Total Primary Energy Consumption per Real Dollar of GDP (Thousand Btu per Chained (2017) Dollar)

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Headline data

US Total Primary Energy Consumption per Real Dollar of GDP (Thousand Btu per Chained (2017) Dollar)
Year Value
2000 6.86
2001 6.63
2002 6.6
2003 6.44
2004 6.35
2005 6.14
2006 5.92
2007 5.9
2008 5.76
2009 5.6
2010 5.67
2011 5.51
2012 5.26
2013 5.29
2014 5.22
2015 5.03
2016 4.92
2017 4.79
2018 4.82
2019 4.67
2020 4.39
2021 4.36
2022 4.34
2023 4.18

Source: Energy Information Agency

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Indicator

Total Primary Energy Consumption per Real Dollar of GDP (Thousand Btu per Chained (2017) Dollar)
Organisation

Energy Information Agency
Unit of measure

Energy intensity, defined as thousand Btu per chained (2017) dollar
Data sources

Energy Information Agency - http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/
Method of computation

Calculated as energy consumption divided by U.S. gross domestic product in chained (2017) dollars
Actual indicator available - description

From Table 1.7 of the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review
Date of national source publication

June 2024
Periodicity

Annual
Scheduled update by national source

March 2025
Date metadata updated

2024-07-24
Disaggregation geography

National
Disaggregation categories

N/A
Time period

1949-2023 available

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 7.3.1: Energy intensity measured in terms of primary energy and GDP
Target

Target 7.3: By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency
Organisation

International Energy Agency (IEA)

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Definition and concepts

Definition:

Energy intensity is defined as the energy supplied to the economy per unit value of economic output.

Concepts:

Total energy supply, as defined by the International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES), is made up of production plus net imports minus international marine and aviation bunkers plus-stock changes. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the measure of economic output. For international comparison purposes, GDP is measured in constant terms at purchasing power parity.
Unit of measure

Energy intensity is expressed in megajoules per unit of purchasing power parity GDP in constant 2017 USD figures.

Data sources

Total energy supply is typically calculated in the making of energy balances. Energy balances are compiled based on data collected for around 150 economies from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and for all countries in the world from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). GDP data are primarily sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – World Economic Outlook database, complemented with data from the World Bank – World Development Indicators and the CEPII – CHELEM databases
Data providers

National administrations, as described in documentation on sources for IEA and UNSD:

wds.iea.org/wds/pdf/WORLDBAL_Documentation.pdf

unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/data/
Comment and limitations

Energy intensity is only an imperfect proxy for energy efficiency. It can be affected by a number of factors, such as climate, structure of the economy, nature of economic activities etc. that are not necessarily linked to pure efficiency. For better assessment of energy efficiency progress, more disaggregated data are needed, such as those at the sectoral and end-use level.
Method of computation

This indicator is based on the development of comprehensive energy statistics across supply and demand for all energy sources – statistics used to produce the energy balance. Internationally agreed methodologies for energy statistics are described in the “International Recommendations for Energy Statistics” (IRES), adopted by the UN Statistical Commission, available at: unstats.un.org/unsd/energystats/methodology/ires/.

Once the energy balance is developed, the indicator can be obtained by dividing total energy supply over GDP.
Metadata update

2024-03-28
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

International Energy Agency (IEA)

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Related indicators

Indicator 7.2.1: Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption

Indicator 9.4.1: CO2 emission per unit of value added

Indicator 13.2.2: Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
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