Primary energy consumption · World

Published Our World in Data series · Energy · OWID.primary_energy_consumption

176,737.09 TWh · 2024

Latest available observation in the connected snapshot. Annual statistics do not change every second. Source revisions and reporting delays can affect these figures.

Reported history

YearValueUnit
2024176,737.09TWh
2023172,238.78TWh
2022169,061.53TWh
2021166,043.5TWh
2020157,993.89TWh
2019163,694.61TWh
2018161,806.12TWh
2017157,625.31TWh
2016154,221.48TWh
2015152,357.62TWh
2014151,239.17TWh
2013149,599.73TWh

Source & interpretation

Our World in Data: original dataset and methodology ↗

Values are displayed in TWh. Source totals are divided by 1 for this display. This page describes the world aggregate; it is not a national estimate.

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