Coal consumption
265,000,000
66,100,000
DEFINITION:
Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.
SOURCE:
Energy Information Administration , US Department of Energy
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 15th.
Coal > Production
28,018,000 ton
20,498,000 ton
SOURCE:
Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Ranked 14th in 2005. 37% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 16th in 2005.
Commercial energy use
4,131.38
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 23rd. 4% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 25th.
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel
61.8%
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 130th in 2003.
Ranked 114th in 2003. 19% more than Germany
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear
29.9%
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 14th in 2003. 26% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 17th in 2003.
Gasoline prices
1.49
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 19th.
Ranked 2nd. 29% more than Germany
Geothermal power use
436
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 23rd. 72 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 48th.
Nuclear electricity generation
162.3 terawatt-hours
81.1 terawatt-hours
DEFINITION:
Number of terrawatt-hours of nuclear energy consumed per country per year.
SOURCE:
ANSTO, IAEA, WNA
Ranked 5th. 100% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 7th.
Nuclear energy consumption
164.8 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 4th. 87% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 7th.
Nuclear reactors operable
19
27
SOURCE:
ANSTO, IAEA, WNA
Ranked 7th.
Ranked 6th. 42% more than Germany
Nuclear waste generated
0.19
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 6th.
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Germany
Oil reserves
395,800,000 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 50th.
Ranked 24th. 10 times more than Germany
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent
330.4
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 6th. 46% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 9th.
Traditional fuel consumption
1.3%
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 101st.
Ranked 88th. 154% more than Germany
Usage per person
4.13 TOE per person
3.89 TOE per person
DEFINITION:
Total primary energy supply TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) per person (Year 2000).
SOURCE:
lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001)
Ranked 12th. 6% more than United Kingdom
Ranked 13th.
Wall plugs > Voltage
230 V
230 V
DEFINITION:
PowerStream
Ranked 75th.
Ranked 27th.
Wind energy installation
16,628.8 MW
888 MW
DEFINITION:
Worldwide wind energy installation figures per country as at 31 December 2004
SOURCE:
World Wind Energy Association
Ranked 1st. 18 times more than United Kingdom
Ranked 9th.
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