "wp:attachment": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=34882" } ], "version-history": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/34882/revisions", "count": 14 } ], "wp:featuredmedia": [ { "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/media/41039", "embeddable": true } ], "predecessor-version": [ { "id": 50076, "href": "https://owid.cloud/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/34882/revisions/50076" } ] }, "author": 17, "parent": 0, "status": "publish", "content": { "rendered": "\n<!-- formatting-options subnavId:energy subnavCurrentId:production-consumption -->\n\n\n\n<p>The availability of energy has transformed the course of humanity over the last few centuries. Not only have new sources of energy been unlocked \u2013 first fossil fuels, followed by a diversification to nuclear, hydropower and now other renewable technologies \u2013 but also in the quantity we can produce and consume.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article focuses on the <em>quantity</em> of energy we consume \u2013 looking at total energy and electricity consumption; how countries compare when we look at this per person; and how energy consumption is changing over time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our pages on the <em><a href=\"http://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix\">Energy Mix</a></em> and <em><a href=\"http://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix\">Electricity Mix</a></em> we look in more detail at what sources provide this energy.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the energy domain, there are many different units thrown around \u2013 joules, exajoules, million tonnes of oil equivalents, barrel equivalents, British thermal units, terawatt-hours, to name a few. This can be confusing, and make comparisons difficult. So at <em>Our World in Data </em>we try to maintain consistency by converting all energy data to watt-hours. We do this to compare energy data across different metrics and sources.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Global energy consumption</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>How much energy does the world consume?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-energy-substitution\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related content:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy</link-url>\n <title>Global primary energy consumption by the <em>direct</em> method</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How does the global energy breakdown look if we use the <em>direct</em> method, which does not correct for the inefficiencies in fossil fuel combustion?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure></figure>\n </block>\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix</link-url>\n <title>Energy mix</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>What sources does our energy come from? How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon energy? Explore our work on the <em>Energy Mix</em>.</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure></figure>\n </block>\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>The energy system has transformed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. We see this transformation of the global energy supply in the interactive chart shown here. It graphs global energy consumption from 1800 onwards. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is based on historical estimates of primary energy consumption from Vaclav Smil, combined with updated figures from BP’s <a href=\"https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html\">Statistical Review of World Energy</a>.{ref}Vaclav Smil (2017). <a href=\"http://vaclavsmil.com/2016/12/14/energy-transitions-global-and-national-perspectives-second-expanded-and-updated-edition/\">Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives</a>.{/ref}</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that this data presents primary energy consumption via the ‘substitution method’. The ‘substitution method’ \u2013 in comparison to the ‘direct method’ \u2013 attempts to correct for the inefficiencies (energy wasted as heat during combustion) in fossil fuel and biomass conversion. It does this by correcting nuclear and modern renewable technologies to their ‘primary input equivalents’ if the same quantity of energy were to be produced from fossil fuels. We look at these two methodologies, how they differ, and what effect this has on energy statistics in detail <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-substitution-method\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here</a>. You also find the same data presented in its ‘direct primary equivalents’ in the related chart underneath.</p>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3>How is <strong>global</strong> energy consumption changing year-to-year?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption?tab=chart&country=~OWID_WRL</link-url>\n <title>Absolute change in primary energy consumption</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How is global primary energy consumption changing year-to-year in <em>absolute</em> terms?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/07/abs-change-energy-consumption-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>Demand for energy is growing across many countries in the world, as people get richer and populations increase. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this increased demand is not offset by improvements in energy efficiency elsewhere, then our global energy consumption will continue to grow year-on-year. Growing energy consumption makes the challenge of transitioning our energy systems away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon sources of energy more difficult: new low-carbon energy has to meet this additional demand <em>and</em> try to displace existing fossil fuels in the energy mix.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive chart shows how global energy consumption has been changing from year-to-year. The change is given as a percentage of consumption in the previous year.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see that global energy consumption has increased nearly every year for more than half a century. The exceptions to this are in the early 1980s, and 2009 following the financial crisis. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global energy consumption continues to grow, but it does seem to be slowing \u2013 averaging around 1% to 2% per year.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Primary energy <strong>consumption</strong></h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>Total energy consumption</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-cons\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n\n<h5>Related charts:</h5>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-energy-production</link-url>\n <title>Primary energy production</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>How much primary energy does each country <em>produce</em>? This measures energy generation before trade. </p>\n\n</content>\n <figure></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>How much energy do countries across the world consume?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive chart shows primary energy consumption country-by-country. It is the sum of total energy consumption, including electricity, transport and heating. We look at electricity consumption individually later in this article.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note, again, that this is based on primary energy via the ‘substitution method’: this means nuclear and renewable energy technologies have been converted into their ‘primary input equivalents’ if they had the same levels of inefficiency as fossil fuel conversion.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To maintain consistency with all of the other energy data we present, we have converted primary energy into terawatt-hours (rather than million tonnes of oil equivalents, or alternative energy units).</p>\n\n\n\t<block type=\"help\">\n\t\t<content>\n\n<h4>Three tips on how to interact with this map</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>By clicking on any country on the map you see the change over time in this country.</li><li>By moving the time slider (below the map) you can see how the global situation has changed over time.</li><li>You can focus on a particular world region using the dropdown menu to the top-right of the map.</li></ul>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n\n</content>\n\t</block></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Per capita: where do people consume the most <strong>energy</strong>?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-use-per-capita\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>When we look at total energy consumption, differences across countries often reflect differences in population size: countries with lots of people inevitably consume more energy than tiny countries.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do countries compare when we look at energy consumption <em>per person</em>?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive chart shows per capita energy consumption. We see vast differences across the world. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest energy consumers include Iceland, Norway, Canada, the United States, and wealthy nations in the Middle East such as Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The average person in these countries consumes as much as 100 times more than the average person in some of the poorest countries.{ref}Per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh, for example, is in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 kilowatt-hours. In Oman, it’s over 200,000 kilowatt-hours.{/ref}</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the true differences between the richest and poorest might be even greater. We do not have high-quality data on energy consumption for many of the world’s poorest countries. This is because they often use very little commercially-traded energy sources (such as coal, oil, gas, or grid electricity) and instead rely on traditional biomass \u2013 crop residues, wood and other organic matter that is difficult to quantify. This means we often lack good data on energy consumption for the world’s poorest.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Where is energy consumption growing or falling?</h3>\n\n\n\n<h4>Year-on-year change in primary energy consumption</h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/change-energy-consumption?tab=map\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/abs-change-energy-consumption</link-url>\n <title>Absolute annual change in primary energy consumption</title>\n <content>\n\n<p>What is the absolute change in primary energy consumption each year?</p>\n\n</content>\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"1\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2020/07/abs-change-energy-consumption.svg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"600\" width=\"850\" /></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>Globally, primary energy consumption has increased nearly every year for at least half a century. But this is not the case everywhere in the world.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy consumption is rising in many countries where incomes are rising quickly and the population is growing. But in many countries \u2013 particularly richer countries trying to improve energy efficiency \u2013 energy consumption is actually falling.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive chart shows the annual growth rate of energy consumption. Positive values indicate a country’s energy consumption was higher than the previous year. Negative values indicate its energy consumption was lower than the previous year.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Electricity</strong> generation</h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>Total electricity generation: how much electricity does each country generate?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-generation\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>We previously looked at total energy consumption. This is the sum of energy used for electricity, transport and heating.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the terms ‘electricity and ‘energy’ are often used interchangeably, it’s important to understand that electricity is just one component of total energy consumption.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let’s take a look at <em>electricity</em> data. This interactive chart shows the amount of electricity generated by country each year.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3>Per capita: which countries generate the most <strong>electricity</strong>?</h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<iframe src=\"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-generation\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px; border: 0px none;\"></iframe>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>Just as with total energy, comparisons on levels of electricity generation often reflect population size. It tells us nothing about how electricity the average person in a given country consumes relative to another.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interactive chart shows <em>per capita</em> electricity generation per person. Again we see vast difference in electricity per person across the world. The largest producers \u2013 Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Canada \u2013 generate 100s of times as much electricity as the smallest. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many of the poorest countries in the world, people consume very little electricity, which estimates lower than 100 kilowatt-hours per person in some places.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<p></p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Energy production and consumption by source</h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-sticky-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"> <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>http://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix</link-url>\n <title>Energy mix</title>\n <content>\n\n<p></p>\n\n</content>\n <figure></figure>\n </block>\n\n <block type=\"prominent-link\" style=\"is-style-thin\">\n <link-url>http://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix</link-url>\n <title>Electricity mix</title>\n <content>\n\n<p></p>\n\n</content>\n <figure></figure>\n </block></div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p>This page focuses on total energy and electricity consumption, without digging into the details on where this energy comes from, and how sources are changing over time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our pages on the <em>Energy Mix</em> and <em>Electricity Mix</em>, we look at full breakdowns of the energy system; how much of our energy comes from fossil fuels versus low-carbon sources; and whether we’re making progress on decarbonization.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Explore more of our work on Energy</h2>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-owid-grid \">\n\t\t\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/energy\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"COVID-19 data explorer\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/data_explorer-featured.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>Explore all the metrics \u2013 energy production, electricity consumption, and breakdown of fossil fuels, renewable and nuclear energy.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/energy#country-profiles\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"COVID-19 country profiles\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/country_profiles-featured.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>Get an overview of energy for any country on a single page.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://github.com/owid/energy-data\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"download complete COVID-19 dataset\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/01/download_dataset-featured.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>Download our complete dataset of energy metrics on GitHub. It’s open-access and free for anyone to use.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-access\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-access.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>See how access to electricity and clean cooking fuels vary across the world.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-production.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>Explore long-term changes in energy production and consumption across the world.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/energy-mix\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Energy-mix.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>How much of our energy comes from fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear energy? See the breakdown of the energy mix.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/electricity-mix\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Electricity-Mix.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>Explore the breakdown of the electricity mix and how this is changing.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/fossil-fuels\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Fossil-Fuels.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>See the long-term changes in coal, oil and gas production and consumption.</p>\n\n\n </div>\n </div>\n </a>\n </div>\n\n <div class=\"wp-block-owid-card with-image\" data-no-lightbox>\n <a href=\"https://owid.cloud/renewable-energy\">\n <figure><img width=\"768\" height=\"404\" src=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy-768x404.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy-768x404.png 768w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy-400x210.png 400w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy-800x421.png 800w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy-150x79.png 150w, https://owid.cloud/app/uploads/2021/02/Renewable-Energy.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" /></figure>\n <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n \n <div class=\"description\">\n \n\n<p>How quickly are countries scaling up the production of renewable technologies? 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