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Energy use per $1000 of GDP, 2015:

The average for 2015 based on 34 countries was 82.8 kilograms of oil equivalent. The highest value was in Iceland: 290.06 kilograms of oil equivalent and the lowest value was in Ireland: 36 kilograms of oil equivalent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2015. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: kilograms of oil equivalent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Energy use per $1000 GDP, 2015 Global rank Available data
Iceland 290.06 1 1990 - 2015
Canada 139.2 2 1990 - 2015
South Korea 127.09 3 1990 - 2015
Estonia 115.61 4 1990 - 2015
Finland 110.58 5 1990 - 2015
USA 105.33 6 1990 - 2015
Australia 99.68 7 1990 - 2015
New Zealand 98.11 8 1990 - 2015
Czechia 89.81 9 1990 - 2015
Slovakia 89.7 10 1990 - 2015
Sweden 85.63 11 1990 - 2015
Slovenia 81.01 12 1990 - 2015
Belgium 79.63 13 1990 - 2015
Japan 78.59 14 1990 - 2015
Poland 77.73 15 1990 - 2015
Hungary 76.83 16 1990 - 2015
Chile 71.77 17 1990 - 2015
Mexico 71.29 18 1990 - 2015
France 71.11 19 1990 - 2015
Greece 69.29 20 1990 - 2015
Norway 67.83 21 1990 - 2015
Israel 67.82 22 1990 - 2015
Netherlands 67.68 23 1990 - 2015
Germany 64.33 24 1990 - 2015
Turkey 63.79 25 1990 - 2015
Austria 60.99 26 1990 - 2015
Spain 60.41 27 1990 - 2015
Portugal 59.41 28 1990 - 2015
UK 53.39 29 1990 - 2015
Italy 52.59 30 1990 - 2015
Luxembourg 49.7 31 1990 - 2015
Denmark 44.81 32 1990 - 2015
Switzerland 38.31 33 1990 - 2015
Ireland 36 34 1990 - 2015



Definition: Energy use per PPP GDP is the kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use per constant PPP GDP. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2017 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.

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