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- Crude oil > Production: This entry is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
- Crude oil > Proved reserves: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil, in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
- Electricity > Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
- Electricity > Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Electricity > Installed generating capacity: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
- Electricity > Installed generating capacity per thousand people: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Electricity > Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
- Electricity > Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Oil > Consumption: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
- Oil > Consumption > Per capita: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Oil > Production: This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
- Oil > Production > Per capita: This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Oil > Reserves: 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.
- Coal > Consumption: Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.
- Natural gas > Consumption: This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors.
- Hydroelectricity > Consumption: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
- Oil > Exports: This entry is the total oil exported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
- Natural gas > Proved reserves: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of natural gas in cubic meters (cu m). Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
- Electricity > From other renewable sources: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Wind power > Installed windpower capacity > Megawatts: Installed wind power capacity around the world.
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Oil > Consumption > Million tonnes > Per capita:
Oil: Consumption, Million tonnes, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population. - Refined petroleum products > Consumption: This entry is the country's total consumption of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of refined petroleum products produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
- Crude oil > Proved reserves per capita: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil, in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Crude oil > Imports per thousand people: This entry is the total amount of crude oil imported, in barrels per day (bbl/day). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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Primary Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent:
Primary Energy: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 - Refined petroleum products > Consumption per thousand people: This entry is the country's total consumption of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of refined petroleum products produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Oil > Imports: This entry is the total oil imported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
- Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: This entry is the total amount of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons, released by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy.
- Crude oil > Production per thousand people: This entry is the total amount of crude oil produced, in barrels per day (bbl/day). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy per capita: This entry is the total amount of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons, released by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Nuclear energy > Consumption: Number of terrawatt-hours of nuclear energy consumed per country per year. Figures are provided for the year 2002.
- Crude oil > Exports: This entry is the total amount of crude oil exported, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
- Electricity > From nuclear fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Electricity > Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Natural gas > Imports: This entry is the total natural gas imported in cubic meters (cu m).
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Oil > Consumption > Million tonnes:
Oil: Consumption, Million tonnes, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 - Hydroelectricity > Consumption > Per capita: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours Per capita figures expressed per 10 million population.
- Electricity > Consumption by households > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Crude oil > Imports: This entry is the total amount of crude oil imported, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
- Electricity > From fossil fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Oil > Proved > Reserves: This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
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Oil > Consumption > Thousand barrels daily:
Oil: Consumption, Thousand barrels daily, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 - Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Coal > Changes in stocks > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Motor Gasoline > Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Electricity > Net inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Jet Fuel > Total > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Gas-diesel oils > Consumption in road transport > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Gas-diesel oils > Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Refined petroleum products > Imports: This entry is the country's total imports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day).
- Refined petroleum products > Production per thousand people: This entry is the country's total output of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of refined petroleum products produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Crude oil > Exports per thousand people: This entry is the total amount of crude oil exported, in barrels per day (bbl/day). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Natural gas > Consumption > Per capita: This entry is the total natural gas consumed in cubic meters (cu m). The discrepancy between the amount of natural gas produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Motor Gasoline > Motor gasoline- energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
- Municipal Wastes > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Coal > Consumption by chemical industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Coke Oven Gas > Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Electricity > Gross inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Coal > Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Electricity > Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Electricity > Consumption by iron and steel industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Electricity > Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Non-renewables > Nuclear > Nuclear share of electricity production: Nuclear share of electricity production, 2011.
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Electricity Generation > Terawatt-hours:
Electricity Generation, Terawatt-hours, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 -
Nuclear > Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent:
Nuclear: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 -
Hydroelectricity > Consumption > Terawatt-hours > Share of total:
Hydroelectricity: Consumption, Terawatt-hours, share of total (%), as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05% -
Coal > Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent > Share of total:
Coal: consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, share of total (%), as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05% -
Primary Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent > Per $ GDP:
Primary Energy: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 Per $ GDP figures expressed per $1 of Gross Domestic Product. -
Hydroelectricity > Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent:
Hydroelectricity: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 -
Oil > Consumption > Thousand barrels daily > Share of total:
Oil: Consumption, Thousand barrels daily, share of total (%), as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05% - Electricity > Production by source > Hydro: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Jet Fuel > Exports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Jet Fuel > Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1e+15 population
- Gas-diesel oils > Total > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
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Natural gas > Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent > Share of total:
Natural Gas: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, share of total (%), as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05% - Petroleum Coke > Statistical differences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1e+15 population
- Residual fuel oil > Consumption by other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Gas-diesel oils > Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Gas-diesel oils > Conversion to other forms of energy > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Gas-diesel oils > Imports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Bitumen Asphalt > Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
- Coal > Conversion in thermal power plants > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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Hydroelectricity > Consumption > Terawatt-hours > Per capita:
Hydroelectricity: Consumption, Terawatt-hours, as of end of 2004
Notes: Others have less than 0.05 Per capita figures expressed per 1 population. - Bitumen Asphalt > Changes in stocks > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Bitumen Asphalt > Consumption for non-energy uses > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Hydroelectricity > Consumption in 1965 > Per capita: Hydroelectric consumption in terawatt-hours. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
- Coke Oven Gas > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Consumption by households > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Non-renewables > Nuclear > Capacity: Capacity (MW) (2012).
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Non-renewables > Nuclear > Nuclear reactors under construction:
Under construction.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. 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.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; Energy Information Administration; World Wind Energy Association, World Wind Energy Report 2008.; BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; BP; Wikipedia: Nuclear power by country (Overview) ("Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation in 2011" . IAEA. 203-04-13 . Retrieved 2013-04-14 .); World Wind Energy Association, World Wind Energy Report 2009, 10 January 2010.; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption; Wikipedia: Nuclear power by country (List of nuclear reactors by country) (World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements, Operational & Long-Term Shutdown Reactors)