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Which Country Consumes the Most of Energy?

Energy Use (kt of Oil Equivalent) (kt), 2012 or latest

Energy & Utility | March 23, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 135 countries in 2012, China ranked the highest in energy use measured by kt of oil equivalent with 2,727,728 kt followed by USA and India. On the other end of the scale was Eritrea with 765 kt, Malta with 857 kt and Montenegro with 1,179 kt.

Data for more countries are available at Energy Use (kt of Oil Equivalent) indicator page.

Energy Use (kt of Oil Equivalent)	Unit	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Brazil	kt															222,818	235,460	248,594	240,464	265,887		...
Canada	kt															268,302	271,728	264,724	251,326	250,992
China	kt															1,938,944	2,044,606	2,120,814	2,286,137	2,516,731		...
France	kt															266,793	263,542	264,803	253,469	261,157
Germany	kt															340,492	330,719	334,634	313,249	329,769
India	kt															567,182	604,659	632,956	698,360	723,743		...
Indonesia	kt															183,726	182,885	186,605	199,782	211,296		...
Iran	kt															180,242	190,620	204,312	213,423	210,678		...
Japan	kt															519,807	515,198	495,352	472,174	499,092
Mexico	kt															172,307	176,711	181,876	175,752	178,924
Russia	kt															670,673	672,591	688,483	646,915	702,292		...
Saudi Arabia	kt															158,214	144,109	154,076	175,675	192,004		...
South Korea	kt															213,600	222,147	226,946	229,178	249,964
USA	kt															2,296,686	2,337,014	2,277,034	2,164,458	2,215,504
United Kingdom	kt															218,961	210,993	208,209	196,485	201,829