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Energy Stats: compare key data on Soviet Union & United States

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STAT Soviet Union United States HISTORY
Coal > Exports 25.96 million ton
Ranked 5th.
38.27 million ton
Ranked 7th. 47% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Production 413.98 million ton
Ranked 3rd.
531.82 million ton
Ranked 2nd. 28% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Recoverable > Reserves 104 billion ton
Ranked 2nd.
112.26 billion ton
Ranked 1st. 8% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Total known > Reserves 130 billion ton
Ranked 4th.
244.31 billion ton
Ranked 1st. 88% more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Exports 19.41 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 62% more than United States
12 billion kWh
Ranked 15th.

Electricity > Hydro > Production 235 billion kWh
Ranked 3rd.
290.42 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 24% more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Imports 70 million kWh
Ranked 47th.
59.26 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 847 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Net > Production 1.61 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd.
4.08 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Nuclear > Production 212 billion kWh
Ranked 3rd.
810.73 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Power plant capacity > Geothermal 11,000 kW
Ranked 14th.
3.13 million kW
Ranked 1st. 284 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Thermal > Production 1.27 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd.
3.15 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Gas-diesel oils > Imports 69,000 ton
Ranked 100th.
11.72 million ton
Ranked 4th. 170 times more than Soviet Union

Kerosene > Imports 826,000 ton
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States
328,000 ton
Ranked 12th.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Exports 739,000 ton
Ranked 9th.
1.83 million ton
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Motor Gasoline > Motor gasoline- energy balance requirement -14,000 ton
Ranked 138th.
38.42 million ton
Ranked 1st.

Coal > Total resources in place 2.23 trillion ton
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
689.66 billion ton
Ranked 1st.

Coal > Additional resources 2.1 trillion ton
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States
445.35 billion ton
Ranked 1st.

Hard Coal Briquettes > Energy balance requirement -28,000 ton
Ranked 10th.
-4,450,000 ton
Ranked 10th. 159 times more than Soviet Union

Hard Coal Briquettes > Changes in stocks 28,000 ton
Ranked 1st.
164,000 ton
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Soviet Union

Motor Gasoline > Exports 15,000 ton
Ranked 51st.
6.71 million ton
Ranked 5th. 447 times more than Soviet Union

Motor Gasoline > Gross inland availability 59.95 million ton
Ranked 2nd.
388.99 million ton
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Soviet Union

Natural gas > Including LNG > Conversion in thermal power plants 8.41 million Terajoules
Ranked 1st. 17% more than United States
7.19 million Terajoules
Ranked 1st.

Natural gas Liquids > Gross inland availability 19.25 million ton
Ranked 6th.
49.27 million ton
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Soviet Union

Crude Petroleum > Net transfers -18,400,000 ton
Ranked 19th.
-41,485,000 ton
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Station use and station loss 99.4 billion kWh
Ranked 2nd.
206.4 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Imports 7,000 ton
Ranked 67th.
779,000 ton
Ranked 15th. 111 times more than Soviet Union

Kerosene > Production from refineries 33.2 million ton
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than United States
3.15 million ton
Ranked 11th.

Gas-diesel oils > Exports 17.96 million ton
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
6.82 million ton
Ranked 12th.

Electricity > Hydro > Production > Self-producer 1.2 billion kWh
Ranked 14th.
3.33 billion kWh
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Soviet Union

Coal > Gross inland availability 388.21 million ton
Ranked 3rd.
514.82 million ton
Ranked 2nd. 33% more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Geothermal > Production 30 million kWh
Ranked 13th.
16.78 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 559 times more than Soviet Union

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