Japan Imports Stats
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- Kt of oil equivalent: Energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter.
- Kt of oil equivalent > Per capita: Energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
- Kt of oil equivalent per million: Energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
- Net > % of energy use: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. 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.
SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
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