Coal consumption
1,470,000
66,100,000
DEFINITION:
Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 34th.
Ranked 15th. 44 times more than Argentina
Coal > Production
25,000 ton
20,498,000 ton
SOURCE:
Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Ranked 51st in 2005.
Ranked 16th in 2005. 819 times more than Argentina
Commercial energy use
1,659.9
3,961.93
DEFINITION:
Commercial energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita). Commercial energy use refers to apparent consumption, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.
Ranked 54th.
Ranked 25th. 139% more than Argentina
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel
52.2%
73.8%
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 145th in 2003.
Ranked 114th in 2003. 41% more than Argentina
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear
6.7%
23.7%
DEFINITION:
The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 24th in 2003.
Ranked 17th in 2003. 3 times more than Argentina
Gasoline prices
1.75
1.92
DEFINITION:
Ratio of premium gasoline price to world averagecurrency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
SOURCE:
German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org
Ranked 4th.
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than Argentina
Geothermal power use
125
6
DEFINITION:
Annual utilization of geothermal power from direct-use sources in GWh/yr as of 2000.
SOURCE:
Lund and Freeston; Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2000
Ranked 31st. 20 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 48th.
Nuclear electricity generation
5.4 terawatt-hours
81.1 terawatt-hours
DEFINITION:
Number of terrawatt-hours of nuclear energy consumed per country per year.
SOURCE:
ANSTO, IAEA, WNA
Ranked 24th.
Ranked 7th. 14 times more than Argentina
Nuclear energy consumption
5.8 terawatt-hours
88 terawatt-hours
DEFINITION:
Number of terrawatt-hours of nuclear energy consumed per country per year. Figures are provided for the year 2002.
SOURCE:
BP
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 7th. 14 times more than Argentina
Nuclear reactors operable
2
27
SOURCE:
ANSTO, IAEA, WNA
Ranked 20th.
Ranked 6th. 13 times more than Argentina
Nuclear waste generated
-0.35
3.98
DEFINITION:
Nuclear waste generatedAustralia , Canada and Czech Republic ) which had both variables, we took the higher.
SOURCE:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Management Database, 1997 via ciesin.org
Ranked 35th.
Ranked 2nd.
Oil exports > Net
335,000 barrels per day
830,000 barrels per day
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 18th.
Ranked 12th. 148% more than Argentina
Oil reserves
2,950,000,000 barrels
4,500,000,000 barrels
DEFINITION:
According to Web definitions the term refers to the total amount of petroleum (oil) discovered in any given oil field or nation. Thus it can be said that Kuwait has xxxx millions of barrels (mb) of oil in the ground. However, the exact amount can never be known, simply because of the difficulty in sensing or "seeing" beneath the surface of the Earth. The term Proven Reserve or PR refers to an amount of oil that is generally accepted by geologists to be the actual amount of petroleum in the ground.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 28th.
Ranked 24th. 53% more than Argentina
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent
62
226.9
DEFINITION:
Primary Energy : Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE:
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Argentina
Traditional fuel consumption
4%
3.3%
DEFINITION:
Traditional fuel consumption as a % of total energy use.
SOURCE:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Ranked 85th. 21% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 88th.
Wall plugs > Voltage
220 V
230 V
DEFINITION:
PowerStream
Ranked 149th.
Ranked 27th. 5% more than Argentina
Wind energy installation
26.6 MW
888 MW
DEFINITION:
Worldwide wind energy installation figures per country as at 31 December 2004
SOURCE:
World Wind Energy Association
Ranked 30th.
Ranked 9th. 32 times more than Argentina
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