Energy intensity of primary energy
How much energy each unit of economic output needs; SDG 7.3 targets doubling its rate of improvement.
Chad, 2022, ranked 93 of 201
4.20 MJ/$
MJ per $2017 PPP GDP
Since 2012
+0.29
MJ per $2017 PPP GDP, up from 3.91 MJ/$
Chad, its region and the world
- Chad
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
2 MJ/$
4 MJ/$
6 MJ/$
8 MJ/$
10 MJ/$
Sub-Saharan AfricaWorldChad View data table
| Year | Chad | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.20 MJ/$ | – | – |
| 2021 | 4.34 MJ/$ | 4.54 MJ/$ | 6.14 MJ/$ |
| 2020 | 4.13 MJ/$ | 4.58 MJ/$ | 6.25 MJ/$ |
| 2019 | 3.95 MJ/$ | 4.57 MJ/$ | 6.12 MJ/$ |
| 2018 | 4.06 MJ/$ | 4.63 MJ/$ | 6.10 MJ/$ |
| 2017 | 4.07 MJ/$ | 4.67 MJ/$ | 6.23 MJ/$ |
| 2016 | 3.94 MJ/$ | 4.75 MJ/$ | 6.34 MJ/$ |
| 2015 | 3.70 MJ/$ | 4.86 MJ/$ | 6.24 MJ/$ |
| 2014 | 3.71 MJ/$ | 5.01 MJ/$ | 6.43 MJ/$ |
| 2013 | 3.89 MJ/$ | 5.12 MJ/$ | 6.55 MJ/$ |
| 2012 | 3.91 MJ/$ | 5.21 MJ/$ | 6.64 MJ/$ |
| 2011 | 3.95 MJ/$ | 5.30 MJ/$ | 6.81 MJ/$ |
| 2010 | 3.92 MJ/$ | 5.41 MJ/$ | 6.76 MJ/$ |
| 2009 | 4.38 MJ/$ | 5.39 MJ/$ | 6.96 MJ/$ |
| 2008 | 4.21 MJ/$ | 5.39 MJ/$ | 7.10 MJ/$ |
| 2007 | 4.38 MJ/$ | 5.48 MJ/$ | 7.20 MJ/$ |
| 2006 | 4.38 MJ/$ | 5.62 MJ/$ | 7.39 MJ/$ |
| 2005 | 4.33 MJ/$ | 5.75 MJ/$ | 7.67 MJ/$ |
| 2004 | 4.59 MJ/$ | 5.85 MJ/$ | 7.96 MJ/$ |
| 2003 | 6.03 MJ/$ | 5.90 MJ/$ | 8.15 MJ/$ |
| 2002 | 6.48 MJ/$ | 5.93 MJ/$ | 8.15 MJ/$ |
| 2001 | 6.90 MJ/$ | 5.98 MJ/$ | 8.56 MJ/$ |
| 2000 | 7.55 MJ/$ | 6.05 MJ/$ | 8.81 MJ/$ |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.14 MJ/$ 2021
- Middle East & North Africa 5.33 MJ/$ 2021
- East Asia & Pacific 5.23 MJ/$ 2021
- World 4.54 MJ/$ 2021
- North America 4.36 MJ/$ 2022
- South Asia 3.94 MJ/$ 2021
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.27 MJ/$ 2022
- Europe & Central Asia 2.58 MJ/$ 2022
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
Every economy
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Ranking of all 201 economies
| # | Economy | MJ per $2017 PPP GDP | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.72 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 14.77 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 3 | Palau | 13.80 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 4 | Liberia | 13.76 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 13.47 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 6 | DR Congo | 12.51 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 11.95 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 8 | Iceland | 11.93 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 10.96 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 10 | Curaçao | 10.39 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 10.18 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 12 | Uganda | 9.86 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 13 | Iran | 9.32 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 9.23 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 15 | Bhutan | 9.04 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 16 | Lesotho | 9.02 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 9.00 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 18 | Togo | 8.60 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 19 | Russia | 8.46 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 20 | Venezuela | 8.32 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 8.31 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 22 | Zambia | 7.82 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 23 | Kuwait | 7.75 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 7.55 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 25 | Burundi | 7.40 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 26 | Oman | 7.21 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 27 | Qatar | 7.20 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 28 | Sint Maarten | 7.12 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 29 | Mongolia | 6.96 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.95 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 6.89 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 32 | Kiribati | 6.82 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 6.79 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 34 | Nauru | 6.79 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 35 | Congo | 6.72 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 36 | Micronesia | 6.62 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 6.57 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 38 | South Africa | 6.57 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 39 | Somalia | 6.51 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 40 | North Korea | 6.48 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 41 | Gabon | 6.47 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 6.47 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 43 | Canada | 6.44 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 44 | Tanzania | 6.38 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 45 | Eritrea | 6.37 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 46 | Brunei | 6.33 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 47 | China | 6.30 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 48 | Mali | 6.26 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 49 | Belarus | 6.18 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 50 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.95 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.90 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 52 | Haiti | 5.88 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 53 | South Sudan | 5.88 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 5.81 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 5.81 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 56 | Nepal | 5.63 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 57 | Algeria | 5.61 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.53 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 5.48 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 5.40 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 61 | Samoa | 5.40 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 5.29 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 63 | Libya | 5.26 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 64 | Niger | 5.19 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 5.18 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 66 | South Korea | 5.11 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 5.04 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 68 | Serbia | 5.02 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 4.96 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 70 | Iraq | 4.96 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 71 | Guinea | 4.95 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 72 | Sudan | 4.83 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 73 | Finland | 4.82 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 74 | Benin | 4.79 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 75 | Kenya | 4.76 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 76 | Suriname | 4.74 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 4.72 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.69 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 79 | Moldova | 4.69 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 80 | Laos | 4.51 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 81 | Malaysia | 4.49 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.48 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 83 | Thailand | 4.44 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 84 | Guatemala | 4.42 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 4.40 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 86 | Comoros | 4.30 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 87 | Belize | 4.29 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 4.29 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 89 | Cameroon | 4.23 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 90 | Honduras | 4.22 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 91 | India | 4.21 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 92 | Pakistan | 4.21 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 93 | Chad | 4.20 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 94 | Myanmar | 4.17 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 95 | United States | 4.17 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 96 | Australia | 4.12 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 97 | Estonia | 4.12 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 4.03 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 99 | Tonga | 4.03 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 100 | Czechia | 3.98 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 101 | Armenia | 3.91 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 102 | Bolivia | 3.89 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 103 | Eswatini | 3.89 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 104 | Brazil | 3.87 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 105 | Jamaica | 3.85 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 106 | Vietnam | 3.85 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 107 | Slovakia | 3.83 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 108 | Barbados | 3.76 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 109 | Mauritania | 3.74 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 110 | Tunisia | 3.70 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 111 | Georgia | 3.64 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 112 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.64 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 113 | Senegal | 3.58 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 3.55 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 115 | New Zealand | 3.52 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 116 | Rwanda | 3.51 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 117 | Namibia | 3.45 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 118 | Montenegro | 3.43 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 119 | Belgium | 3.40 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 120 | Paraguay | 3.40 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 121 | Jordan | 3.39 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 122 | Malawi | 3.33 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 123 | Ivory Coast | 3.30 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 124 | Argentina | 3.29 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 125 | Ecuador | 3.26 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 126 | El Salvador | 3.26 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 127 | Sweden | 3.24 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 3.22 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 129 | Norway | 3.21 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 130 | Chile | 3.19 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 131 | Gambia | 3.16 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 132 | Japan | 3.15 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 133 | Slovenia | 3.15 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 134 | Poland | 3.13 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 135 | Hungary | 3.12 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 136 | Angola | 3.10 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 137 | Palestine | 3.10 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 138 | Egypt | 3.06 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 139 | Morocco | 3.05 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 140 | Indonesia | 3.04 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 141 | Mexico | 3.00 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 142 | Dominica | 2.95 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 2.94 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 2.94 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 145 | Uruguay | 2.94 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 146 | Aruba | 2.90 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 147 | Ghana | 2.88 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 148 | Latvia | 2.88 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 149 | France | 2.83 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 150 | Maldives | 2.79 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 151 | Tuvalu | 2.79 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 152 | Philippines | 2.78 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 153 | Croatia | 2.75 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 154 | Seychelles | 2.69 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 155 | Botswana | 2.68 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 156 | Grenada | 2.67 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 157 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.63 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 158 | Lithuania | 2.59 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 159 | French Polynesia | 2.58 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 160 | Greece | 2.58 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 161 | Austria | 2.55 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 162 | Netherlands | 2.53 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 163 | Spain | 2.53 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 164 | Singapore | 2.51 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 165 | Germany | 2.47 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 166 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.43 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 167 | Bahamas | 2.42 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 2.42 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 169 | Cyprus | 2.36 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 170 | Portugal | 2.31 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 171 | Israel | 2.30 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 172 | Italy | 2.30 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 173 | Peru | 2.30 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 174 | Türkiye | 2.27 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 175 | Colombia | 2.18 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 2.17 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 177 | Fiji | 2.15 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 178 | Mauritius | 2.15 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 179 | Romania | 2.12 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 181 | Yemen | 2.07 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 182 | Albania | 2.06 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 183 | Guyana | 2.06 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 184 | United Kingdom | 2.04 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 185 | Djibouti | 2.03 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 1.93 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | 1.93 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 188 | Costa Rica | 1.91 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 189 | Denmark | 1.83 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 190 | Andorra | 1.81 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 1.71 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 192 | Sri Lanka | 1.67 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 193 | Bermuda | 1.51 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 194 | Switzerland | 1.48 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 195 | Panama | 1.41 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 196 | Cuba | 1.35 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 197 | Malta | 1.18 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 198 | Hong Kong | 1.17 MJ/$ | 2021 |
| 199 | Macau | 1.13 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 200 | Ireland | 0.97 MJ/$ | 2022 |
| 201 | Puerto Rico | 0.50 MJ/$ | 2022 |