Global Primary Energy Consumption 2019

Nevertheless carbon emissions rose at their highest rate for seven years.

Global primary energy consumption 2019. Energy developments primary energy consumption grew at a rate of 2 9 last year almost double its 10 year average of 1 5 per year and the fastest since 2010. The highest annual reductions in primary energy consumption were posted in belgium austria and greece whereas the largest increases were observed in estonia. Energy demand per head fell in all other regions. North america is the region with the highest consumption per capita 236 gj head followed by cis 158 gj head and the middle east.

How much coal oil and gas energy are consumed as inputs to the energy system. In the stated policies scenario the rise in africa s oil consumption to 2040 is larger than that of china while the continent also sees a major expansion in natural gas use prompted in part by a series of large discoveries made in recent years. World gross domestic product gdp by region expressed in purchasing power parity. In 2012 primary energy demand increased to 158 000 twh 567 ej.

Nuclear energy saves lives. Africa the special focus of weo 2019 is increasingly influential for global energy trends. Global primary energy consumption growth slowed to 1 3 per cent last year less than half the rate of growth in 2018 2 8 per cent bp said. In 2017 data centres consumed 19 of the global digital energy consumption.

According to the european commission primary energy consumption declined by 0 7 in 2018 0 1 only for final energy consumption which is insufficient to meet the 2020 targets. Energy consumption increased at a slower pace than in previous years in china 3 2 the world s largest consumer since 2009 in russia 1 8 and in india 0 8 only. World total energy consumption by region and fuel. Reference case projection tables 2018 2050 excel.

The size of each bubble represents its share of global primary energy production in 2018. Global energy consumption in 2018 increased at nearly twice the average rate of growth since 2010 driven by a robust global economy and higher heating and cooling needs in some parts of the world. Demand for all fuels increased led by natural gas even as solar and wind posted double digit growth. Global primary energy consumption grew rapidly in 2018 led by natural gas and renewables.

Average global energy consumption per capita increased by only 0 2 in 2019 to 75 7 gj head driven by growth in the middle east 1 4 and asia pacific 2 4. Back to international energy outlook 2019. The production and usage of electronic devices data traffic and storage is growing 9 per year and is expected to use 3 3 of the world s electricity supply in 2020 vs. World total primary energy consumption by region.